11+ hour, 14+ min 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…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (221+ words) The parishioners and friends of St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church will celebrate the church’s sesquicentennial anniversary with a church service at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20. The celebration coincides with Freeland’s 150th celebration this year. The actual anniversary date is June 25, 1876. On…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (545+ words) HAZLETON — The Rev. Kevin Miller remarked he couldn’t remember the last time he saw the pews of St. Gabriel’s Church so crowded for a 9/11 memorial Mass. Perhaps it is because this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (429+ words) A fibrous plant known as kenaf might help treat sewage at a Hazleton area facility where failing filters have concrete cancer. Board members of Greater Hazleton Joint Sewer Authority unanimously agreed to pay $110,000 to add material made from kenaf into…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (206+ words) Hazleton residents can now explore the city’s newest hardware destination: the Hazleton Home Center. Though final touches are still being made, the store is open and ready to serve the community. Located at 459 W. Broad St., in the former A…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (334+ words) Barry Morphew had been free on a $3 million surety bond until the Aug. 26 crash in Denver led prosecutors to argue that Barry Morphew wasn’t honoring the terms of his release. His release terms included not traveling away from home except…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (180+ words) The Nesquehoning Historical Society announced the next event in a series of Local History Presentations as part of Carbon County and Nesquehoning’s America250 Celebration. The visual presentation “The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company’s Summit Hill and Panther Valley Mining Operations 1818 to…...

4+ day, 20+ 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…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (151+ words) The Standard-Speaker Motorists are advised that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and Bridging Pennsylvania Developers I will implement a traffic switch on Interstate 80 westbound in support of the I-80 Nescopeck Creek Bridges Project. The contractor will perform a major traffic switch…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (202+ words) The Standard-Speaker Hazleton Rotary welcomed current District 7410 Governor Andy Lane Chapman as she made her official visit to the club on Sept. 2, providing the members with an update on upcoming district events and activities. The district governor also awarded Immediate…...