Warm and muggy for Father’s Day Weekend as summer officially arrives, with a...
The summer solstice arrives this Father’s Day Weekend, with building heat to follow as we head into a potentially blistering season, meteorologists say.
View ArticleAmid calls for police reform, Bethlehem police went beyond call of duty
Column: Bethlehem police likely could have withheld parts of its use-of-force policy from public view. But it released all of it, believing that was in the public's interest amid national calls for...
View ArticleYour View by Bethlehem school superintendent: How we will teach students to...
Op-ed: In order to cure the disease of racism, we need all of our students to understand the impact of racism on society so they are prepared to live their lives as anti-racists.
View ArticleDespite landmark ruling, Pa. GOP leaders in no hurry to extend LGBTQ...
Advocates say action is necessary to close gaps in equality, but a House Republican committee chair said he'll have "to see where this ranks” with other issues.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus updates: 526 new infections statewide as last of...
Pennsylvania added 526 new coronavirus cases Friday, with more counties lifting restrictions on businesses and all but one county set to join them next week in the least-restricted green phase of Gov....
View Article5 Phillies players, 3 staff members test positive for coronavirus
Five Phillies players and three staff members have tested positive for the coronavirus at the team's facilities in Clearwater.
View Article‘Egregious’ Bethlehem shooting during child custody exchange earns man 23 to...
The brazenness of the daytime shooting that paralyzed a man was among the reasons a Northampton County judge said she felt it necessary to impose such a severe sentence on Eric Garcia Mulero.
View ArticleAMC reverses course, says customers must wear masks in theaters nationwide
AMC Theatres, which has two Lehigh Valley locations, unveiled plans to reopen its more than 600 venues nationwide, with masks optional for patrons as CEO and president Adam Aron looked to avoid...
View ArticleLehigh Valley gets green light to lift additional restrictions on businesses,...
The Lehigh Valley got the green light Friday to lift additional restrictions on businesses and gatherings next week, when Lehigh and Northampton counties will shift to the green phase of Gov. Tom...
View ArticlePennsylvania reopening: The counties that have gone green and the ones still...
Here’s a look at which parts of Pennsylvania have started reopening from the coronavirus shutdown, which ones soon will, and the rest that remain in the “red” phase, where non-life sustaining...
View ArticleCelebrations, protests mark Juneteenth in Philadelphia area
Several marches were held to mark the day and protest racial discrimination. Among them was a gathering in Philadelphia of roughly 200 people, mostly black men dressed in black T-shirts, who marched...
View ArticlePennsylvania unemployment rate slides back from pandemic peak
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was 13.1% in May, down 3 percentage points from April's adjusted rate.
View ArticlePenn State, Bethlehem Catholic grad Joe Kovacs primed for another Olympic run
The world champion shot putter is back in training mode in preparation for the Olympic Trials, which are rescheduled for June 18, 2021, in Eugene, Ore.
View ArticleOverheard comment about warehouses draws fire from Upper Macungie planners
Mentioning the word warehouse in an overheard conversation draws sharp rebuke from Upper Macungie Township planners.
View ArticleJuneteenth observers in Allentown, Bethlehem say recent uprising against...
Nearly 100 people gathered outside William Allen High School in Allentown for a flag-raising ceremony in commemoration of Juneteenth.
View ArticleJudge calls Slatington woman who scammed friends with fake Disney trip “liar,...
“You are a liar. You are a thief,” Judge Kelly L. Banach told Sandra L. James of Slatington, who scammed friends with a fake trip to Disney World she claimed to have been granted due to a terminal...
View ArticlePolice probing separate incidents in Easton after man found dead, another...
Easton police are probing two separate incidents after a man was found dead in the city's South Side. A man with a gunshot wound was also discovered at the hospital, but police haven't linked the two...
View ArticlePennsylvania reopening: What life looks like in the green phase
The first Pennsylvania counties have been selected to move to the third and final phase of Gov. Tom Wolf's reopening plan. Find out what it all means.
View ArticlePennsylvania lawmakers urged to make police discipline records public; police...
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are being urged to join states that make police department records of officer discipline accessible to the public.
View ArticleSummer vacation? Why the Pennsylvania Legislature shouldn’t take one
Column: Pennsylvania lawmakers have too much to do this year to take their typical two-month-plus summer break from voting sessions.
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