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Your View: Why most disposable plastic ends up in our landfills

Op-ed: We cannot recycle our way out of the problem of disposable plastic and its impact on the environment. Here's what will help.

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Fulfilling young woman’s wish, foundation gives $20,000 in toys to LVHN’s...

The Amber Louise Elchert Foundation will give nearly $20,000 worth of toys to Lehigh Valley Health Network's Reilly Children’s Hospital this Christmas. The drive was named for Elchert, a Muhlenberg...

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Scene from ‘Elf’ comes to life as Buddy meets dad in Boston

Just like a real-life movie, the story of Buddy the Elf meeting his biological father has come to life, just in time for the holidays.

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Pennsylvania coronavirus update: 12,884 new cases- the highest daily increase...

Pennsylvania recorded another record number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 411,482 since the start of the pandemic, including 11,262 deaths.

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Fire guts old church housing New York’s Liberty Bell

A historic Manhattan church that houses New York’s Liberty Bell has been gutted by a massive fire

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Snowstorm knocks out power to thousands in the Northeast

The northeastern United States is bracing for a powerful, windy storm that forecasters say could bring 18 inches or more of heavy, wet snow to parts of the region

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Pennsylvania state prisons report several new inmate deaths from COVID-19

More than two dozen Pennsylvania state prison inmates have died of the coronavirus. On Saturday, Pine Grove state prison in Indiana County reported its first inmate death from COVID-19.

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Teen killed in multivehicle accident on Route 22 identified

The Lehigh County coroner's office said Ryan Carbone, 16, of South Whitehall Township was killed in a crash that closed a busy portion of Route 22 in South Whitehall Township early Saturday.

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Salisbury Township woman missing since Thursday after reportedly going to...

A Salisbury Township woman has been missing since Thursday after leaving the parking lot of her apartment on South Cedar Crest Boulevard to pick up a fare dispatched by Uber or Lyft.

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East Stroudsburg University will bring about 800 students back to campus next...

East Stroudsburg University will bring a limited number of students back to campus this spring, ramping up toward a fuller in-person reopening in the fall.

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No vets at annual Pearl Harbor ceremony, another WWII event that survivors...

On Pearl Harbor Day, in what may be a first in decades, no eyewitnesseswill attend the 7:55 a.m. ceremony marking the terrible moment 79 years ago when Japanese warplanes dove out of the sky to attack...

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Your View by Lehigh Valley day care centers: State funding changes will...

Op-ed: A change in child care subsidy payments resulted in combined cuts at six centers of over $80,000 in state funding in September, threatening our ability to provide quality child care and family...

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Your View: Can Biden pave the way for permanent citizenship for Dreamers?

Op-ed: Joe Biden has a lot of work to do to readdress DACA and to pave the way for permanent citizenship for Dreamers.

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Family: Missing Salisbury rideshare driver’s cellphone detected in Center...

Eleanor Camacho, 58, was last seen around 5 p.m. Thursday leaving the parking lot of her apartment in the 1100 block of S. Cedar Crest Blvd.

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Eagles bench Carson Wentz during game against Packers; Jalen Hurts throws TD,...

The Philadelphia Eagles benched Carson Wentz during Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers.

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It’s time to end ‘war on nature’: UN chief urges steps to curb climate change...

With new reports highlighting 2020′s record-breaking weather, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivered yet another urgent appeal to curb climate change.

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Current weather pattern leaves snow boots stashed away in Lehigh Valley

Based on December’s current pattern, it’s hard not to imagine a scenario where a story in written in March of next year begins something like this: This was not the wettest or warmest winter in Lehigh...

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Will the US ever have a national COVID-19 testing strategy?

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, U.S. health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy.

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Your View: What impact will Supreme Court ruling have on public health policies?

Op-ed: A Supreme Court decision presents a slippery slope. Are there no circumstances under which the government can implement measures to control a pandemic?

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King George, one of Bethlehem’s first on-duty police horses, retires

Officer Al Strydesky, George's final regular partner on the beat, said everyone was saddened to hear that arthritis would take the 15-year-old horse off the streets. But the department is grateful to...

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