Tower City News

A 21-year-old city man got probation last week for drug offenses. Travis G. Whitman, 460 N. Fourth St., was sentenced to 13 months probation and fined $1,300 for possession of drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana.

State police used Tasers on four people to break up a fight early Sunday morning outside the Liberty Hose Company in Lykens.

A block of North Weaber Street in Annville Township will be closed to traffic for road construction starting Monday.

A 52-year-old city woman who admitted to a cocaine addiction has been sentenced to county prison for stealing money from her employer.

Daily thought "You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalms 16:11. Following God's way is the way to true joy in life.

Amanda Wenrich of Tower City plays with her son David, 5 while visiting her parents.

A 40-year-old Swatara Township man has been sentenced to a drug- and alcohol-treatment program for three drunken-driving offenses.

Richard Haas and his father, Robert, gladly spend plenty of time behind bars, sharing time with their Medina and homer pigeons, seen in the next photo on the site.

Friday, March 06, 2009 Let's get it on, Joe Biden. I want to meet the vice president of the United States and Scranton native at high noon at Steamtown Mall in the heart of downtown Scranton.

A 61-year-old city man who suffers from Alzheimer's disease was found in Fredericksburg this morning after wandering away from his home yesterday morning.

An attempted bribe made by a 38-year-old man during a traffic stop in Pine Grove eventually led to the discovery of dozens of malnourished and several dead cats in his girlfriend's animal sanctuary, police ...

Daily thought "Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God gives to you." Exodus 20:12 Show respect and obey your parents so that you will love longer.

A Grantville man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 443 in East Hanover Township in Lebanon County at 6:35 p.m. last night state police said.