The girls of Girl Scout Troop 3620 are working to make children’s lives a little brighter. The Lehighton-area troop used this ...

Penn Forest Township supervisors Monday night approved a data center ordinance at a well-attended meeting at Penn’s Peak.

Lehighton has declined a potential police service agreement with Weissport. Lehighton Mayor Ryan Saunders, Lehighton Borough Police Chief Troy Abelovsky, and council members Joe Flickinger, Dave ...

West Penn Township Police Chief Jason Lorah recognized some unlikely heroes during Monday’s township supervisors’ meeting. They’re members of the township road crew, and Lorah said they recently ...

Former Weissport Borough Council member Shelley Fisher withdrew her application for tax collector for the borough. Her resignation was approved Monday. Fisher resigned from borough council and from ...

Sometimes, Harrisburg surprises us by doing something simple, sensible and even bipartisan. That happened recently when the Legislature OK’d a bill making it mandatory to teach cursive writing again ...

Bowmanstown Borough Council voted Tuesday to reapply for grant funding to support a walking trail project originally proposed in 2024. Despite a rejection in the previous funding round, Councilwoman ...

The 13th annual Marian Catholic High School Polar Plunge at Mauch Chunk Lake is now slated to take place on March 14. Registration begins at 10 a.m. in the pavilion near the beach area, with the ...

The Tamaqua Area “Raider” Band students pictured here participated in the 2026 Schuylkill County Band. The festival was held at Tamaqua Area High School on Saturday. The guest conductor was Dr.

A decision about agritourism at a lavender farm in Lower Towamensing Township is forthcoming. The township’s zoning hearing board will hold a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the township ...

A former Lehighton resident is among a trio of writers for the National Law Journal of Washington, D.C., who will receive the prestigious George Polk Award for legal reporting. Marianne Lavelle, ...

Lansford Councilman Bruce Markovich wants to set the record straight on the transfer of the former Lehigh and New England train station. Last week, Councilman Jack Soberick asked council to write to ...