Weekend's flooding arrives on...
Yesterday | via Times News
Last year, a hail of a storm ripped through Carbon County, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage to homes and vehicles; flash flooding; and a large-scale power outage. 1 comment
A glorious day for veterans in S. Hill
Yesterday | via Times News
Christy Lisella estimates that for an incredible 70 years he's been participating in every annual Memorial Day parade in Summit Hill. Comment?
Friday May 25 | via Times News
During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, Commissioner Wayne Nothstein, chairman, announced that Kari M. Bauchspies, the county animal warden; as well as Chelsea L. Evans, part-time K-9 officer; both resigned from their posts. Comment?
U-Haul truck takes out 2 poles in...
Monday May 21 | via Times News
Numerous charges are pending against two people who may have been under the influence when they crashed a half-loaded, 26-foot U-Haul truck into two utility poles and a flatbed trailer along Route 209 in Coaldale in the early hours of Saturday morning, then fled the scene. 13 comments
Six placed in probation program
Friday May 18 | via Times News
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. 1 comment
Tuesday May 15 | via Times News
Ernest Troy Freeby was sentenced Monday in Carbon County court to a term of life without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife. 4 comments
Coaldale, Lansford, Tamaqua sue over...
Tuesday May 15 | via Times News
Coaldale, Tamaqua and Lansford are suing a Lackawanna County firm that they say reneged on a deal that had promised substantial savings by leasing street lights from PPL and kept hundreds of thousands of dollars the struggling towns paid them up-front for the project. Comment?
Woman hid runaway juvenile, Lansford...
Thursday May 10 | via Times News
A Lansford woman, who allegedly helped a youth who ran away from a detention center hide from police officers, waived charges on the matter to Carbon County Court. 4 comments
Tuesday May 8 | via Times News
Four defendants in pending cases, and who were scheduled to pick a jury Monday, May 7, to hear their case, instead entered pleas bargains with the district attorney's office and entered guilty pleas. Comment?
Many area residents among 123 arraigned...
Monday May 7 | via Times News
Many area residents were among 123 who were arraigned Monday morning before District Attorney Karen Byrnes Noon in the Schuylkill County courthouse on criminal charges and all entered pleas of not guilty and requested trial by jury. 5 comments