Bill White: Why ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas’ is the most fitting...
Bill White: Have yourself a merry little Christmas now. And dream about next year, with no pandemic.
View Article2021 will bring an urban cidery to Bethlehem’s South Side
Five Maidens Cider Company, crafting alcoholic ciders from locally sourced apples, aims to open a production facility and tasting room within the next few months at 327 Polk St. in south Bethlehem.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 8,703 more cases and 220 more deaths...
The state reported 8,703 more cases of the coronavirus and 220 more deaths on Wednesday and Gov. Tom Wolf’s office gave no updated indication of when or if it might issue new coronavirus restrictions.
View ArticleDowntown Allentown eatery to permanently close, joining growing list of...
Nosh @ Nana’s, a breakfast-and-lunch eatery that opened in June 2015 at 515 Hamilton St., will permanently close on Friday.
View ArticleLight snow coats the Lehigh Valley, but makes a mess of some area roads
A quick burst of snow proved beautiful in some areas but treacherous in others as it blanketed the region Wednesday, coating lawns and trees but making a mess of some area roadways.
View ArticleTrump looks past Supreme Court loss to new challenge of election results in...
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his campaign will join an improbable case before the Supreme Court challenging election results in Pennsylvania and other states that he lost as he tries to...
View ArticleWater main break hits Trexler Mall in Lower Macungie Township, closes Kohl’s,...
A water main break forced two businesses to close Wednesday evening at Trexler Mall in Lower Macungie Township, the Lehigh County Authority said.
View ArticleJupiter, Saturn will appear to merge in rare ‘Christmas Star’ event not seen...
Jupiter and Saturn are moving closer to each other, culminating in a Great Conjunction on Dec. 21.
View ArticleLehigh County adds Juneteenth as paid county holiday as a way of ‘doing the...
Juneteenth will be a paid holiday for Lehigh County employees after county commissioners voted Wednesday to further recognize the date Black Americans consider their day of freedom.
View ArticleYour View by state Rep. Peter Schweyer: 1 million Pennsylvanians are facing...
Op-ed: Almost 1 million Pennsylvanians are behind on their utility bills, due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. How we can help.
View ArticleThe U.S. citizenship test just got tougher. Can you pass it?
Column: The U.S. citizenship test is now longer after revisions by the Trump administration.
View ArticleSome Pennsylvania Dems want maskless House GOP lawmakers sworn in last
A group of Democrats in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants their adamantly maskless Republican colleagues to be sworn in next month after everyone else, to help prevent the spread of...
View ArticleAllentown School District teacher is newest member of Lehigh County Board of...
An Allentown School District social studies teacher has been tapped to fill an open seat on the Lehigh County Board of Commissioners.
View ArticleWhat’s it like to be a test subject for a coronavirus vaccine? LVHN employee...
Among the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine testers is a respiratory therapist from Lehigh Valley Health Network, who hates needles but saw a moral imperative to volunteering.
View ArticleSome local Pa. judges enjoy light workloads as taxpayers pay millions for...
A yearlong investigation by PennLive and Spotlight PA found huge variations in how much time each judge spends in the courtroom. Many also work second jobs as lawyers, business owners.
View ArticleHusband gets prison for attempting to murder wife at Hamilton Crossings; gets...
The victim ran from the vehicle after the stabbing, making her way across the Hamilton Crossings parking lots to a snowplow driver, who called 911 as she collapsed in the snow, bleeding profusely from...
View ArticleAuthorities identify woman killed in pedestrian accident on Race Street in...
Authorities closed a stretch of Race Street in Hanover Township, Lehigh County to investigate after a 50-year-old woman was hit by a vehicle.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 11,972 more cases on Thursday; hospital...
The state reported 11,972 more cases and 248 more deaths from the coronavirus on Thursday as hospital admissions for COVID-19 decreased in the Northeast region — which includes the Lehigh Valley — for...
View ArticleAllentown Mayor Ray O’Connell to seek reelection? Nat Hyman says he’s backing...
Allentown Mayor Ray O’Connell will announce Friday whether or not he is seeking reelection next year. Developer and prospective mayoral candidate Nat Hyman said Thursday that he will throw his...
View ArticleLamont McClure kicks off reelection campaign for Northampton County executive
Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure announced Thursday he will seek a second term in office.
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