No tax hike in Allentown’s proposed 2021 budget, which taps cash reserves to...
Property taxes would not increase for Allentown residents for the second year in a row if Mayor Ray O’Connell’s $119 million proposed 2021 spending plan is approved.
View ArticleReaders React: Drug use can spark criminal violence
Reader: Parents, I plead with you to talk to your children about the devastating effects of getting involved with drugs. Please save your children and others, too.
View Article‘New York, California, and Illinois, your states are way too highly taxed,...
Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others....
View ArticleLehigh Valley Halloween guide to trick-or-treat, parades (and unparades) and...
Are Halloween parades, trick-or-treat and other events in the Lehigh Valley on or off due to COVID-19? Here is the latest.
View ArticleDA: Bucks bank robber tries to shoot state trooper; gun doesn’t work
“This trooper literally came face to face with his would-be killer, and overcame the defendant in a battle for his own life,” Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said.
View ArticleLehigh Valley International Airport announces new nonstop service to...
United Airlines will offer two nonstop daily flights from Lehigh Valley Airport to Washington
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 1,557 more cases on Tuesday;...
There are 1,557 additional cases of coronavirus across the state on Tuesday and hospitalizations have increased about 18% in the past week.
View ArticlePennsylvania Supreme Court justices review priest abuse lawsuit’s ruling on...
Pennsylvania’s highest court on Tuesday grappled with whether a woman’s lawsuit on claims of sexual abuse by a priest decades ago should be allowed to proceed — a lower-court ruling that has launched...
View ArticleNo contest plea halts Lehigh Valley Hospital nurse’s sex assault trial
Robert L. Kohut’s plea came after the victim testified for three hours Monday, saying Kohut, 55, of Pittston, Luzerne County, sexually assaulted her in an area of the Bethlehem hospital reserved for...
View ArticleDa Vinci Science Center secures federal financing for planned complex in...
The Da Vinci Science Center is one step closer to building its planned complex in downtown Allentown. The educational nonprofit announced Tuesday that it has secured a $5.6 million loan though the U.S....
View ArticleBethlehem Health Department notifies patients of potential COVID-19 exposure...
The Bethlehem Health Bureau is investigating a case of COVID-19 associated with Dr. Sylvia Medina’s office at 2037 Stefko Boulevard.
View ArticleQ&A: Meet the candidates who will square off in 187th Pa. House race
Republican state Rep. Gary Day is facing a repeat challenge from Democrat Michael Blichar Jr. for Pa. House in the 187th District, which includes much of northwestern Lehigh County and part of...
View ArticleQ&A: Meet the candidates who will square off in 137th Pa. House race
Democrat Kate Brennan is challenging Republican state Rep. Joe Emrick in the Pa. House 137th District election, which includes upper Northampton County.
View ArticleBuses return to Wind Creek Bethlehem casino, with modifications
Wind Creek Bethlehem, which had a robust busing program from New York City and New Jersey, resumed a modified bus program this week after a seven-month suspension because of the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleWoman killed in rollover crash in Nockamixon Township
State police in Bucks County say a 55-year-old Kintnersville woman died Sunday when her vehicle rolled over on Route 412 in Nockamixon.
View ArticleRepublicans continue to eat away at Democrats’ voter registration advantage...
Democratics still outnumber Republicans in Pennsylvania, but their advantage has shrunk from 9.5% a year ago to 8.1% as of this week. See where each party has grown the most.
View ArticleLVHN proceeds with new hospital in Lackawanna County
Lehigh Valley Health Network has resumed construction of a hospital outside Scranton that is scheduled to open in summer 2022, the network said Tuesday.
View ArticlePennsylvania House fails to override Gov. Wolf’s veto of bill to loosen...
The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday failed in an attempt to override a bill that Gov. Tom Wolf had vetoed last Friday that would have loosened some coronavirus restrictions on bars and restaurants.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 1,557 more cases on Tuesday; Berks County...
There were 1,557 additional cases of coronavirus reported across the state on Tuesday as the state Department of Health began sending rapid-result antigen test kits to Berks County to help contain a...
View ArticleOops: Erroneous email tells Lehigh County residents who already voted their...
An email error caused Lehigh County to tell people who already voted their ballots are on their way.
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