Jim Thorpe News

Butch Comegys / TIMES-SHAMROCK Brian Hydro of Jim Thorpe, an electronics mechanic, checks out a reflector assembly dish at Tobyhanna Army Depot in Monroe County.

"The church bells will be rung from 12 o'clock noon, until 12:05, and the Comrades and the general public will stand with uncovered heads during the ringing of the bells." The services were held at various locations throughout the day.

HEATHER BACSICK/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Jill DeLong, left, Educational Support Chairperson, and Gloria Bowman both of the Carbon County Chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees with The Lauretta Woodson Recognition Award recipients.

VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS CCTI volunteer helper Matt Henritzy holds the rainbow trout that was caught by L.B. Morris 1st grade student Konnor Roy.

Over half of the schools in Pennsylvania which responded to a statewide survey of 500 districts expect their finances to worsen next year and three in four were expecting to reduce staff and tap into budget reserves.

According to crews at the scene, the woman was climbing the falls when she fell and needed to be rescued.

The Carbon County SHINE STEM Career Academy is a 36-week course that engages students in learning about careers of the future.

Six first time offenders in the criminal justice system were placed in Carbon County's Accelerated Rehabiliation Disposition probation progam on Thursday morning by Judge Steven R. Serfass.

VICTOR IZZO/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS In attendance in the conference room at The Inn in Jim Thorpe for the beginning of the Mayor's Association of Carbon County were front, from left, Lehighton Mayor Donald Rehrig; Champ Holman, Deputy Secretary DCED; and Nesquehoning Mayor Tony Walck.

A federal judge granted a request to delay the trial of eight defendants, including two Ranshaw men, accused of operating a synthetic drug ring.

"When hinges creak, in doorless chambers. And strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls.

Joseph W. Oliver Jr., 38, of Jim Thorpe, charged by state police at Lehighton with three counts of sexual abuse of children - possession Bruce Lee Hawk Jr., 41, of Ashfield, is facing charges of aggravated and simple assault and driving under the influence of a controlled substance filed by state police at Lehighton.

AL ZAGOFSKY/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Clockwise from left: Second grader Jessica Cabera types a story into her ThinkPad computer, as 11th grader Katelyn Evans listens to comments on her kempt karakul drawing, and Panther Valley High School art teacher Kimberlee Burkett and Allentown Art Museum Arts and Education Manager Kathy Odorizzi look on as ... (more)

It was the heartbreaking loss of a little granddaughter that eventually led Betty and John Power to devote their time and care to bringing human warmth and comfort to people who are dying without family or friends to through the final hours.

Each year, nearly 200 men and women from five county senior centers come out to throw, shoot, swim, dance, and putt their way into the winner's circle.

When New York investment manager Doug Topkis bought an 8,000-acre coalfield near Tamaqua in bankruptcy court two years ago, he didn't know anthracite from bituminous.

Europe in our backyard A land of enchantment, seemingly locked in a time-warp, exists roughly 100 miles to the west of Kearny, yet many from our region have never even heard of it.