State police at Lehighton reported the following incidents:
• A 72-year-old Lehighton man was the victim of a theft incident in which someone used his credit card to make purchases of items valued at .
State police at the Lehighton barracks reported on the following incidents:
• Kendal Nicole Smith, 27, of Lehighton, was charged with retail theft after an incident at the Walmart store in Mahoning To.
People in Pennsylvania's Coal Region are among the sickest in the state. The coal industry that once supported them is gone, and in its place are poverty, sickness and addiction. Doctors are thinning out, and health facilities struggle to keep their doors open.
Lansford police are investigating an accident which occurred Wednesday evening. Reports from the scene are the driver of a sport utility vehicle was traveling north on Jones Street when the brakes fai.