Kent Jackson

State Rep. Jamie Walsh, R-117, no longer can host public meetings in township buildings until he repays Luzerne County for $104,000 in legal costs, the township supervisors decided by a split vote …

A report recommended saving Penn State Hazleton because public schools and the economy are growing around the campus, which has strong community support and serves students who are less likely to g…

A Hazleton man charged with killing 39-year-old Jessica Lockwood and leaving her burning body on Club 40 Road has waived extradition from New York.

Penn State will continue supporting faculty and students in Northeast Pennsylvania, Regional Chancellor Elizabeth Wright said, even as the university’s trustees decide whether to close one of…

Police in Butler Twp. last month responded to a bicyclist riding against traffic, a motorist slumped over the driver’s seat at a gas station and a 13-year-old girl with a gun and knife. Chief…

A preliminary budget deficit of $10 million gave members of Hazleton Area School Board a glimpse into a future with higher enrollment and higher costs.

Instead of making soaps and body washes, workers from the local Henkel plant cleaned up parks and a trail in three communities on Friday.

Charles Miller started a discussion by asking supervisors in Black Creek Twp. what they know about a power line that PPL Electric Utilities offered to pay $33,000 to run through his property.

SUGARLOAF TWP. — As mourners shared memories at a tombstone, an audience learned about a the life of a miner with a ready smile. Tom came to Pennsylvania from Wales after losing a son in the mines,…

A fugitive who fled to New York was returned to Hazleton on Thursday to face charges that he killed 39-year-old Jessica Lockwood and left her burning body on Club 40 Road.