Lehighton News

When soldiers become veterans, you'd think their fighting days would be over. But too many veterans in the Lehigh Valley and across the country have been forced to wage an endless battle -- for benefits from their own government.

About a year ago, we shared a great tip from Gayle Getz in Lower Macungie about reusing cereal bags when they're empty.

James M. Rodgers, 28, of Lehighton, was injured today in a 5:44 a.m. accident on Beltzville Drive, west of Hilltop Drive, south of the Indian Mountain Golf Course, in Polk Township.

Police are investigating the burglary of a home on Chickasaw Drive in Effort on Oct.

A Polk Township woman is out $4,200 after sending a money order and not getting a Bobcat T300 in exchange.

Someone broke into a Pepsi machine located outside Borger's Gulf Station on Route 209 in Kresgeville sometime between 7 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 p;.m. Sunday.

Three people were hurt in an accident on Old Route 115 at Meixsell Valley road in Ross Township on Sunday.

Another teachers strike could be brewing this time in Carbon County. Teachers in the Lehighton Area School District voted to reject the school board's final contract offer yesterday.

Emergency personnel in Carbon County are searching Mauch Chunk Lake this afternoon after an overturned boat was discovered on the lake and a vehicle was found in the parking lot.

A Fogelsville man was found dead Thursday afternoon in Mauch Chunk Lake in Carbon County after police and divers investigated an overturned boat in the water, authorities said.

Just when you thought people couldn't get any creepier, two men are accused of throwing cats into a burn barrel.

Burglars got into a home near Lehighton sometime Sunday night in Carbon County. Police said someone got into the home on Center Street in Parryville through a basement door after prying it open.

Old Man Winter is raining, or should we say snowing, on autumn's parade. The colorful fall foliage we usually start to see this time of year is being covered by a blanket of white in some areas.

Pennsylvania state police in Lehighton are seeking the public's assistance in locating a fugitive from justice, Jason Thomas Ahner, 40, of Lehighton.

He may have fled to South Carolina and Florida and may be armed. Call 1-866-370-1518 with any information.

Thomas Lee VanHorn, 46, of Kunkletown; on suspicion of drunken driving; state police at Lehighton said VanHorn was on Route 534 at 6:50 p.m. Sunday when he hit a guardrail as he shifted a grocery bag on his motorcycle; police said he was under influence of alcohol; he was taken to Pocono Medical Center for treatment.

Reported by Custred's Electrical and Home Maintenance of Kunkletown and Cool Breeze HVAC of Treichlers; 60 feet of copper pipe and 2,000 feet of electrical wire taken from construction site on Point Phillips Road south of Lower Smith Gap Road between 3:30 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m. Friday; reported to state police at Lehighton.

Randall Forte, executive director of the Lehigh Valley Arts Council, happily announced 32 grants to artists from all corners of the Valley Oct.

Sundance Vacations Founders John and Tina Dowd attended a private dinner at the historic Capitol Hill Club in Washington, DC on September 23, 2009.

A township woman who keeps exotic animals as pets was killed this evening after she was attacked by her pet black bear, an official with the Pennsylvania Game Commission said.