Road Warrior: With three pedestrians dead in three weeks, follow these road...
The Road Warrior is concerned about pedestrian safety after three pedestrians died in crashes between late June and mid July. Here's a reminder on best practices for road safety.
View ArticleBethlehem parks to offer fun and fitness programming for kids
The Bethlehem Recreation and Health bureaus are hosting a free fun and fitness program in city parks this summer. The program kicked off this week and will continue through Aug. 20.
View ArticlePennsylvania state college system might combine six of its 14 universities
The system overseeing Pennsylvania’s 14 state universities, after years of falling enrollment, will use a new state law to conduct a financial review that ultimately could result in fewer schools.
View ArticlePennsylvania releases recommendations for how schools should reopen
On Thursday, Gov. Tom Wolf outlined recommendations for how schools should reopen this fall.
View ArticleTraffic stop in Allentown leads to arrest, drug seizure
A 43-year-old man is facing a number of drug charges following a traffic stop Wednesday that was part of an investigation by the Lehigh County Drug Task Force, according to court records.
View ArticleShop artisan jewelry, candy, photography and more at Musikfest’s virtual...
Handwerkplatz, Musikfest’s popular artisan village in historic Bethlehem, is transitioning to an online shopping destination this year to highlight the region’s artists. The shopping portal, presented...
View ArticleWhat constitutes a meal? Lehigh Valley bars, breweries and wineries scramble...
Many bars, restaurants, breweries and wineries in the Lehigh Valley were scrambling Thursday, trying to decipher the latest mitigation efforts announced by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf aimed at stopping...
View ArticleA new Morning Call series brings Lehigh Valley’s poverty out of the darkness
The Morning Call's new series, Vulnerable in the Valley, will shed light on poverty in the Lehigh Valley and how it affects people and all aspects of life. Poverty rates are near historic lows, yet...
View ArticleWhat are your questions about the voting machine problems in the Lehigh...
What are your questions and concerns about the new voting machines in Lehigh County and Northampton County? Tell us.
View ArticleCause of counting failures in Northampton County voting machines not yet...
Northampton County officials and representatives from the voting machine manufacturer apologized for the counting failure errors but promised the counting of the paper ballots is fair and accurate. The...
View ArticleYour Call: Will the Lehigh Valley ever see passenger train service?
The Lehigh Valley is the largest metropolitan area on the East Coast without rail service. Will we ever see trains from Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton again to New York and/or points west?
View ArticleYour Call: Allentown had a plan in 2007 to house the homeless. What happened?
Why hasn't the city of Allentown followed through on the recommendation by the Mayor’s Commissiion on Homelessness in 2007 to build 272 housing units?
View ArticleYour Call: Will Lehigh Valley International Airport ever offer discount...
The Lehigh Valley is home to a nice airport, why aren't there low-cost European airlines like Norwegian to start direct flights from ABE to Europe and beyond?
View ArticleYour Call: Will Route 378 from south Bethlehem to Center Valley ever be...
The latest Your Call question asks if Route 378 can be alleviated to address congestion. While there's nothing excluding this work from getting done, several challenges make it unlikely to happen any...
View ArticleYour Call: How the Lehigh Valley would handle a catastrophe
What would happen if a catastrophe strikes the Lehigh Valley? Entire departments within the public safety and health care sectors spend their days planning for exactly that.
View ArticleWhat is the mystery surrounding Philip and Muriel Berman’s house along Lehigh...
Why was Philip and Muriel Berman’s house on Nottingham Road in Lehigh Parkway North near Allentown demolished shortly after they died, and why was that premier piece of land left as an empty lot?
View ArticleYour Call: How are we supposed to get around the Lehigh Valley with all these...
With all the warehouses in the Lehigh Valley and the trucks that go with them, how are people who live here supposed to get around? And won't the jobs that have been created by these projects dry up...
View ArticleYour Call: Why are Pennsylvania politicians crying poor on infrastructure...
Pennsylvania has the second highest gas tax in the nation behind California at 58.7 cents per gallon, set into motion by Act 89 in 2013. So where exactly is all the money going?
View ArticleYour Call: How could an Adams Road interchange on Interstate 78 help Upper...
Route 100 is swamped with trucks, but PennDOT and Upper Macungie Township hope an interchange at Adams Road could alleviate some of the problems.
View ArticleYour Call: Why has the Allentown Parking Authority banned backing into...
The Allentown Parking Authority has issued $35 tickets to customers who back into parking spaces in city decks and surface lots, apparently blindsiding some motorists who believe pulling forward out of...
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