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Crestwood's business manager leaving district
Crestwood School District Business Manager Peter Bard will be leaving for a job at a Perry County school system. → Read More
Girl Scouts introduce new cookie flavor
It’s Girl Scout cookie time and this year, a new flavor is making its debut. → Read More
Hazleton boy, 8, saves sister's life
Jaxson Dempsey is only 8 years old, but he's credited with saving his baby sister's life. → Read More
Barnesville Post Office reopens
The Barnesville Post Office reopened Wednesday after a 3-week closure that was prompted by a sewage line rupture. → Read More
Frost-bitten region could receive more than a foot of snow beginning Sunday
If the brutally cold temperatures aren’t enough, how about a foot or more of snow? → Read More
Employee claims all but one resident of Kadima nursing home has COVID-19
An employee at Kadima Rehabilitation and Nursing at Luzerne in Drums is both heartbroken and horrified. → Read More
Tamaqua to raise sewer rates from $105 to $130 per quarter
Tamaqua residents will see their sewer fees jump by $25 each quarter starting with the next billing cycle. → Read More
Three more COVID-19 cases at Tamaqua Area High School
Tamaqua Area School District learned Wednesday of three high school students who have tested positive for COVID-19. → Read More
Two more COVID-19 cases reported in Tamaqua Area School District
Two additional cases of COVID-19 were reported this week in the Tamaqua Area School District. → Read More
PFNonwovens donates masks to Marian, HASD
Students and staff at two area schools will be able to “mask up” thanks to a local company’s generous donation. → Read More
Drums woman describes husband's painful death from COVID-19
When James “Jim” B. Chorba started feeling sick Easter Sunday, he blamed it on seasonal allergies. → Read More
The Poets performing final local shows
A band that has been a staple of Hazleton Funfest will perform one of its last concerts in the area on Sunday. “We want to go out on a high note,” said Nick Luongo, a member of the oldies group, The Poets. The six-member band will play for the annual Funf → Read More
The Poets performing final local shows
A band that has been a staple of Hazleton Funfest will perform one of its last concerts in the area on Sunday. “We want to go out on a high note,” said Nick Luongo, a member of the oldies group, The Poets. The six-member band will play for the annual Funf → Read More
Landmark Hazleton eatery celebrates 70th anniversary
HAZLETON — Third Base Luncheonette this week celebrated its 70th anniversary, and Dave Mishinski knows his parents would be proud. “I just wish Mom and Dad were here to see this,” Mishinski said. “Mom and Dad” — the late Carl and Genevieve Mishinski — ope → Read More
Pennsylvania’s Charter Day has Eckley Miners’ Village bustling
FOSTER TWP. — A trip to Eckley Miners’ Village really opened Chris Sabalaske’s eyes. “It’s interesting to learn about the past and see how people lived,” the Shavertown man said. “You realize how good you have it compared to what it was like back then.” S → Read More
Pennsylvania’s Charter Day has Eckley Miners’ Village bustling
FOSTER TWP. — A trip to Eckley Miners’ Village really opened Chris Sabalaske’s eyes. “It’s interesting to learn about the past and see how people lived,” the Shavertown man said. “You realize how good you have it compared to what it was like back then.” S → Read More
Cartwright hosts town hall meeting in Hazleton
HAZLETON — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, fielded questions about the area’s youth, jobs and climate change during a Thursday evening town hall meeting held from the Hazleton Elementary/Middle School. About three dozen people turned out and were → Read More
Cartwright hosts town hall meeting in Hazleton
HAZLETON — U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, Moosic, fielded questions about the area’s youth, jobs and climate change during a Thursday evening town hall meeting held from the Hazleton Elementary/Middle School. About three dozen people turned out and were → Read More
Tamaqua Area teachers will amend lawsuit
The Tamaqua Area School District’s teachers union will amend a lawsuit it filed last year against a controversial policy that would allow teachers to carry guns. Schuylkill County Court dismissed the union’s lawsuit Monday. The union has 20 days to file a → Read More
A ‘wonderful life:’ Hazleton woman celebrates 108th birthday
HAZLETON — Eva Jane Sharpless says she can sum up her life with one word. “The word is ‘wonderful.’ Remember that movie? ‘It’s a Wonderful Life?’ Well, that’s me,” she said. Born in 1911 during the presidency of William Howard Taft, the life resident of H → Read More