Archive for July 2013

Little campers were strapped onto stretchers and taken for medical treatment after their school bus was sandwiched between a passenger car and tractor trailer near the McAdoo exit Friday morning. Two buses from the YMCA camp  were on their way to the JFK pool in Pottsville for a day trip when the accident happened. Thirty-nine…

July 26, 2013 Interstate 81 South Now Single Lane Dunmore – Interstate 81 South between Exit 141 (Hazleton South Beltway) to Exit 138 (Mcadoo/Tamaqua) is now single lane after a crash this morning. A detour is still in place and motorists are advised to use both the right lane and detour.

Thursday, heavy smoke clouded Market Street in Wilkes-Barre as crews started working away at the crumbling Hotel Sterling building. Demolition of the the iconic Hotel Sterling started around 7 in the morning after construction crews got the go ahead. Hotel Sterling was built in the late 1890’s, during the golden age of Wilkes Barre. Over the…

  Young book worms stopped by the little free library in the center of Freeland on their way to the park, Wednesday. Free Little Libraries are set up all around the world and come in different shapes and sizes. They’re set up so kids and adults can enjoy books without paying for them. Readers are asked to bring a book…

 School is more than a month away, but when students in Pottsville elementary schools return to class, they’ll be the first to play with brand new computers. But first, they gotta make room for the new computers. The savings are deep. The district is expecting to make more than $50,000 the sale – the cut…