Carbon County is trying to work out details on a program that aims to help children in school after the commissioners voted down the proposal last month. On Thursday, Commissioners’ Chairman Mike ...

The Carbon County Commissioners approved or acknowledged the following personnel items during their meeting last week. • Retirement: Jane A. Krebs of Jim Thorpe, voter registration specialist, ...

The Lehighton Band will close out its summer concert series with the third and final performance of the season at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Lehighton Park Amphitheater. This free community concert will ...

A Lehighton man is being charged with assaulting two state troopers while in custody last month. On July 22, Malakhi Ayden Ray Tower, 20, was taken into custody on charges of terroristic threats, ...

State police at the Belfast barracks reported the following crashes: • Two motorcyclists, including a Walnutport man, were injured in a crash at 9:03 p.m. July 2 on Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon ...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jesus Miguel Bracero, 29, of Bowmanstown, was sentenced Friday to 121 months and 18 days’ imprisonment.

A Nesquehoning business is hoping to help parents this school year by providing before and after school care to students in Panther Valley elementary and intermediate schools. Narrow Valley ...

The Lewistown Valley Tabernacle will host the 112th Lewistown Valley Camp Meeting with events from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1. The tabernacle is at 614 Valley Road, Tamaqua, and close to Heisler’s Dairy Bar.

It was a perfect night to grab a blanket or a chair and hear some bluegrass music at Chestnuthill Park’s summer concert ...

The U.S. Postal Service is excited to announce the Stamp Encore Contest. To celebrate its 250th anniversary and gear up to ...

Lehighton Area School District’s board of directors voted to amend Superintendent Jason Moser’s contract Monday, granting ...

A Jim Thorpe woman faces charges in connection with the death of a 79-year-old man in Penn Forest Township over the weekend. State police at the Fern Ridge barracks said Ashley Self, 32, is charged ...