Debbie Wachter

A brainstorming session among New Castle police, city officials, community leaders and a Bellefonte church youth group resulted in the idea of teens helping to build outdoor pickleball courts.

Cancer victims, fighters and survivors are everywhere, and sadly, cancer even exists in numbers within the New Castle Area School District.

A New Castle businessman is hoping his Facebook post offering free food staples to those who need them will be an inspiration to other local businesses to do the same.

A West Side man who reportedly threatened to rape a woman has landed himself in the Lawrence County jail.

Halloween landing on a Friday night during football season has caused a few municipalities to alter the times and dates of trick-or-treat hours from the traditional date.

New Castle police are looking for a man who reportedly set fire to a wreath hanging on an apartment door inside Skyview Towers high-rise apartment building Thursday.

A South Side man is in the Lawrence County jail, accused of robbing the South Side Brothers Market.

Two South Side residents are in custody and police are seeking the identity of a third accomplice all accused of breaking into an apartment in the 700 block of South

Hickory Township is disbanding its municipal police department that has existed for at least 50 years as its chief is still on paid leave.

The New Castle Area School Board is planning to vote this month to borrow $9 million to make ends meet as a result of the state budget impasse and federal