Wanted: A farmer. Successful organic farm in western Pa. is closing because...
Come spring, the Beaver County farm will be idle for the first time since he first turned the soil there in the spring of 1979. Don Kretschmann, 71, is retiring after failing to find someone to take...
View ArticleYour View by Mayor Donchez: Bethlehem will continue to move forward in 2021
Op-ed: In 2021, we hope to see the beginning of the development of the Martin Tower site in Bethlehem, continued redevelopment of the Westgate Mall and construction of a second hotel at Wind Creek casino.
View ArticleMichael Cohen seeks to dismantle Trump legacy, one podcast at a time
Since September, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer has been producing a podcast from the Park Avenue apartment where he is serving the remainder of his prison sentence for lying to...
View ArticleToomey is 2nd GOP senator to call for Trump resignation
Pat Toomey becomes 2nd GOP senator to call for Trump to resign presidency
View ArticleShould college students be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Colleges don't yet have to decide whether to give students COVID-19 vaccines, but discussions are taking place.
View ArticleLawmakers who sheltered during Capitol riot warned of possible COVID-19...
House lawmakers may have been exposed to someone testing positive for COVID-19 while they sheltered at an undisclosed location during the Capitol siege on Wednesday
View ArticlePennsylvania Republicans showed Trump’s grip on the party after the attack on...
Eight of the 10 Pennsylvania Republicans in Congress led a push to overturn their own state’s election results early Thursday morning, speaking from the House chamber many of them had been rushed away...
View ArticleLehigh Valley ambulance services grapple with falling revenue, uncertainty of...
With fewer people calling for ambulance services during the coronavirus pandemic, Lehigh Valley EMS organizations are delaying capital purchases and planning carefully.
View ArticleBucks woman becomes ‘hope dealer’ in drug market she once felt powerless to...
Strangers helped Megan Cohen find her way out of addiction. Now the Bucks County woman is reaching out to others in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, where she wallowed in her addiction.
View ArticlePizza and tacos under one roof: BYOB restaurant combining Mexican and Italian...
Mex-Italia Pizza Restaurant, offering Mexican and Italian cuisines, is expected to open within the next few weeks at 1038 Union Blvd. in east Allentown.
View ArticlePelosi says House will impeach Trump unless VP forces ouster
Pelosi said that first the House will try to force Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to oust Trump by invoking the 25th Amendment.
View ArticlePennsylvania’s new 2020 laws eased election rules, reformed police...
COVID-19, police reform, election law amendments and consolidating state colleges were some of the issues addressed in new Pennsylvania laws in 2020.
View ArticleYour View: Why Pennsylvania should abolish the death penalty
Op-ed: Pennsylvania sticks out like a sore thumb in the Northeast as the only state that has yet to abolish the punishment in the region.
View Article1800s printing press and other historic items from The Morning Call office...
After The Morning Call's office permanently closed in 2020, historic items, including a nearly 1,500-pound, cast-iron printing press dating to the 1830s, have found new homes.
View ArticleArmy investigating Fort Bragg officer who led group to Trump rally before...
Commanders at Fort Bragg are reviewing Captain Emily Rainey’s involvement in last week’s events in the nation’s capital, but she said she acted within military regulations.
View Article$15 billion Save Our Stages Act: Lehigh Valley concert venues react to...
As part of the larger COVID-19 stimulus bill passed last week, $15 billion has been designated as Save Our Stages Act funding to aid local concert venues closed since March — including ArtsQuest,...
View ArticleHellertown’s Main Street loses two businesses, but a fast-casual eatery is on...
Hellertown’s Main Street has lost two businesses – a gun store and “healthy-ish eatery” – in recent months, but a new addition is nearing its debut.
View ArticleAre you missing your second stimulus payment? Here’s why it might not be coming
Stimulus update: This week, the IRS acknowledged some people will not receive a second stimulus payment and will have to claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2020 tax return.
View ArticleBrian Johnson named new Lehigh County president judge
Judge J. Brian Johnson, a 17-year veteran of the bench who has led the Orphan’s Court and Civil divisions, is Lehigh County’s newest president judge.
View ArticleAllentown man charged in New Year’s Day crash that killed mother, baby
A 30-year-old Allentown man has surrendered to authorities after allegedly fleeing the scene of a New Year’s Day crash that left woman and her 1-year-old with fatal injuries.
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