COVENTRY, Vt. (AP) — A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the FBI and ...

Parent demand for K-12 school choice remains high in post-COVID America, but many states make the process too complicated, and bureaucracy is a barrier, a new survey says. More than 60% of parents in ...

Faith Alive Church, 678 Pine St., Palmerton (Bowmanstown) holds two services each Sunday with Pastor Rob Timlin. A contemporary service is held at 8:30 a.m., followed by Sunday school for all ages at ...

WASHINGTON — A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s pardon of supporters who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol four ...

• Appointment of Robert Fahler, assistant boys basketball coach, from a rate of $5,187 to $1,265 for duties performed from the start of the season through his resignation date of Dec. 4. Co-curricular ...

State police at the Bethlehem barracks reported the following incidents: • Police are investigating an alleged child abuse case involving a 3-year-old boy from Germansville. PA Childline services were ...

Tamaqua borough will back a loan for a new police station and community center. During Tuesday’s borough council meeting, borough Manager Kevin Steigerwalt explained that the Tamaqua Area Community ...

Someone dropped off a cat early Friday morning at the mailing address for the Blue Mountain Animal Rescue Society’s foster program. The Palmerton address is a private residence and does not accept ...

The average price for a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is 7.6 cents higher this week at $3.372 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. Oil costs hovering around $80 a barrel have ...

The Panther Valley School Board learned costs of a proposed solar project for the school complex in Summit Hill last week. The McClure Company, a construction management company that specializes in ...

Parryville Borough will soon have “Live Answer Pro” 24-hour virtual answering service through Palmerton Telephone Company as part of its efforts to “be available to constituents,” according to council ...

NEW ORLEANS — A major winter storm that slammed Texas and blanketed the northern Gulf Coast with record-breaking snow moved east Wednesday, spreading heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts ...