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Four people were rushed to hospitals after three vehicles crashed Sunday afternoon on Route 940 in Hazle Twp.

In Conyngham where property taxes haven't changed in eight years, borough council proposes a 26% increase to attract and retain police officers by paying them more.

HAZLETON — Jennifer DeFluri sat in a salon chair while Risel Vargas styled her long red hair. The scene from what looked like a beauty shop took place on Tuesday inside the Cancer Center at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton where a wig boutique just opened with help from Hazleton Rotary Club. To showcase the boutique, DeFluri, a specialty nurse, tried on a wig matching her own hair color while Varga . . .

When announcing plans to lay off 8,000 workers worldwide earlier this month, Cargill didn’t say if workers in the Hazleton area will lose jobs, but a union leader doesn’t expect members…

HAZLETON — As John Leshko walked out of the hospital, he saw a crowd. Fellow firefighters stood with caregivers, friends and therapists wearing T-shirts that said “Standing Strong for John.&#…

Just as developer Robert Mericle rescued a plan to put a soccer field and two basketball courts under roof at the high school campus, efforts to build two other sports facilities gained momentum in…

Co-workers experiment with Coal Region cocktail Co-workers John Nonnemacher and Michael Gaizick didn't win the first time they entered their

At the highway garage in Butler Twp. there are four doors through which employees park seven dump trucks. But when bids came in at nearly double the amount of pademic relief funds available for building a new garage, the township supervisors froze the plan. “We don't have the money,” Supervisor Michael Reich said. “I will not take on any new debt.” That sums up decisions that the three supervisors . . .

Hazleton Area School District added $16.3 million to its fund balance, which a new audit said reached $54 million. The audit shows the district took in more money than it spent for the fiscal year …