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High-speed chase ends in Mahanoy City 27 Aug 2013 | 12:48 am
MAHANOY CITY — White Owl Drive is closed after a high-speed chase ended there shortly before 3 p.m. Monday.
Blaze at Mahanoy City fire station destroys aerial truck 25 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Flames destroyed the aerial truck of the Washington Hook and Ladder Co. in Mahanoy City and caused heavy damage to the station only hours before firefighters from throughout northeast Pennsylvania wer...
Governor candidate proposes longer school days 20 Aug 2013 | 02:07 am
Students could get a college education first and start paying tuition after they leave school through a plan proposed by a Democratic candidate for governor. John Hanger said his plan would allow stud...
Banks supervisors abandon plans to buy building 20 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
From staff reports The majority Banks Township supervisors took steps Monday to abandon the purchase of the former Capriotti banquet hall to use as a township office. Meeting in special session Monday...
Jim Thorpe woman dies in late night crash 19 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
A Jim Thorpe woman died after a two-vehicle crash in Carbon County Sunday night. State police at Lehighton said they responded to state Route 903, near the Jim Thorpe Borough line in Penn Forest Towns...
Hundreds of brass markers stolen from veterans' graves 9 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
American flags still wave next to the graves of veterans in St. Ann’s Cemetery near Freeland, but their brass holders were stolen, visitors discovered Thursday.
Police seek missing boy 8 Aug 2013 | 05:02 pm
Hazleton police are looking for a 12-year-old boy from Hazleton who ran away from home Thursday morning. Ryan Gonzalez was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and yellow shorts and is described as being...
Man struck by car 5 Aug 2013 | 04:53 pm
A 23-year-old man was struck by vehicle on West Maple Street in Hazleton Sunday night following a fight, police said. Jorge Rodriguez Jr. was struck by a silver Honda driven by Anthony Rodriguez, 18, ...
Two killed in Carbon County crash 5 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
A man and woman from Nesquehoning were killed in a violent one-vehicle crash on private property in Carbon County early Sunday morning. State police at Hazleton listed passengers Richard L. Zabroski, ...
Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum 1 Aug 2013 | 05:19 pm
MOSCOW (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Th...
