Schuylkill County

Q:I'm getting ready to go back to work, and I need to place my child in day care. I want to choose a good program, but how do you know what is and what's isn't? A: How up are you for shopping around? Though it might seem strange to think about choosing...

Q: What do I do if I think a child I know is being abused? A: The simple answer is that you report the suspected abuse to the proper authorities, say The Family Project 's experts. Many times, panelists say, people don't come forward when they have...

Q: I'm having trouble making ends meet even though I work full-time, especially because day care is so expensive. I've heard there may be a way to get money to pay for it. Do you know how? A: You're right on both counts -- child care is expensive, and...

If there were any doubt that health care was big business in the Lehigh Valley, a look at 2002's largest employers makes it clear. Six of the top 25 largest companies are directly involved in health care, according to data compiled by The Morning Call....

In the Lehigh Valley, mosques and churches such as Hayek’s, serve as hubs for many members of the Arab American community. Religious leaders say the role churches and mosques play are two pronged — they help Arab Americans assimilate into American...

Layers of violet silk pile on top one another as Mahera Soonasra eases herself onto the well-worn brown carpet. Seated alone, she smoothes the folds of her gown, called a shahrarah, and pushes her back against the wall of the empty mosque. Within 15...

(The following was compiled by The Morning Call). JUDGE OF COMMON PLEAS Term: 10 years (Vote for one) REPUBLICAN CHARLES M. MILLER DEMOCRAT WILLIAM C. REILEY SHERIFF Term: 4 years (Vote for one) REPUBLICAN ERICK M. HOFFMAN DEMOCRAT FRANCIS V. McANDREW D....

Q: There's been crime in our neighborhood lately, and we're thinking about getting a handgun for protection. But we're not sure because we have three kids. What do you think? A: The Family Project 's panelists are in pretty sound agreement about this...

Carbon County commissioners have backed away from a countywide real estate reassessment while other counties are moving ahead. One of the latest is neighboring Schuylkill County, which is planning the massive task, though it will take up to four years to...

A revolution is sweeping across the health care industry, and it has turned medicine into big business. Bigger health systems mean better care, say some analysts. Others predict a crisis in which compassion is replaced by Wall Street toughness. Morning...