8+ hour, 9+ min ago   (623+ words) In the face of a backlash from libertarians and elected officials statewide, including both gubernatorial candidates regarding the use of Flock cameras, leaders of two Mountain Top police departments recently spoke out in favor of their use. Wright Twp. police…...

1+ day, 3+ 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…...

3+ day, 4+ 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…...

4+ day, 23+ 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…...

5+ day, 3+ 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, 8+ 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…...

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…...

2+ week, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (65+ words) Pennsylvania State Police are investigating the death of a 62-year-old man in Butler Twp. Butler Twp. police responded Aug. 24 to incident on East Foothills Drive. At the request of the Luzerne County District Attorney, the Pennsylvania State Police Troop N…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (509+ words) HAZLE TWP. — Angel Slatick brought her three children plus three nieces and nephews back to school early to get haircuts. United Way of Greater Hazleton participated with two barber shops and a salon on Aug. 24 to offer haircuts at Hazleton…...