Your View on COVID vaccine: Why should nonwhite communities trust the health...
Your View: Surveys show that people in the country's Black and Latino community are, for a number of reasons, reluctant to trust the health care authorities, so rollling out the coronavirus vaccine...
View ArticleWilson police investigating after borough home is struck by gunfire
Police were dispatched at 10:08 p.m. to a home in the 1500 block of Northampton Street, where a second-floor bedroom window was damaged, Chief Christian Meehan said in a news release.
View Article72 tennis players in lockdown in Australia after coronavirus cases on flights
A further 25 tennis players were forced into quarantine in Australia ahead of the season’s first tennis major after another positive coronavirus test on a charter flight, taking the total number of...
View ArticlePennsylvania lawmaker stricken with brain cancer dies
Pennsylvania state Sen. Dave Arnold, R-Lebanon, has died a little more than a year after being diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor.
View ArticlePolice and media far outnumber protesters at Pennsylvania Capitol on Sunday...
Police and National Guard on foot, in vehicles and on horseback far outnumbered a tiny number of protesters who appeared in front of the Pennsylvania Capitol about midday Sunday.
View ArticleAllentown water main break closes road, shuts down water service along Ridge...
Water service and traffic were disrupted along Ridge Avenue in Allentown because of a broken water main.
View ArticleJim Thorpe man charged with participating in U.S. Capitol riot
Andrew Wrigley, who lists his home city in court paperwork as Jim Thorpe, is charged with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, as well as...
View Article1 dead, another injured in head-on crash in Upper Macungie
The two-vehicle wreck occurred about 4:35 a.m. at the intersection of Hamilton Boulevard and Farmington Road, Upper Macungie police said.
View ArticlePatriot League men’s basketball: Second half surge lifts Bucknell to weekend...
The Bison started the second half 6-for-12 from the arc and finished plus-15 from long distance, helping them rally for a 77-61 win in a Patriot League men’s basketball game at Stabler Arena.
View ArticleMan stabbed Sunday in North Catasauqua; woman arrested
North Catasauqua police arrested a woman after a reported assault Sunday that left a man with a stab wound.
View ArticleVirtual swimming and diving meets are better than nothing in this season
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference schools will swim in their own pools to conduct virtual meets this year.
View ArticleMLK still resonates in divided U.S. in 2021
Does Martin Luther King Jr.'s message still resonate during a time of partisan rancor and divisiveness? Scholars say yes.
View ArticleFeds seeking Harrisburg woman whose ex says she stole Nancy Pelosi’s laptop...
Federal authorities have obtained an arrest warrant for a Harrisburg woman they suspect may have stolen House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop during the Jan. 6 Capitol siege with the intent of selling...
View ArticleAre we at the beginning of the end of COVID-19? The tricky road to herd...
Can we start to look forward to when life returns to normal? The answer hinges on that often-misunderstood concept of herd immunity, made all the more complicated by the emergence of two variants of...
View ArticleYour View: Martin Luther King Jr.’s message in an era of white anger directed...
Op-ed: As we celebrate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this week, it’s clear we have much more to achieve in seeking to create his vision of a “Beloved Community.”
View ArticleSWIMMING PREVIEWS: Emmaus boys loaded, while Hornets and Trojans should...
There are high hopes that the 2021 high school swimming season will end with a PIAA championship weekend in March.
View ArticleOver 2,000 Allentown School District homes to get free internet in...
Allentown School District will tap into T-Mobile’s 10 Million Project, enabling 2,025 households in the district to receive high-speed internet access with wireless hot spots and free unlimited data.
View Article2 pregnant women injured in hit-and-run crash on I-78 in Bethlehem, police say
Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a motorist who caused a rollover crash that injured two pregnant women and their husbands Saturday night on Interstate 78 in Bethlehem.
View ArticleBethlehem Township’s engineer overcharged developer of Traditions of America...
The number of employees assigned and the amount of time it took them to review plans for the Traditions of America age-restricted housing community along Green Pond Road in Bethlehem Township resulted...
View ArticleAfter backlash, Luzerne County town reconsiders hastily approved dog-killing...
A town in Luzerne County is backing off an ordinance that allows loose dogs to be killed in at little as two days.
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