Poconos Coal News Today

First responders tell 69 News initial reports from when the search began said the hiker was a diabetic.

Travelers can expect some big changes when it comes to what type of ID they travel with.

Pennsylvania State Police in Lehighton have requested assistance from the Lehigh Township fire department to aid in the search for a missing hiker on the Appalachian Trail.

A police sergeant at the command post tells 69 News the hiker was found deceased.

A dozen fire departments from Monroe, Wayne and Lackawanna counties were called to Coolbaugh Township just before 10 a.m. Friday.

Schuylkill county communications says the accident occurred in the area of Penn Drive and Mantzville Road at approximately 9:21 a.m..

Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a Barnesville man for firing a gun in the air near a woman and children.

Prosecutors in the case of a Monroe County man accused of killing four University of Idaho students say the mans alibi claim that he filed is not specific enough.

Pennsylvania State Police say a 42-year-old New York City woman was arrested after trying to smuggle drugs to an inmate in Schuylkill County.

Blue Mountain School District (BMSD) administrators say the districts high school will be open Friday following multiple online posts that allegedly referenced a school shooting.