Nesquehoning News

Singer-songwriter Carole King is 70. Actor Joe Pesci is 69. Actress Mia Farrow is 67.

The armed robberies continue in Carbon and Schuylkill counties. Fegley's convenience store in Tamaqua was the first place hit in a series of hold-ups in that area.

Chief Jeff Wainwright, Mcadoo police, says, "We are actively searching for the suspect.

On Nov. 30 Ch 69 News reported that Officer Joseph David of the Jim Thorpe Borough Police Department was directing traffic around a disabled car in Nesquehoning when he was hit by a car.

Police in Carbon County are looking for a man who held up a store clerk at knifepoint Tuesday night.

Police in Carbon County are investigating the fifth armed robbery in the region in the past week.

Police in Carbon County are investigating an armed robbery from Sunday night at one of the busiest Wawa Food Market stores and gas stations in the region and whether it is linked to two other recent armed robberies in neighboring Schuylkill County.

An Albrightsville man was charged Saturday after allegedly driving into a Jim Thorpe police officer who was directing traffic on Route 209 in Nesquehoning.

When choosing which fire engines to buy in 2005, Wilkes-Barre officials apparently wanted pumpers that could precisely proportion the mixture of foam and water used to fight fires.