Freeland News

Margaret Kitlan looked around the visitors' center at Eckley Miners' Village. "This is where the school house stood," she said.

By MIA LIGHT Staff Writer Freeland Elementary/Middle School Principal Joseph Barletta has not been reassigned to a position as director of the Hazleton Area Career Center.

Reassessment mailings for another 21,685 properties to be sent out today. A schedule has been set to mail the final batches of new assessed values before the July 1 deadline.

Emma Olshefski, 12, of Danville, spins wool into yarn as the Turbotvillle Strawberry Festival hosted demonstrations by the "Fort Freeland Flickers", a student sheep-to-shawl weaving team that took first place ...

PACKER TWP. State police at Hazleton reported two Mohrsville residents were seriously injured after a motorcycle crash near Weatherly.

By TOM RAGAN Staff Writer A Freeland woman made a discovery Wednesday that sent a scare through her neighborhood but turned out to be nothing more than a "dummy grenade." Elaine Gallagher was going through an ...

Three families were forced to leave their homes Wednesday evening after a what appeared to be a hand grenade was found in a garage in Luzerne County.

By AMANDA CHRISTMAN Staff Writer For local veterans, including Beaver Meadows Mayor William Hines, Memorial Day is sacred.

By TOM RAGAN Staff Writer A World War II veteran got his wish a grave marker for his grandfather who fought in the Civil War and it came from a likely source.

A 24-year-old Butler Township man has been charged by township police in connection with an accident that killed a McAdoo man a month ago.

Police said Timothy Morrison tried to force his way into Freeland home to get $30. JEN MARCKINI jmarckini@timesleader.com FREELAND It all started with a scuffle over $30, according to police.

“That's why we solicited estimates for core bore testing”

By L.A. TARONE Staff Writer The lot on which the Freeland Business and Development Authority is planning to construct a new borough building is atop a mine, as is much of what is now downtown Freeland. via Standard Speaker

“I went in the house early in the morning because she asked me to get the clothes in the washer and bring it upstairs and I did.”

A man who police said broke into the home of his girlfriend's mother and ended up being shot was arrested Thursday. via WNEP-TV Moosic

FREELAND A 21-year-old man had to be taken to a nearby hospital after police say he was shot at a Chestnut Street home on Tuesday afternoon. via Times Leader

“The church needs a lot of major repairs for years it was just patched up. It's time to move on.”

By TOM RAGAN Staff Writer Generations of Freeland-area Roman Catholics stopped to pay final respects to three of four parish churches Saturday. via Standard Speaker

“All the routes that come up that way were affected those that go to White Haven, Sandy Valley almost everything”

By JILL WHALEN Staff Writer By taking on the challenge of converting a former bakery into a restaurant, Tim Unalt knew that he'd be going in the hole. via Standard Speaker

HAZLE TWP. A West Hazleton man was killed and a Freeland woman had to be flown to a regional hospital after a rollover crash less than a mile south of state Route 940 along Stockton Road on Wednesday, state ... via Times Leader

“He did not admit to the sexual abuse that he was accused of at that time”

BARRE A shackled Daniel McDonald shook his head as a 12-year-old girl testified Tuesday that he molested her for a year. via Times Leader

“We're helping make our environment greener through recycling. This project raises environmental awareness and encourages more recycling”

From staff reports Hazleton Area and Weatherly Area school students saved almost 22,000 grocery bags about 440 pounds of plastic from going to a landfill. via Standard Speaker

“One car was heading east, one car west and they hit”

Second driver airlifted to Lehigh Valley Hospital; early-afternoon crash closes road until evening. via Times Leader