1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (364+ words) With another school year underway, United Way Greater Hazleton has been working throughout the community to help ensure local students have the basic resources they need to arrive at school prepared, confident, and ready to learn. Through its Back to…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (292+ words) The 35th annual West Hazleton High School Wildcat Roundup is in the books! The organizers thank all who attended the reunion in August, noting that everyone had a great time and lots of fun reconnecting and reminiscing with friends and classmates…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (250+ words) Looking back at my time at Mahanoy Area, I feel incredibly fortunate to have been part of the football, basketball and baseball programs. In a small school, you get the unique opportunity to make a lifetime of memories with guys…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (712+ words) Seventh grader Michael Velotta said learning to play a new instrument was challenging enough before his school band had to move to the gym. “As a musician, it would be difficult … to hear music with that noise, and it could…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (382+ words) FREELAND — In the basement level of MMI Prep, next to the school’s band room, students can find one of the school’s latest additions to its facilities: its esports lounge. Equipped with 10 gaming computers and two Nintendo Switches, the room offers…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (128+ words) The Standard-Speaker Members of the Valley Kiwanis Club recently came together to purchase school supplies and stuff book bags for local children preparing to head back to school. The completed book bags were donated to the Valley Food Pantry and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (177+ words) The Standard-Speaker Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 in Weatherly delivered school supplies for 40 students to Weatherly Elementary School Principal Chris Kimmel for the unit’s Give Ten to Education project. As the Weatherly Area School District students, teachers and staff…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (218+ words) The Hazleton City Authority held its annual electronics recycling event on Aug. 22 and the numbers are in. More than 13 tons of electronics were collected. Most items were old TVs and scanners. “The event was a big success by our metrics,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (191+ words) Hazleton native and UNICO Delaware District 1 President Richard A. DiLiberto Jr. was electedNational second vice president of UNICO National, America’s largest Italian-American service organization, at UNICO’s national election in Orlando, Florida, on July 24. He is immediate past chairman of the board…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (497+ words) HAZLE TWP. — Vik Gonzalez and Jaycel Hernandez went to school to pick up their schedules and came home with bags of clothes. While at Hazleton Area High School on Aug. 25, they heard about about clothes giveaway across the street at…...