Drums News

Teen injured in rollover crash A 16-year-old from Ebervale sustained minor injuries after a one vehicle rollover in Butler Township on Friday.

Melanie Makuta and Brian Cassidy Melvin and Elaine Makuta, Oakdale, announce the engagement of their daughter, Melanie, to Brian Cassidy, son of Cindy and Jack Cassidy, Drums.

A New Hampshire woman diagnosed with a rare gastrointestinal anthrax case may have swallowed spores propelled into the air by vigorous drumming, a state health expert said.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff Photographer The Rev. Leonard M. Butcavage, pastor of Holy Trinity Slovak Roman Catholic Church in Hazleton, shakes incense around the nativity scene during Saturday's Mass.

JAMIE PESOTINE/Staff Photographer Debbie Caraballo and Jean Horton wrap gifts at Grace Baptist Church, Hazleton, on Saturday.

HAZLE TWP. State police at Hazleton said they charged two men with using a stolen check to purchase items at a Wal-Mart store last month.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this State police at Hazleton charged a shopper and a cashier at Walmart with identity theft and related offenses following an alleged transaction at the Hazle Township store last month.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this Police look for duo who tried break-in Butler Township police continue to look for two people dressed in black who attempted to force open a gate on Dogwood Road in Bentwood Village on Tuesday night, officers said.

Someone scratched a Luzerne County woman's new car in the Lehigh Valley Mall parking lot and left her a note saying she deserved it for taking up two parking spaces, according to a Whitehall police report.

James L. Brady, chief executive officer, will retire from Allied Services effective at the end of this year.

A former employee of a company that operated adult-care homes in Lebanon County was sentenced last week to county prison for neglecting one of the firm's clients.

Amanda Shimko, right, staff assistant to U.S. Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski, presents an American flag to Tom Fitzwater, director of the Keystone Job Corps Center in Drums.

Font size: [A] [A] [A] share this By this time of year, Jennifer Soltis' uncle Randy would already have Christmas music dominating the play selection on his home stereo and car radio.

Butler Township's proposed 2010 budget is now available for public inspection. The $2,076,278 projected spending plan does not contain many extras, but residents will see tax mills increase.

Ray Kapes fought the heat as he dragged his doe out of the woods near Nescopeck State Park on Monday morning.

Brian Mahlstedt , South Abington Township, recently joined the bank as vice president and commercial banking relationship manager.

A vehicle burst into flames after crashing into a home on High Meadow Drive early Thursday morning, police said.

Baldwin Borough police Chief Michael Scott has kept busy during his first three months on the job.

Butler's revised, and balanced, 2010 draft budget still calls for layoffs in its police department.

PennDOT is repaving section of Route 309 in the Hazleton area after receiving complaints that the road gets slippery.