Lehighton (United States)

Type: City

Name: Lehighton (United States)

Latitude: 40.833698

Longitude: -75.713799

population: 5,487

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Drug Trafficking Conspirator Sentenced to Life in Prison

The United States Attorneys Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that a former Bethlehem man who participated in a Carbon County-based drug trafficking conspiracy was sentenced today to serve life in prison by Senior United States ... [Published 7thSpace - May 16 2013]

Entities: Drug Trafficking, Crack Cocaine, Conspiracy, US Attorney, Lehighton (United States)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Council will challenge legal decision that could affect Jim Thorpe remains

A legal decision involving the remains of Jim Thorpe will be challenged by the Carbon County borough that is home to the famed athlete's grave and is named in his honor.Jim Thorpe Borough Council voted 6-0 Thursday night to spend what will likely be tens ... [Published WFMZ-TV Online - May 10 2013]

Entities: Jim Thorpe (United States), Jim Thorpe, Repatriation, Jack Thorpe

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Hospital charges vary widely across Lehigh Valley region, country

It's only about 33 miles from Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital in Lehighton to Lehigh Valley Hospital's Muhlenberg campus in Bethlehem, but the distance between what the two facilities charge to treat a complicated heart attack case is far greater.According ... [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Medicare, Patient, Lehighton (United States), Uwe Reinhardt

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Jim Thorpe, Pa., could lose its namesake

JIM THORPE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - The tiny hamlet of Jim ThorpeA family squabble has turned into a federal court battleThe dispute could take an important turn this week, when the borough court will announce on Thursday whether it will appeal a federal ... [Published Yahoo! News - May 06 2013]

Entities: Jim Thorpe (United States), Jim Thorpe, Oklahoma (United States), Lehighton (United States)

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Dan Hartzell: Wrong-way Route 209 in Carbon County

10:46 p.m. EDTQ: On trips to Jim Thorpe from Bethlehem I've noticed a weird situation after turning right onto Route 209 'south' after crossing the Lehigh River Bridge: According to my GPS, I'm going due north on that road. Why does it say on the signs ... [Published Morning Call - May 06 2013]

Entities: Jim Thorpe (United States), Lehighton (United States), Kutztown (United States), Carbon

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Nine school teams ready for Citizen Bee

CARBON CAREER & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE: (front) Brook Dunbar, senior; and Shelby Haydt, senior; (back) adviser Mike Baumgardt, Jacob Evans, senior; and Charles Trovato, junior.‹ Prev1 of 9Nine area schools are sending participants to the 19th annual Pa. ... [Published Times News Online - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Carbon, Palmerton (United States), Lehighton (United States), Tamaqua (United States), Jim Thorpe (United States)

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Panther Valley High School

19th Citizen Bee May 2

Panther Valley student shoots for win No. 2Panther Valley High School would seem to have the edge in this year's Citizen Bee. All three PV contestants Stephen Hajcak, Judy Lin and Jake Tokosh participated in last year's contest and one of them took the ... [Published Times News Online - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: George Taylor, Lehighton (United States), Palmerton (United States), Panther Valley High School, Judy Lin

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"Our position is, [the borough] never received direct federal funding, only trickle-down funding" from the county through community development block grants, Garvey said

Council will challenge legal decision that could affect Jim Thorpe remains [Published WFMZ-TV Online - May 10 2013]

"So the charge at one hospital even in the same system could be higher, even significantly higher, than at another, but the primary billing could be for the same" diagnosis, he said

Hospital charges vary widely across Lehigh Valley region, country [Published Individual.com - May 09 2013]

"She felt something needed to be done and she was in Pennsylvania at the time," John Thorpe said. "Patsy and the town came up with an agreement he would be buried there and the town would change its name and erect a monument."

Jim Thorpe, Pa., could lose its namesake [Published Yahoo! News - May 06 2013]

Among the exceptional cases, according to FHWA, are two in which major routes have diverging branches. "In those cases, each branch is given the designation of the main route, followed by a letter indicating a ? direction of travel. In Texas, for example, I-35 splits at Hillsboro, with I-35E going through Dallas, while I-35W goes through Fort Worth. The two branches merge at Denton to reform I-35. A similar situation exists along I-35 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area of Minnesota."

Dan Hartzell: Wrong-way Route 209 in Carbon County [Published Morning Call - May 06 2013]