Last chance for Pa. voters to register for mail-in ballot: Tuesday is deadline
Reminder: Tuesday is the deadline in Pennsylvania to request a mail-in ballot for the Nov. 3 general election. Here's what you need to know.
View ArticleClock ticking on Pennsylvania’s $1.3 billion in unspent federal coronavirus...
Pennsylvania has $1.3 billion in unspent federal coronavirus emergency funds that could help people, businesses and counties across the state, and clock is ticking on an important deadline that changes...
View ArticleAmy Coney Barrett could shake up how ballots are counted in Pennsylvania next...
Column: The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a request from the Pennsylvania Republican Party to overturn the three-day extension for mail ballots to be received.
View ArticleTeen injured in Allentown shooting, police report
Allentown police say a teenager was injured in a shooting Monday night in the city’s Jordan Heights neighborhood.
View ArticleMore than 3 million Pennsylvania voters apply for mail-in ballots
A week ahead of the Nov. 3 election, applications in Pennsylvania for mail-in or absentee ballots have exceeded 3 million.
View ArticlePennsylvania schools need an additional $4.6 billion to close education gaps,...
An analysis of Pennsylvania school funding by education advocates is the latest salvo in their yearslong battle to address inequities in the state’s public school system, one that could intensify as...
View ArticleQuakertown’s highly anticipated public market, featuring around a dozen food,...
Trolley Barn Public Market, a 19,000-square-foot market and food hall featuring a diverse mix of around 15 vendors, is nearing completion at 116 E. Broad St. in Quakertown.
View ArticleLiberty’s Cole Frank wins District 11 boys cross country individual...
Frank, a senior, secured his second consecutive District 11 Class 3A Cross Country individual title during Tuesday’s championship meet at Blue Mountain Ski Resort in Lower Towamensing Township. Frank...
View ArticleCoroner identifies woman, 4-year-old girl killed in crash on I-78 in Upper...
The Lehigh County coroner's office identified the woman and child killed Monday in a crash on I-78 in Upper Saucon Township.
View ArticleA ballot opener that can tackle 40,000 envelopes an hour, and other things to...
For Election Day 2020, back-to-the-future high-speed ballot envelope openers are among the interesting storylines to emerge. Here's an explanation of the voting logistics in Lehigh and Northampton...
View ArticleForensic genealogy used to identify 75-year-old North Whitehall man in cold...
John J. Sipos, a 75-year-old man from North Whitehall Township, is accused of strangling a 24-year-old San Diego "go-go" dancer in 1969.
View ArticleBucks County police identify three vehicles near scene of teen’s fatal...
Bucks County detectives want to speak to the drivers and passengers of three vehicles which were parked or traveling on or near Old Ridge Road in Nockamixon State Park in Bedminster around the time...
View ArticleLehigh Valley’s newest Dunkin’ is a ‘restaurant of the future,’ with...
The Lehigh Valley’s newest Dunkin’ location, dubbed a “next-generation restaurant,” opened Saturday at 4098 Bath Pike in Hanover Township, Northampton County.
View ArticleMelania Trump in Pa. slams Joe Biden, Democrats during first solo campaign stop
Melania Trump lined up squarely with her husband Tuesday on her first solo trip of the 2020 campaign, slamming Joe Biden, Democrats and the media as she pushed the president’s reeelection message in...
View ArticleLuzerne County seeks Amy Coney Barrett recusal in Pa. mail-in ballot dispute
Lawyers representing Luzerne County have filed a motion in the United States Supreme Court asking newly minted Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself in a dispute over the mail-in ballot deadline...
View ArticlePennsylvania officials warn of new unemployment scam
Pennsylvania officials warned residents to beware of callers posing as unemployment compensation agents who ask for personal information.
View ArticleKamala Harris’ husband to speak at Wednesday event in Allentown
Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, will speak Wednesday in downtown Allentown at a Joe Biden campaign event.
View ArticleNational Guard called into Philly after unrest sparked by fatal shooting of...
The National Guard is expected in Philadelphia as unrest continues over the fatal shooting of a Black man by police.
View ArticleLatest on Zeta: A washout ahead, with 2-3 inches of rain by Friday
The Lehigh Valley could see a total of two to three inches of rainfall Thursday and Friday as the remnants of Hurricane Zeta wash through the area, the National Weather Service said.
View ArticleWalter Wallace Jr. death: Family of Philadelphia man sought ambulance, not...
The family of Walter Wallace Jr., the Black man killed by Philadelphia police officers in a shooting caught on video, had called for an ambulance to get him help with a mental health crisis, their...
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