Palmerton has made scoring early a clear point of emphasis — especially after its Week 1 matchup with Marian, when a slow ...

Defending Northern Lehigh’s Garrett Smoyer can often be a nightmare. The quarterback for the Bulldogs can throw with accuracy ...

Once Charles “Kid” McCoy became the American welterweight boxing champion in 1896, a number of lesser boxers started claiming ...

Suddenly there is a resurgent Shenandoah Valley football program that has been dormant for over a decade. That was bad news ...

After a seven-year break, the Battle for the Blue Trophy came back — and what a battle it was. A late second-half comeback ...

Panther Valley’s newly created Athletic Hall of Fame inducted eight athletes, one coach and a championship basketball team ...

It was a normal Tuesday morning. The smell of hours-old Sheetz coffee wafted from the Styrofoam cup at my desk in the newsroom at the Standard-Speaker in Hazleton. Staffers were talking and joking, ...

I was driving to Mohave High School in Bullhead City, Arizona, and I remember the strange quiet on the radio. No music. Just talking, urgent and confused. It took me a moment to understand what I was ...

The 37th Annual Franklin Township Soldiers K.I.A. (Killed In Action) ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Phifer’s ...

He was there before. The disaster was soon after. On Sept. 11, 2001, Jack Westerman left his home in Palmerton to do the job he had for 16 years. Drive a tractor trailer over the George Washington ...

Edward Moran, of Jim Thorpe, was working in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. Here, he provides details of what he experienced that day. In 2001, I was dividing my time between Jim Thorpe and ...

The following was written by Kimberly Delaney. She is the daughter of the late Al Sword, a former reporter for the Times News ...