Weissport News

Some residents in Carbon County are calling on PennDOT to fix what they say is a dangerous road.

Crews in Carbon County are searching for a woman who has been missing for more than a week now.

LEHIGHTON Weissport woman still missing after one week, state police say Sharon Weaver, the Weissport woman who disappeared Nov.

A woman who walked out of a bar in Franklin Township on Wednesday hasn't been seen since.

It's Halloween weekend, and that means it's time to get out and get ghoulish. But not all Halloween events are scary in nature.

One year ago Newswatch 16 took an in-depth look at the 16 worst bridges across northeastern and central Pennsylvania.

Here are the best Halloween and Fall attractions in the Pocono Mountains. 1) Altered Nightmares Haunted House - Altered Nightmares, "The Pocono Mountains Premier Haunted House," is a fright-filled adventure through a silk mill that dates back to the late 1800s.

Borough council could name its new police chief at tonight's meeting although the appointment was not discussed at the Thursday workshop.

Emergency repairs have been completed on a 71-year-old bridge which is considered a gateway into parts of Carbon County.

Despite what we see, McCall Bridge called safe House speaker assured that wooden blocks under heavily traveled span will be r A temporary repair made to the Thomas J. McCall Memorial Bridge has irritated State Representative Keith McCall.

AL ZAGOFSKY/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS Ken Hurley, left, and John Drury of the Mauch Chunk Museum, stand alongside the southern end of Lock #3 and look into the Hobo Tunnel.

Several residents attended Weissport Council's meeting Tuesday to ask council to reconsider having rat traps baited, because the rats are back in town.

Gary Reed of Lehighton, left, was 2008 Mr. Redneck, while hometown girl Amanda Parisi, was 2008 Miss Daisy Duke Shorts.

Police are still searching for the driver of a hit and run that happened last week in Carbon County.

Jim Thorpe police are looking for a truck with a dark blue cab and a white box in connection with the fatal hit-and-run incident on Susquehanna Street Thursday night.

Police in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, are investigating a fatal hit-and-run accident.

A police chief in eastern Pennsylvania says a driver who struck and killed a pedestrian might have driven off without realizing what happened.

A 46-year-old Carbon County man was killed last night by a hit-and-run vehicle as he stood along a narrow section of Route 209 in downtown Jim Thorpe.

Gail Maholick/TIMES NEWS Jane and Leroy Fritzinger of 707 North Harrity Road, Lehighton, lost their home during a massive fire on Thursday night.