Assad has a place among history's worst dictators A tragic image from last week's horrific gas attack in Syria showed a Syrian father clinging to the corpses of his infan...
Get your act together All Obama, our previous president needed was paper and pen and he signed executive order after order with no one to stop...
Coaldale council scrambles for quorum Because of the death of one of its members and the frequent absence of some of the others, Coaldale Borough Council find...
A dreadful winter ending Dear Editor: Mother Nature must have crazily been imbibing vodka or bourbon whiskey since she's all screwed up, dumping ...
Would you stop to help? When someone is being harmed, and we have the power to stop it, do we step in? Our conscience says yes, but our minds of...
Senate Bill 76 - The Domino Effect Much debate about SB 76 is centered on the tax shift aspect of the bill. The bill's economy stimulating domino effect is...
These numbers make us sick We wish we had better news on the state of the health of the residents in our five-county Times News area, but, accordin...
Gangs and social media impact school violence Next month marks the 90th anniversary of one of the deadliest school violence incidents in U.S. history. Forty-five were...
Let them talk Dear Editor, Question. Republican-Democrat. When are you idiots going to stop? Let's face it. Russia hacked the United S...
Some malls on life support Remember the days when a trip to the mall was an event? Today, the retail landscape has changed drastically, and some ma...
Letter to the editor: Schools must defend constitution, not just enforce manadates To the Editor, As a parent of two children attending the Lehighton Area School District, I feel compelled to speak publicly about an issue t...
MAY 31, 1965 Three young men of Bowmanstown were presented the Pro Deo et Patria awards for scouting accomplishments during a ceremony in Trinity Luthera...