Worker advocates file racial discrimination complaint against meatpacking...
Several worker advocacy organizations have filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Agriculture alleging that meat processing companies Tyson and JBS have engaged in racial...
View ArticleTop 3 Things to Do This Weekend in the Lehigh Valley
The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of countless Lehigh Valley events in recent months, but a few attractive options are going on this weekend. Here are our Top 3 Things to Do.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 1,009 new cases added Friday; largest...
The state Department of Health on Friday reported 1,009 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 93,876.
View ArticleTeen who attacked Lafayette College employee with baseball bat in brutal...
The 19-year-old admitted to using a metal baseball bat to beat a Lafayette College staff member in a vicious, random attack over a cellphone. His co-defendant, accused of stomping on her head, is...
View ArticleParkland student’s whale-inspired project among tops in international science...
The Parkland student is among 200 participants in the virtual continental competition.
View ArticleMan threatens another man with AR-15 rifle inside Easton home as 911...
Police were sent to the Easton home after dispatchers heard a man as "Why are you going to shoot me?" over an open 911 phone line, according to court records.
View ArticleAllentown and LCA strike a deal. Here’s what it means for water and sewer bills
Allentown and the Lehigh County Authority have reached a tentative settlement they believe will end multiple legal disputes related to LCA’s 50-year lease of the city’s water and sewer system.
View ArticleTropical Storm Fay drops an inch of rain on Lehigh Valley, no reports of...
Tropical storm Fay cut a slow, wet path across the Lehigh Valley on Friday, dropping about an inch of rain by mid-afternoon but sparing the region some of the major flooding that Philadelphia and the...
View ArticleAllentown State Hospital update: wrecking ball approaches following pandemic...
The coronavirus pandemic delayed the destruction of the Allentown State Hospital, but not for long.The Pennsylvania Department of General Services now anticipates its demolition contractors will finish...
View Article‘A slap in the face’: Goya Foods faces boycott after CEO says US is ‘truly...
Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue praised President Donald Trump on Thursday: “We all truly blessed ... to have have a leader like President Trump who is a builder,” Almost immediately, #BoycottGoya,...
View ArticleYour View by assistant Lehigh professor: Columbus is still killing people....
Op-ed: Columbus is still part of a built environment that is harming and gradually killing people. Easton: take him down from his pedestal.
View ArticleRetail Watch: Two barbecue businesses, serving up smoked meats and sides,...
Barbecue season is in full swing, and if your love for ribs, pulled pork and other meaty options does not match your will to get behind the grill, a couple of new businesses have you covered.
View ArticlePennsylvania drivers beware: Speeding past a school bus will be harder to get...
A new Pennsylvania law increases the fine for passing a school bus with its red lights flashing, and allows school districts to keep most of that money to buy cameras to catch violators.
View ArticleLehigh, Lafayette, Northampton Community College join colleges opposing new...
Lehigh University and Lafayette College College have denounced a directive by the federal government this week that would take away foreign college students’ visas if the courses they take are entirely...
View ArticleYour View by Moravian professor: Is America the most selfish society on earth?
Op-ed: The widespread, willful refusal to wear masks and social distance confirms that, indeed, the United States is “exceptional.”
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: more than 800 new cases as total approaches...
Pennsylvania coronavirus cases on Saturday increased by 813 for a total of 94,689, including 17 deaths. In Allegheny County, counts have risen in the past few weeks, cases increased by more than 200.
View ArticleSt. Louis couple who pulled guns on protesters on private street once armed...
The McCloskeys of St. Louis are engaged in a dispute with neighbors over a parcel of private land, and once grabbed guns over the property in the 80s.
View ArticlePolice execute search warrant at home of St. Louis couple who pulled guns on...
Authorities executed a search warrant at the St. Louis mansion of a white couple whose armed defense of their home during a recent racial injustice protest drew widespread attention, their attorney...
View ArticlePolice: Hamburg man killed in motorcycle crash in Schuylkill County
A 36-year-old man died Saturday afternoon after a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County, according to state police.
View ArticleMan charged with kidnapping Amish teen, who was last seen walking home from...
A Lancaster County man has been charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old Amish woman who disappeared in Pennsylvania several weeks ago and remains missing.
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