An Allentown man is charged with striking and killing a pedestrian on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike early New Year’s Day as the victim helped a tow truck load a disabled ...

As part of its “Summer of Sisterhood” programming, Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania invites girls to experience summer at ...

The average price for a gallon of gas is 21 cents higher in Pennsylvania this week at $4.152, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of regular exceeded ...

A New Tripoli couple is the victim of a forgery/counterfeiting incident reported at 6:14 p.m. March 25 on Allemaengel Road, Lynn Township. The 55-year-old man and 59-year-old woman told state police ...

Spotlight PA has compiled this guide to help you evaluate which candidates you want to send to or keep in the state Legislature. This is part 2. Part 1 was publishes in Tuesday’s edition.

Data center dynamics were a prime topic once again on Monday in both the state Capitol in Harrisburg and in a local municipality where residents facing a proposed major data center development have ...

A pair of middle-of-the-night false alarms at Lehighton Area School District’s administration building has pushed its school board toward replacing the facility’s aging security system, with the ...

Schuylkill County judges recently sentenced two local men charged by state police Trooper Caleb M. Oestrike of the Frackville barracks. A New Ringgold man will serve a year on probation and pay $100 ...

Weissport Borough Secretary/Treasurer Cheryl Miller reported this month that $5,460 in garbage fees was collected in March. A total of $54,648.59 has been collected so far this year. Miller also ...

Carbon County must provide health care services to all inmates as part of a requirement for operating the correctional facility. Last week, the board of commissioners, in a 2-1 vote, selected a new ...

Tempers flared over questions about a sewer line replacement project, prompting one Lansford Borough councilman to walk out of the meeting Wednesday night. Councilman Joe Butrie told council that the ...

The Tamaqua Area School District is considering a nearly $500,000 paving contract for its administration building, middle school and one elementary school. The finance committee advanced a COSTARS ...