Coaldale News

A month after Lansford council's efforts to block the sale of the former Panther Valley Middle School in the borough appeared dead, the board is hoping to make the sale more difficult by stripping the ...

A family in Schuylkill County has a special reason to celebrate the Fourth of July.

Two men are charged with using heroin and cocaine in the men's room of the Hometown Wal-Mart and with stealing several digital cameras, Rush Township police said.

A robber who ordered employees at Shafer's Pharmacy in downtown Tamaqua to get on the floor yesterday wanted only one thing -- oxycodone.

Panther Valley School District may profit from a developer hoping to buy tax delinquent properties in Coaldale, the district business manager says.

The parking lot of a former Nesquehoning catering and banquet hall would be the site of a storage facility under a plan approved by the Planning Commission.

PUBLIC BOG WALKS through the Tannersville Cranberry Bog will be held 10 a.m. today and next Wednesday.

Another attempt by Lansford Borough Council to block Panther Valley School District from selling its former Panther Valley Middle School failed last week when four members voted against the move.

Coaldale may bring noisy truck braking to a screeching halt. Borough Council on Tuesday agreed to develop an ordinance banning truckers from using loud brake retarders as they travel through town.

The recent scorching temperatures took a toll on a road in Schuylkill County. Officials were forced to close it after part of it buckled due to the heat.

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer A one-block portion of state Route 209 in Lansford will be closed due to the discovery of a subsidence Saturday.

With the passing of the initial emotional shock that followed the Allentown Diocese announcement of perhaps its most far-reaching action since its founding in 1961, the challenge shifts to implementing the ...

Parishioners who didn't get the word last night at Masses learned this morning whether their Catholic churches would close, consolidate or be spared from the Allentown Diocese restructuring plan.

The Allentown Diocese is expected to close nearly a third of its parishes in the next year, leaving small boroughs like Coaldale without a Catholic church and reducing the number of churches in south Bethlehem ...

An 8-year-old boy's dimpled smile faded as he testified Tuesday about alleged sexual assaults by a 76-year-old man who befriended his mother.

The boy's calm but solemn testimony at the preliminary hearing included consistent times, dates, places and situations in which he said he was assaulted by Karl A. Otto, of 247 E. Moser Ave., Coaldale.

District Judge Stephen Bayer found sufficient evidence to order Otto to face Schuylkill County Court on charges of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, indecent exposure and endangering the welfare of children.

A man who authorities say was pushed into the darkeness of a Coaldale strip mine pit hundreds of feet deep by an acquaintance as they walked along it on an April night doesn't remember what happened, his mother ...

Coaldale will spend $20,000 to repair the roof on the borough's garage. Borough Council last week awarded a contract for that amount to K & M Building of Coaldale, which was low bidder among three contracting ... via The Morning Call

Summit Hill has given its approval to forming a Panther Valley council of governments. via The Morning Call

A fire that heavily damaged a vacant duplex in Schuylkill County last night has been ruled an arson, police say. via The Morning Call

“The investigation revealed that the fire originated within the 227 W. Ruddle St. side of the structure and was intentionally ignited”

From staff reports A fire that damaged a double home in Coaldale on Thursday night was intentionally set, a state police fire marshal said. via Standard Speaker