Explainer: States still in play and what makes them that way
Election results: A handful of states remained in play early Friday in the tightly contested U.S. presidential race. The outcome of contests in Georgia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Nevada will...
View ArticleBill White: I’m mourning Mark Trail, the precious, stupid comic strip I’ve...
Readers question Mark Trail comic changes. One asks: "What the hell is going on here? Is this a new cartoonist, a parody, or a joke of some sort?"
View ArticleA presidential election like no other? I sure hope so
Column: We’ve become a country of “we and us” and “they and them.” Everyone is branded according to their political party affiliation, and expected to fall in line.
View ArticleJury deliberating in trial of Allentown man accused of killing woman with...
At the trial of an Allentown man accused of killing the mother of his two children, prosecutors asked the jury to recall the victim's gruesome injuries.“This weapon was harpooned into the victim’s...
View ArticleYour View: by two Lehigh County commissioners: Why we need to reform the...
Op-ed: While it may be politically expedient to simply jail people, it is ineffective in addressing society’s problems, wastes tax dollars and takes a toll on human lives.
View ArticleRepublican Timothy DeFoor wins Pennsylvania’s auditor general race
The race for auditor general pitted Republican Timothy L. DeFoor, a county controller in central Pennsylvania, against Democrat Nina Ahmad, a former deputy Philadelphia mayor. DeFoor was declared the...
View ArticlePostal Service finds 1,700 ballots in sweep of Pennsylvania post offices,...
The U.S. Postal Service said in a court filing that it has delivered more than 1,700 ballots found in sweeps of Pennsylvania postal facilities, including hundreds in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticlePat Toomey: No evidence to support Trump vote fraud claims; Charlie Dent...
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says he sees no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president’s words “very...
View ArticlePA-7 congressional race: Democrat Susan Wild defeats Lisa Scheller in bid for...
U.S. Rep. Susan Wild has defeated Republican challenger Lisa Scheller. a former Lehigh County commissioner, in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District had been counted.
View ArticleAll eyes on Pennsylvania: We’re putting Biden over the top
Column: The political pundits had predicted the Keystone State would play a key role. And that’s one thing they were right about.
View ArticlePennsylvania presidential race: Vote counters' toil to extend into next week...
Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow but growing margin in the presidential race drew him closer to winning Pennsylvania’s cache of 20 electoral votes Friday as county-by-county teams of ballot counters...
View ArticleJosh Shapiro reelected as Pennsylvania attorney general
Democrat Josh Shapiro has won his race for a second term as the state’s attorney general, defeating lawyer Republican Heather Heidelbaugh.
View ArticleJoe Biden appears to have flipped Northampton County, a key Pa. bellwether,...
Thousands of votes remain to be counted in Northampton County, but early results show a familiar pattern. Urban and rural communities stood pat while a few key suburbs determined whether Donald Trump...
View ArticlePennsylvania Republican leaders call on Gov. Wolf to launch immediate audit...
Two top Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature on Friday called for Gov. Tom Wolf to launch an immediate audit of the 2020 election, citing among other things a huge number of provisional ballots,...
View ArticleNorthampton Area High School to close for a week because of coronavirus
Northamtpon Area High School will be closed next week because of two COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleTwo loaded handguns confiscated Thursday at Philly, Lehigh Valley airports,...
A Lebanon County man tried to take a loaded gun onto a plane at the Lehigh Valley International Airport and an Upper Macungie Township man tried to do the same in Philadelphia.
View ArticleHershey’s Halloween candy sales increased despite fewer trick-or-treaters
Michele Buck, chairman, president and CEO of Hershey Co., said Friday that earlier shipments of Halloween candy to stores helped boost sales. So did marketing messages that suggested safe ways to...
View ArticleWilson police on lookout for third man charged in September shooting death
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for one of three men charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in the September shooting death of an 18-year-old in Wilson.
View ArticleDespite ‘substantial transmission’ of COVID-19 in Lehigh County,...
Lehigh County school districts will stay the course with their respective educational models for the time being, despite the state’s move to elevate the county to a level of “substantial” coronavirus...
View ArticlePennsylvanians feel the gravity of their vote as the world watches
Pennsylvanians feel the weight of their votes, as the week ends without a winner in the presidential election.
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