Kent Jackson is a reporter at the Standard-Speaker. With over four decades of experience, he focuses on schools while also covering local government, health, police, and environmental issues, reflecting his commitment to community storytelling. Kent's work has been featured in various publications, including The Scranton Times-Tribune and Aviation Week Network, among others.
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Kent Jackson's coverage revolves around local news, with a focus on education, entertainment news, house & home topics in the Hazleton area of Pennsylvania. His articles include event coverage and government announcements related to the local community. If you are looking to pitch to Kent Jackson, consider providing stories or insights about educational initiatives, community events, local government policies affecting Hazleton residents into your pitches for greater chances of engagement.
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Historical society will open from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.
By: Kent Jackson
HAZLETON — An engineer is devising a plan to save part of a building after the roof fell in, severing power and temporarily forcing 13 people out of apartments, a barbershop and cafe.
By: Kent Jackson
“Tears for Tomorrow,” a feature-length film made in Freeland in the 1950s, will be shown on Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. in the borough building as part of the celebration of the borough's 150th anniversary.
Students are most likely to drop out of Hazleton Area schools after ninth-grade when survey results say they're stressed, behind in classwork, shut out from programs they want to study and struggling with English.
By: Kent Jackson
Hazleton residents will get their first look at “The Secrets Beneath Hazleton,” a film about coal mines and passaways beneath the city, on Sept. 8 at 6 p.m. at Hazleton Art League.
In 150 years, Freeland survived a devastating fire, shootout and snowstorm, all of which will be remembered during a four-day festival in honor of the borough's anniversary from Sept. 10-13.
By: Kent Jackson
Seventh grader Michael Velotta said learning to play a new instrument was challenging enough before his school band had to move to the gym.
By: Kent Jackson
A fibrous plant known as kenaf might help treat sewage at a Hazleton area facility where failing filters have concrete cancer.
A developer received approval to build 192 apartments called the Howard at Butler from the Butler Twp. supervisors
By: Kent Jackson
HAZLETON — YouTuber Phil Kudey is one of the explorers who peered into Hazleton's coal mines.
