The children at Pleasant Valley Elementary School received an early Christmas gift this year — books from Books Are Fun’s ...

Nesquehoning’s real estate taxes will remain the same in 2026. During borough council’s meeting on Wednesday, the board voted to approve the approximate $2.5 million final budget which keeps the ...

Jim Thorpe Borough Council voted to approve an emergency resolution and purchase order last week to buy a new rooftop HVAC unit for the Memorial Hall kitchen, a decision that allows the borough to ...

Walker Township will not have an increase in property taxes in 2026. The budget was approved at a meeting earlier this month. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant money for the ...

Franklin Township residents will see a $45 increase in their garbage collection rates next year. However, senior citizens will not be affected by the increase, township supervisors assured at ...

West Penn Township wants to enhance the visibility of house numbers for safety purposes. Supervisors discussed the ordinance for display of house numbers for emergencies at Tuesday morning’s meeting.

Due to a litany of challenges that have come his way lately, it’s been a tough go of it for Curt George. That all changed for ...

Many of us over a certain age will be seeing a little more in our Social Security checks beginning in January after the powers-that-be in Washington decided we’d see just a 2.8% cost of living ...

President Donald Trump delivered a politically charged speech Wednesday carried live in prime time on network television, ...

The Hometown branch of Hidden River Credit Union recently donated its Fall Food Drive collections to G-Lady’s Community Food Pantry in Tamaqua. The credit union asked members to contribute ...

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said Wednesday that he will resign from the bureau next month, ending a brief and tumultuous ...

A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts “as if they were baubles.” Authorities said Cedric Lodge was ...