Bangor Area High School closed Thursday and Friday, football game canceled...
Bangor Area High School will be closed Thursday and Friday, and a football game against Allentown Central Catholic High School has been canceled.
View ArticleTwo budding businesses, offering house plants, pots, soil and more, take root...
Two plant businesses – The Curious Plantaholic and Steel City Plant Co. – are taking root in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticleOn weather maps, Pennsylvania flips from blue to red. How long will the warm...
Pennsylvania’s continued ballot count from the general election showed the state possibly flipping from red to blue early Thursday. Weather maps, on the other hand, were flipping from blue to red.
View ArticlePennsylvania election officials: Stop bickering and focus on counting the...
Column: With the rest of the country watching Pennsylvania, this isn’t the time for our officials to quarrel among themselves about how the election has been handled.
View ArticleYour View: How some of Allentown police’s $40 million budget could be better...
Op-ed: We should address public safety through an approach that relies less on police and prisons and more on rehabilitation and social support systems.
View ArticleHonor Lehigh Valley vets at these Veterans Day events
Here is a list of events honoring veterans in the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas.
View ArticleBethlehem considers 5% tax increase because of pandemic shortfalls and...
Bethlehem Mayor Robert Donchez presented an $84.7 million budget on Thursday that calls for a 5% property tax increase in 2021.
View ArticlePennsylvania flag flown at half-staff in honor of Bethlehem Township firefighter
On Thursday, Pennsylvania will honor the service of Bethlehem Township firefighter Martin Comer by flying the commonwealth flag at half-staff on all state buildings in Northampton County.
View ArticlePA-7 UPDATE: Susan Wild cuts Lisa Scheller’s lead to less than a percentage...
The outcome of Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District race remained unclear Wednesday after Lehigh County election workers took the evening off before finishing the tally of 77,500 mail-in ballots.
View ArticleRoute 22 West in Whitehall Township reopened after dump truck mishap
Dirt and rock blanketed the popular highway late Thursday morning, forcing its closure for hours as crew cleaned up the mess.
View ArticleWoman jumps out third floor window to escape alleged abuser in Emmaus, police...
The woman told police that her abusive boyfriend held her against her will overnight in a bedroom on Furnace Street in the borough.
View ArticlePennsylvania presidential race: Fewer than 400,000 mail-in ballots left to...
There were fewer than 400,000 mail-in ballots left to count in Pennsylvania Thursday afternoon as the state’s closely watched presidential race tightened with final tallies from several heavily...
View Article2 charged in Carbon County Courthouse bomb threat allegedly made to get out...
Pennsylvania authorities say two Carbon County men have been charged for allegedly calling in a bomb threat that led to a courthouse evacuation
View ArticleWoman charged with attempted homicide in Sunday shootings in Allentown
A woman was arrested Thursday on attempted homicide and other charges in the Sunday shootings of two other women in Allentown, police said on Facebook.
View ArticleVoters in Jersey Shore town of Margate reject a boardwalk
Voters in Margate, a well-to-do seaside community near Atlantic City, overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to build a boardwalk along its beachfront.
View ArticleAllentown School District receives grant for building upgrades for eventual...
The Allentown School District has received a $2 million grant from Lehigh County that will be used for building upgrades to help with the eventual return of in-person instruction.
View ArticleNorthampton Republicans appeal Election Day ruling on mail-in ballots
The Northampton County Republican Committee Thursday appealed to Commonwealth Court for a ruling on its objection to the disclosure of 38 invalid mail-in ballots on Election Day.
View ArticleThe frenzied final hours in Lehigh County’s mail-in ballot counting headquarters
Presidential election: Pennsylvania workers push to finish counting ballots in Lehigh County
View ArticlePolice say two girls reportedly abducted by woman in New York are safe
Amber Alert: Police say two girls reportedly abducted by woman in New York are safe
View ArticleFrom the classroom, cafeteria, nurse’s office and home: What school looks...
About a month into the school year, The Morning Call checked in with students, parents, teachers and staff in Allentown, Bethlehem, Catasauqua and Parkland schools schools to find out how this...
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