Mechanicsville (Schuylkill, Pennsylvania)

PennDOT announced lane restrictions will be enforced on the following roads in Lehigh County Mauch Chunk Road between Sand Spring Road and Hill Street in North Whitehall Township, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Oct. 11-31 for paving; Route 329 between Rick Road and...

Wayne S. Woodward, 82, of 11818 Peacock Trail, Hagerstown, Md., passed away Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, at Meritus Medical Center. Born March 9, 1930, in Luray, Va., he was the son of the late Joseph Lawrence Woodward and Celeste Virginia Woodward. He...

Get in the mud! Here's a look at some of the region's upcoming obstacle mud runs. Note: Check each organization's web site for more race day options. Fees increase for most of these events as the race day approaches. Tough Mudder May 12 and 13: Pocono...

Phileas Fogg went around the world in 80 days. I did it in 23. And I bet I visited more amazing sites than he — India's Taj Mahal, Easter Island, Tibet, Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the African plains, to name a few — all without having to endure...

Willie Wanda “Billie” Laws, 92, of Hagerstown, died Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011, at her home. Born Jan. 11, 1919, in Leslie, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late John William and Ethel (Nelson) Edwards. She worked as a homemaker. “...

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CEDAR CREST COLLEGE (FALCONS), 100 College Drive, Allentown, 610-437-4471, 1-800-360-1222, http://www.cedarcrest.edu CHESTNUT HILL COLLEGE, Satellite program of Chestnut Hill's main campus in Philadelphia, 9601 Germantown Ave.,...

Maybe you really don’t need nothin’ but a good time. Bret Michaels, front man for the 1980s glam rock band Poison, played a solo show Friday at Allentown's Crocodile Rock Cafe that broke no new ground – in fact, eight......

Thomson Reuters today released its annual study identifying the top U.S. hospitals for inpatient cardiovascular services. The study, now in its twelfth year, for the first time singled out 50 hospitals rather than the traditional practice of naming 100...