Hometown News

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Authorities in Schuykill County say part of a fire is still burning on the roof of the Silberline World Headquarters Building in Hometown, just north of Tamaqua.

INCREASING DEMAND for electronic products, including flat-panel displays, has triggered concern among atmospheric scientists over emissions of nitrogen trifluoride, a potent greenhouse gas.

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 section of Route 309 in northern Schuylkill County is expected to be closed most of the day while crews clean a diesel spill from a dump truck that caught fire this morning.

A plan to build a convenience store, gas pumps, car wash and fast food restaurant in the Hometown area of Rush Township has gotten the approval of the township Zoning Hearing Board.

The flooding in the Midwest may affect farmers in our area. At the farmers market in Hometown there are tons of fruits and vegetables for sale but growers have been watching closely what happening to farmers in ...

Below is an auto news article from June 17, 2008 from Automotive.com and PRNewswire.

Sunday is Father's Day, and for many in the Tamaqua area that's synonymous with a popular street festival that draws thousands.

A total of 127 Lincoln High School students will receive diplomas during commencement exercises at 7 p.m. today in the high school auditorium.

Frustrated commuters who have steamed behind the wheel as they sat in traffic jams on Route 309 in Tamaqua had a chance at a public hearing Tuesday to let the state Department of Transportation know which of three possible solutions they believe would be best.

But no matter which one they choose, it probably will be years before any changes are made, said Senior Project Manager Heather Heeter.

It's too early to attach a price tag to any of the projects. PennDOT will review the public comments before making a final decision, Heeter said.

The man who played George Bailey, Elwood P. Dowd, Glenn Miller and Wyatt Earp would have turned 100 on Tuesday, and the wonderful life of actor Jimmy Stewart is being remembered in his western Pennsylvania ...

A Weatherly man and woman who police say forged more than 20 prescriptions for more than 1,000 painkillers -- sometimes visiting pharmacies only two days apart -- have been jailed on charges of forgery and ...

A Schuylkill County developer hopes to turn a former trucking facility and warehouse at the busy Hometown crossroads of Routes 309 and 54 in Rush Township into a combination gas service station, restaurant and ...

Storm-water management tests show Tamaqua Industrial Development Enterprises' business park in Hometown has at least three more marketable building lots, and a manufacturing plant already has its sights on one ...

“Unsuspecting consumers who return these messages are actually calling international long-distance numbers, mainly in the Caribbean, and can be charged hundreds of dollars per-minute for the calls”

Attorney General Tom Corbett today urged Pennsylvania consumers to be alert for suspicious telephone or text messages that are link to an international long-distance telephone scam. via Attorneygeneral.gov

“There is no clear organization in this.”

Corbett says Pittston area street-level sellers part of loosely assembled network. via Times Leader

I would like to thank the Trib for providing hometown news online while I am deployed to Iraq. via PittsburghLIVE.com

“He's too intoxicated (on alcohol) to really get a good story out of”

Police are planning to file charges against a man for his role in a fire that ravaged a bar and boarding house in Wrightsville on Sunday morning. via York Dispatch

“We searched as long as we could until the engine crews could no longer hold the fire”

Police are planning to file charges against a man for his role in a fire that ravaged a bar and boarding house in Wrightsville Sunday morning. via York Dispatch