Now that the Jim Thorpe Police Department is working out of the borough's new municipal building, police personnel are noticing that the intersection at the corner of 10th and Fern Streets is less saf...
This may be the year that the Schuylkill County Commissioners will have to dip heavily into a surplus fund, officially known as "Unrestricted Fund Balance" in order to balance the budget for 2010 and ...
The lessons and contributions of the past provided a springboard to the future when the congregation of a Slatington church gathered to celebrate a special occasion.
"My son is the pastor," said the R...
Summit Hill
Boy ScoutsSummit Hill Boy Scout Troop 743 has changed the day of its weekly meetings. The Scouts meet on Sundays at 6 p.m. at the former St. Paul United Church of Christ, Summit Hill. For ...
To sell or not to sell, that is the question on Carbon County officials minds as they spoke out recently on whether or not the county should be in the nursing home business.
During the county commissi...
A Nesquehoning teen, who was adjudicated to adult court, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Carbon County court to aggravated assault and indecent assault on a woman in a wooded area in Lansford.
Dean Tess...
What a feeling it must have been for Northwestern's Lindsay Kerr last weekend.
To work day after day for years and years in hopes of becoming a state champion and then to have that dream come true is ...
Rush-Ryan seniors
The Rush, Ryan and Delano Senior Citizens Inc. met Nov. 10 at the Ryan Township Fire Company with 43 members in attendance. Chaplain Kathleen Valentine provided the invocation.Presid...
When the regular season is finally over and we take a step into the post-season, it gets to become 'Crunch Time' around our Grid Picks corner.
It's time to really put your nose to the grindstone and (...
Carbon County Chamber of Commerce has partnered with Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce in selecting Constellation NewEnergy as the service provider for our member-exclusive Electricity Procure...