For 29 years, Leroy “Butch” Wentzel showed up. He cut brush before the Carbon County Fair had its first gate to open, kept ...

The sun was shining, youth kept themselves immersed in activities, and there were more vendors than ever. Palmerton Police ...

When Arayah Schisler, 11, arrived at Tamaqua’s National Night Out, she headed straight to see some four-legged friends.

For several years, former longtime Lehighton track coach Jim Blakeslee admittedly has been driving around former Northern ...

Hundreds of people from Jim Thorpe and beyond stopped by Memorial Park for National Night Out on Tuesday evening. National Night Out is a nationwide movement to help the police in their service to ...

State police at the Stroudsburg barracks reported the following accidents: • Tammy M. Sargent, 54, of Brodheadsville, was injured in a crash at 8:44 a.m. on Aug. 3 on Route 115 in Hamilton Township.

Local students across Carbon County are being recognized for their artistic and literary talents after the Carbon County ...

A former Coaldale resident has been appointed managing editor of The Mercury, a 30,000 circulation morning newspaper in Pottstown, Montgomery County. Robert J. Urban, 31, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W.

An Albrightsville man has been charged with biting off another person’s pinky during an assault recently in Penn Forest Township. According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by Trooper Charles ...

The Sew What Quilt Guild will host its monthly meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Friday in the upstairs gallery at the Palmerton Area ...

With a new school year a few weeks away and the superintendent still on paid administrative leave, Palmerton Area School District’s board announced Tuesday its intent to appoint Ryan Kish as ...

Have you ever attended a sporting event where no score was kept? Without a scoreboard, it’s impossible to know who’s winning, where improvement is needed, or how much progress has been made.