Four area teams opened the basketball season with dominant performances Friday night, as the Northwestern and Tamaqua girls teams each rolled to double-digit victories behind strong outings from ...

The Marian girls open up a 13-point lead in the first quarter and maintain a double-digit lead in posting a 59-44 victory over Sacred Heart of Mahanoy City in the St. Jerome’s ...

So, this is what playing Penn State football looks like. It’s something Nittany Lions faithful have been saying to themselves over the past two weeks. Penn State has been playing physical, it’s been ...

It really doesn’t matter whether or not you made a pig of yourself two days ago when, in accordance with tradition, you’re allowed to. On this day, though, what really does matter is if you’re ...

READING – Northwestern saved some of its best football of the season for the second half of its PIAA Class 3A semifinal ...

This one was for Scott Murphy. And it was a dandy. Murphy — the late Marian boys’ basketball coach who passed away this past ...

A Monroe County woman is dead after her home caught fire Thursday afternoon. Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department Chief of Police Chris Wagner said officers were dispatched at 5:39 p.m. to a ...

State police at the Hazleton barracks reported the following crashes: • Mary F. Simone, 66, of Jim Thorpe, was injured in a three-vehicle mishap at 3:46 p.m. Nov. 3 on Route 93 in Banks Township.

A Danielsville man was one of 15 people charged for violations of state liquor laws after state police’s Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement responded to 4 E. Fourth St., Bethlehem, at 10:04 p.m.

The Fourth Annual Christkindl Market at the Perla Building in Tamaqua will offer one-stop holiday shopping. Scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, the event at 105 W. Broad St. will feature ...

A resident is again voicing concerns about a fishing camp that was temporarily shut down after the township issued a verbal cease-and-desist order for operating outside its approved limits. Tom ...

Open Space Preservation — set in July to appear on the May 2026 ballot — resurfaced at the meeting, prompting renewed debate among supervisors. Supervisor Cindy Miller said, “I had this put on the ...