T-S looking for copy editor for W-B/Hazleton

The Standard-Speaker is looking for a copy editor. Send applications to Larry Holeva in at the CV in Wilkes-Barre.

Hazleton penis made famous by Google Maps

Has everyone else noticed that Google recently upgraded their northeastern Pennsylvania images -- and now you can see the penis vandals created on high-school football field in Hazleton a few years ago. The Standard-Speaker wrote about this in a story Saturday that will undoubtedly make it's way through the Internets in the coming days. A tipster passed along this bigtentailgate.com item.

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Hazleton paper wins APME award

The Standard-Speaker of Hazleton won second place in a Pennsylvania APME contest for its coverage of immigration issues in the commonwealth's highest city.