For two innings in Friday’s District 11 Class 1A softball semifinal between Marian and Weatherly, it was a tug-of-war. But in a tug-of-war, one brief lapse can send a team reeling. And ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has completed a field review of Center Avenue in Jim Thorpe Borough and has begun preliminary design work toward a future improvement project. The ...

It came down to one swing of the bat to decide an exhilarating, white-knuckle softball game Friday night. For a determined Palmerton team, one could argue it deserved a better outcome.

Here’s one that we didn’t see coming. The team that finished their past three seasons in the PIAA semifinals and opened this ...

As the story of one team ends, another continues for its opponent. After being delayed by rain for two straight days, ...

Lehighton pounds out 13 hits and never trails in its junior legion non-league contest against Tamaqua. Charlie Mullen finishes 3-for-4 and scores a run during the 13-5 victory. A ...

Be bold. Live life on your own terms. March to the beat of your own drum. These are not the opening words of my soon-to-be-published self-help book. They are mine, however, and came to mind after I ...

A retired U.S. Navy commander and flight officer during the Cold War of the 1980s will be the keynote speaker of the traditional Summit Hill Memorial Day services on Monday. Gary Evans, a Summit Hill ...

Donations are being accepted for those who lost everything in a fire that tore through their Brockton homes Wednesday night. The fire at 35 Valley St. was reported around 10:45 p.m., and spread to ...

Law enforcement officials in Lehigh County Thursday announced the arrests of a father-and-son duo on charges relating to the ...

Nesquehoning will have an electronics recycling event in the borough on May 27. Recycling will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. or until the truck is full, at 50 E. Locust St. Items accepted for free: ...

Coaldale is increasing the penalties for those found violating of a number of borough ordinances. “We feel that they are not strong enough and people think, ‘Oh, that is all I have to pay,’ ” if they ...