LALLC donates to Susan G. Komen Foundation
With help from the quilters at The Quilted Crow quilt shop, a check for $1,300 was donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation on Thursday. The quilt shop is co-owned by Jane Heckman and...
View ArticleLehighton man facing DUI count
A Lehighton man is being charged with suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI). Theodore Dwight Minnich, 55, of the 200 block of Carbon Street, was placed under arrest following a traffic stop on...
View ArticlePocono Lake man admits to DUI
A Pocono Lake man changed his mind and entered a guilty plea to a driving under the influence (DUI) charge in Carbon County court Monday. Frederick R. Koeser Jr., 48, pleaded to one count each of DUI...
View ArticleLansford cited for Rush Twp. incident
Rush Township police have cited a Lansford man who allegedly harasseing a co-worker at the Hometown Nursing Center while both were employed at the home. Thomas B. Mitchell, 48, was cited for open...
View ArticleThree Kings visit Thorpe church
Last weekend, many Christian congregations around the world celebrated the "Epiphany of the Lord," the day that the Three Kings are believed to have visited the baby Jesus. Bearing gifts of gold,...
View ArticlePackerton Yards in a quandary
Carbon County Commissioner Wayne Nothstein, chairman of the board of commissioners, and project engineer Ron Tirpak discussed the Packerton Yards project with Mahoning supervisors Monday, asking for a...
View ArticleCoaldale resident facing charges
Leonard Ruggiero Jr., 19, 101 First St., Coaldale, faces charges from an incident which took place at 1:27 a.m. April 26 at 212 W. Patterson St., Lansford. Charges of two counts each of simple assault...
View ArticleTurnpike official scoffs at dire financial report
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission could default on billions of dollars of debt leaving taxpayers holding the bag if the commission fails to change or challenge a 2007 law, Act 44, that requires it...
View ArticleDistrict achieves its annual progress grade
For the third consecutive year, Northern Lehigh School District has made the grade. Assistant Superintendent Karen Nicholas told the school board on Monday that the district has once again met Adequate...
View ArticleNesquehoning Water Authority approves retention of its officers
During the first meeting of the new year last night, members of the Nesquehoning Water Authority voted to approve the retention of their current officers. Serving again as president is David Hawk; vice...
View ArticleSchuylkill man jailed for theft
A Schuylkill County man was jailed on theft and related charges after he allegedly stole credit cards from a relative he was living with and made purchases of more than $15,000. State police at...
View ArticleNo. Lehigh considering turf for football stadium
Grass or turf? That's the question Northern Lehigh School District faces as it ponders how much it wants to spend to upgrade the dismal condition of its stadium surface. Superintendent Michael Michaels...
View ArticleOn this date
It's not every day you see a three-story apartment house being moved down a town's main street and hundreds of Palmerton residents were on hand for the unique moving operation. The three-story house,...
View ArticleDo you have radon in your house?
Q. I'm in the process of selling my home and my realtor told me to get the house tested for radon. I had no idea this stuff was in my house until I tested it. You should write about this health hazard....
View ArticleRemembering Lehighton fire chief
The late John "Jack" Kuller, who was fire chief in Lehighton at the time of his untimely death last April 22, was remembered during a program announcing a $1.75 million state grant toward the...
View ArticleMurder trial of Lansford man begins
The murder trial of a Lansford man, charged with killing his estranged with and disposing of the body, began this morning in Carbon County court before President Judge Roger N. Nanovic. Ernest Troy...
View ArticleHit and run driver being sought
State police at Schuylkill Haven are seeking a hit and run driver involved in a crash in Schuylkill County. Troopers said the incident occurred about 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in front of 146 Mill...
View ArticleCoaches adapt to weight class changes
Change comes whether we like it or not. And for high school wrestlers across the nation, it came last spring when the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules...
View ArticleTheft from vehicle incident reported
State police at Frackville are investigating a theft from vehicle incident in Schuylkill County. Troopers said the vehicle of Cameron R. Gantz, 19, of Ringtown, was entered while parked along Apple...
View ArticleThorpe, Pleasant Vy., Weatherly girls triumph
Jim Thorpe, Pleasant Valley and Weatherly all posted girls basketball victories on Monday. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pleasant Valley-Easton Pleasant Valley outscored Easton in every quarter en route to a 50-33...
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