Summit Hill News

Carbon County has filed a lawsuit against Panther Valley School District to try to recover tax records and commissions from 2000 to present.

PPL's rate caps come off two months from today, yet efforts to put limits on higher electric bills aren't making much headway - partially a result of Pennsylvania's prolonged state budget fight.

Authorities on Friday identified the man found dead in Mauch Chunk Lake near Jim Thorpe as Richard E. Bashore.

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.

An early-morning fire swept through three row homes in Tamaqua today. The fire was reported at 5:25 a.m. at 132 Orwigsburg St.

Twenty-five voters from Carbon County were inducted Thursday into the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame in Nesquehoning.

A state budget proposal appeared to unravel Thursday when House Democrats moved to change the mix of tax revenues legislative leaders had agreed to two weeks earlier.

Efforts to resolve Pennsylvania's deadlocked budget process hit a setback Thursday as Gov.

Carbon County wants to reclaim thousands of delinquent taxes that were lost because six taxing bodies utilized a third party tax collection agency instead of the county tax claim bureau.

A man initially facing a citation to court on drug charges now has a host of charges against him after he allegedly stole a Knoxville Police Department cruiser this morning and ran it down an embankment.

Flames can be seen through the windows of the former Welsh Congregational Church in Lansford.

Franklin Township Volunteer Fire Co. President Debra Goodhile learns about propane tank regulators from safety expert Daniel S. Waters at a seminar held Monday.

CHRIS PARKER/TIMES NEWS Daniel Bird of Coaldale asks council to allow the formation of a Quick Response Service in the borough.

RON GOWER/TIMES NEWS The damaged chimney at 234 W. White St., Summit Hill, is shown here.

The most discussed topic during Summit Hill Borough Council's monthly meeting Tuesday night was the $3.5 million building project, and little in the discussion sounded positive.

It's been only 11 years since area code 717 was split and the area code 570 was created.

Ron Gower/TIMES NEWS A large crowd is on hand for Wine of the Mountain at Penn's Peak in Jim Thorpe, Sunday.

WAGSTAFF A son, James Jonathon Wagstaff, was born at 2:58 p.m. on June 25, 2009 at Blue Mountain Health System's Gnaden Huetten campus in Lehighton, to Kristen and Jonathon Wagstaff of Summit Hill.

Roller coasters continue to bring thrills and excitement to kids of all ages. Anticipation of sharp turns or quick drops at high speed clears the head of any mind clutter.

People struggling to make ends meet are finding some help from a local church. Rosemarie Baker shopped in the basement of Saint John's Lutheran church in Jim Thorpe Wednesday.