Monroe County (Pennsylvania)

Despite increased willingness by some lenders to renegotiate troubled home mortgages, the new modified loans have not gone as far as hoped to help strapped homeowners stave off defaults. Federal data released in December show that more than half of...

Police are investigating the theft of a truck trailer loaded with meat and the tractor of a second rig from a parking lot in Monroe County. Marek Toczylowski, 42, of East Stroudsburg, reported the loaded trailer missing around 5 a.m. Monday, and Keso...

Police are investigating the theft of a truck trailer loaded with meat and the tractor of a second rig from a parking lot in Monroe County. Marek Toczylowski, 42, of East Stroudsburg, reported the loaded trailer missing around 5 a.m. yesterday, and...

Tyler Mazur was only 7 years old when he first visited Gettysburg, Pa. The family trip to the historic city ignited Tyler's curiosity about the Civil War -- a passion that he's had for seven years. "It started during our family vacation. We went...

A 29-year-old Monroe County man is being sought on charges he stabbed a 22-year-old Stroudsburg man on Dec. 28 after getting into an argument in a bar, Stroud Area Regional Police said Monday. Paul Anthony Torres, 29, stabbed the other man, whose name is...

For hours, the invalid mother called out to her morbidly obese daughter, who stayed just feet away in a bedroom of their filthy mobile home in Monroe County. She got no answer. It was the day before Christmas. Worried, the mother phoned a friend, who...

Friday's pre- Christmas snow turned deadly for a young Philadelphia man when the car in which he was driving spun out of control and was hit by a truck on Interstate 78 near the Lehigh- Berks County line. Jonathan Medina, 18, died of blunt force trauma...

The Poconos' wooded Cherry Valley, where herons pluck trout from a nearly pristine creek and bog turtles sun themselves among the sedges, stands as one of the most diverse natural habitats in Pennsylvania, and the federal government wants to keep it...

This is the second of a five-part series on Pennsylvania's new Right-to-Know Law. | In high school, Terry Mutchler's tenacity could be measured in broken field-hockey sticks, including the time she broke her wooden stick in the heat of a game and had...

Going green isn't just a theme, it's a way of life for the Wildlands Conservancy, and that message permeated the group's Green Gala last month to celebrate the conservancy's 35th anniversary at Brookside Country Club. The event and auction drew 230...

EDITOR'S NOTE -- This is the second installment in a five-part series on Pennsylvania's new Right-to-Know Law. In high school, Terry Mutchler's tenacity could be measured in broken field-hockey sticks, including the time she broke her wooden stick in the...

CARBON AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTIES AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES will be held in Carbon county at the following times and locations: 1-6 p.m. today at Zion United Church of Christ, 225 Iron St., Lehighton; noon-5 p.m. Tuesday at Palmerton Borough Hall, 455...