Hometown News

A Carbon County lighting company will be consolidating its operations in Tidewood East Industrial Park in Hometown, a Schuylkill County business leader said Monday.

People streamed through the doors of St. John's United Church of Christ here Christmas Eve, with donations for families who lost everything in fires.

Two thieves made a beeline for Wal-Mart's electronics department about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, then walked out the front door with four LCD TVs, police say.

Police are on the lookout for two men who shoplifted more than two thousand dollars worth of items from a Walmart store in Hometown near Tamaqua.

Rush Township police ID alleged shoplifters Rush Township police identified the two men who made off with more than $2,100 in merchandise from Walmart in Hometown on Saturday morning, officers said.

Rush Township police have identified the two Luzerne County men accused of making off with more than $2,100 in merchandise from Walmart in Hometown, Schuylkill County, on Saturday morning, officers said.

Police searching for pair in Walmart theft Rush Township police are looking for two white men who that managed to steal $2,170 worth of merchandise from Walmart in Hometown on Saturday morning.

Before the storm hit our area, people took advantage of a few dry hours to get some last minute shopping done.

A family in Schuylkill County is out of their home after a terrible fire Saturday.

Rose Principe's secret ambition is to "live in Brooklyn and sell art in New York City." Principe, 24, instead sells art in Lancaster.

Submitted Photo Tamaqua area senior Brooke Gursky, Andreas, and junior Steven Christ, Hometown, will be marching in today'sA Macy's Thanksgiving DayA Parade in New York City.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Country singer Miranda Lambert will bring her show to Johnstown at 7:30 tonight at the Cambria County War Memorial Arena, 326 Napoleon St.

Dr. Donald R. Fischer, chief medical officer for Highmark Inc. As Congress continues to work on a health-reform bill that may -- or may not -- include some kind of public option, health insurers continue to protest the creation of a government-run health plan.

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Fire badly damaged a home near Hometown Monday evening. Crews were called to the home on Claremont Avenue around 5 p.m. Heavy smoke could be seen pouring from the structure.

Good food is in high demand in one part of Schuylkill County. A business which opened just seven months ago is already expanding.

Schuylkill County emergency workers spent about four hours Sunday morning searching the area near a motor vehicle wreck on Route 54, fearing the driver might have wandered off after being hurt and disoriented.

A case can be made that Beck is to Mormonism what Father Charles Coughlin was to Catholicism in the 1930s, when the "radio priest" peddled nasty, faith-based opposition to another ambitious Democratic president.

Director Scott Teems' "That Evening Sun," a deceptive, thought-provoking and intense drama that stars Hal Holbrook as a cantankerous octogenarian who fights to remain on his family farm in East Tennessee, was named Best Narrative Feature at the 12th annual Indie Memphis Film Festival.

The Corduroy Wednesday crew took home the top Hometowner prize for The Conversion.