Carbon County News

A high ranking Carbon County school official is charged with allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a student.

A top school official in Carbon County is accused of sexually assaulting a child.

The Rev. Gerry Stoltzfoos will be praying to Jesus in front of Pennsylvania legislators after all.

It's been nearly three years since the Country Junction burned to the ground near Lehighton, Carbon County.

It wouldn't be surprising if Democratic state Rep. Bill DeWeese wishes the paper shredder he helped fund with a $25,000 grant had been put to work in the state Capitol rather than in his home community of Greene County.

Charged with driving drunk and killing state Sen. James Rhoades in October, Thomas Senavitis, 45, of Kunkletown, appeared with his attorney Thursday in Monroe County Court to challenge the evidence against him.

Vyomesh P. Bhatia, 38, of Montville, is in Schuylkill County jail today on charges.

By Mark Scolforo Associated Press HARRISBURG - House Speaker Keith McCall says he doubts Pennsylvania will have a state budget in place when the current fiscal year ends next week.

A woman has gone missing after her raft capsized on the Lehigh River in the area around Bowmanstown, according to an emergency dispatcher from Carbon County.

Bob Ford/Times News Jim Thorpe police at the scene of last night's shooting at 225 South Street, the house on the right.

One man is in the hospital and another is under arrest after a shooting in Carbon County last night.

Jim Thorpe Ambulance and Lehighton paramedics provided emergency medical treatment at the scene of a reported shooting before transporting the victim to a medical helicopter.

Police are on the scene of a shooting in Carbon County. Emergency dispatchers confirm that a man was shot at a home along South Street in Jim Thorpe.

Flash flood warning in Southwest Monroe until 8:30 p.m. June 13, 2009 The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Southwestern Monroe County, Southeastern Carbon County, Northampton and Lehigh counties until 8:30 tonight.

A year and a half ago, George Kitchen of Saylorsburg, found three dead dogs alongside a road near his home.

The request to extend the KOZ status at Packerton Yards may have been rejected by Lehighton and Mahoning Township, but Carbon officials say the project will still move forward as planned.

A year and a half ago, George Kitchen of Saylorsburg, found three dead dogs alongside a road near his home.

VICTOR IZZO/TIMES NEWS Dr. Frank Bostick holds the hawk before the operation to remove the arrow.

Renovations to the Carbon County Courthouse in Jim Thorpe will soon begin. During the county commissioners' meeting on Thursday, the board voted to award five of six contracts for the renovation project, which will cost more than $1.1 million to complete.

JIM THORPE Stealing five bags of mulch earned a 49-year-old woman a trip to Carbon County Prison, according to Jim Thorpe police.