A not-so-merry Christmas morning for those in the Lehigh Valley with wet...
The heavy rain and high wind Christmas Eve into early Christmas left many people in the Lehigh Valley without power.
View Article“A Christmas miracle, that their son is alive and well”: Police say vest...
Officials say a New York City police officer responding to a domestic violence call in Brooklyn was shot in his bulletproof vest on Christmas Eve.
View ArticlePa. election officials are burnt out and leaving their jobs after 2020...
Since the passage of the 2019 law that made sweeping changes to voting in Pennsylvania, at least 21 election officials have left or will soon leave their posts.
View ArticlePa. shuts down 40 restaurants, including in Lehigh Valley, where defiant...
The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department closed 40 restaurants, including nine in the Lehigh Valley region, for defying the state’s ban on indoor dining and remaining open as coronavirus cases surge and...
View ArticleRetail Watch: Family behind popular Quakertown-area pizzeria to open Italian...
Giacomo’s Italian Market, featuring Italian specialties such as meats, pastas, sauces and olive oils alongside freshly-prepared foods such as salads, sandwiches, quiches and baked goods, is expected to...
View ArticleAs Lehigh Valley’s year of coronavirus comes to a close, the sun peeks...
2020 was the year that gave us the coronavirus pandemic. Saving the day would require grit, genius and heroism. And the world would discover it had ample real-life reservoirs of all three.
View ArticleYour View by Sen. Bob Casey: Why we need a big New Deal-style jobs program
Op-ed: I am proposing a New Deal-style Works Progress Administration jobs program that is updated for today’s economy.
View Article2020 was an ugly year in Harrisburg. Don’t expect 2021 to be much better.
While most Pennsylvanians can shelter in their political bubbles while they disagree about the severity of the pandemic and the reality of Joe Biden’s election win, in Harrisburg, elected officials...
View ArticlePennsylvania encourages residents to look for other help as federal pandemic...
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry is promoting programs for heating assistance and other needs for those now relying on pandemic relief, which has not yet been extended by the federal...
View ArticleBlack-owned hunting camp in the Poconos is trying to make activity more diverse
“I want people of all backgrounds to come here, but an interest is to get more Black hunters to come here, particularly young kids and their dads,” says the owner of a Poconos hunting camp.
View ArticleBethlehem counselor say pandemic prompts many to seek mental health help for...
Calls remain high at crisis lines, though COVID-19′s negative impact on mental health likely won’t be quantifiable for another year or so.
View ArticleYour View: I had an aha moment in readying for Kwanzaa
Op-ed: After fruitless Kwanzaa shopping trips, I had an aha moment: It is not the responsibility of retailers to craft my Kwanzaa experience because the principles matter more than the symbols.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: Two-day infection total is 14,755
The state Health Department reported 7,581 additional cases of coronavirus Friday and 7,174 Saturday.
View ArticleShots fired into South Whitehall home when theft is interrupted
South Whitehall police are asking the public’s help in tracking down the perpetrators of an attempted theft who, after being interrupted, fired two shots into a home and fled.
View ArticleTrexlertown’s Good Will Fire Co. cancels 55th fastnacht-making fundraiser due...
One of the Lehigh Valley's largest fastnacht-making events, involving hundreds of volunteers at Good Will Fire Co. in Trexlertown who make up to 36,000 of the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch treats, is...
View Article41 years ago, she became the first bus driver for a Pennsylvania transit...
At the wheel of the Route 18 bus, Denise Smith, 64, departed Lancaster’s Queen Street Station with two riders on a run to Elizabethtown that would prove routine in every way but one: It was her last...
View Article‘There’s nothing like a dog.’ Therapy dogs comfort the grieving at two Lehigh...
Using therapy dogs at funeral services memorializing loved ones has been growing for decades in the U.S., but it's apparently unique in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticleBullets hit Easton house; police ask public to let them know if they saw or...
Gunfire hit a house in Easton early Sunday.
View ArticleYour View: What to expect in Pennsylvania politics for 2021
Op-ed: In the wake of the blockbuster political drama of 2020, politics in 2021 will likely be less over-the-top in its dimensions.
View ArticleLuzerne County girl, 10, starts her own business to help children, donates...
A 10-year old Luzerne County girl walked in one day and decided she wanted to help less-fortunate children; she raised enough to deliver $1,000 in gifts.
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