‘Athlete A’: Netflix documentary produced by Allentown Central Catholic grad...
Athlete A, a Netflix documentary produced by Central Catholic graduate Jennifer Sey, tells the sordid story of widespread abuses in USA Gymnastics.
View ArticlePa. unemployment rate rises as Wolf administration applies for Trump’s $300...
Pennsylvania recorded 13.7% unemployment in July, and the Wolf administration applied for a new round of $300 in weekly unemployment benefits under a presidential order tapping into disaster relief aid.
View ArticleLehigh County to conduct independent audit of Allentown Pa. House race in 2...
Enid Santiago, candidate for state representative in Allentown's 22nd District, asked the Lehigh County Board of Elections to decertify the votes in that race as more discrepancies have come to light...
View Article‘Children first ... thank you’: East Penn parents react to middle and high...
Many people praised the East Penn School District’s decision to have all middle and high school students start the school year remotely.
View ArticleAllentown family ‘elated’ to have in-person contact with mom at nursing home...
With the coronavirus keeping visitors out of nursing homes, it had been five months since Stacey Beltz and her sister could see their mother at Phoebe Health Care Center in Allentown. But some...
View ArticleRetail Watch: Fore Scoops hits hole-in-one with revived ice cream and...
Fore Scoops, an ice cream shop and miniature golf facility, on Aug. 14 opened for food and drink service at 4315 W. Mountain View Drive in Lehigh Township. The mostly tree-shaded course, featuring an...
View ArticlePennsylvanians back wearing masks but divided on how to reopen schools amid...
A majority of Pennsylvanians — 55% — say they always grab a mask when they leave home and are around other people, according to results from a new Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll, which asked...
View ArticleWhitehall Manor homicide shines light on issues of dementia and violence
A homicide at the Whitehall Manor personal care facility may never be solved and the Lehigh County district attorney says no charges will be filed. The death shines a light on issues with dementia...
View ArticleLehigh Valley Baseball League: Filling a void in a summer like no other
The Lehigh Valley Baseball League has offered a summer home for players who normally play in other leagues.
View ArticleNo parties, no sports, new norms: The Lehigh Valley college campus experience...
For students venturing to Lehigh Valley campuses this fall, the college experience will have many new norms, scaled back social experiences and far stricter visitation policies. And the occasional...
View ArticleHistorically speaking: Why we should discuss ‘Black hurdle’ instead of white...
Op-ed: Might we really be talking about a Black hurdle and not the privilege of fair-skinned Americans, those of European ancestry?
View ArticleTwin hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico? It would be the first time in history...
Laura and Marco: If both became hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time, it's the first time in the history of record-keeping that it's happened. So what are the odds?
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: case count tops 128,000
Pennsylvania's coronavirus case count on Saturday topped 128,000, with 7,576 deaths.
View ArticleCourt intervenes to halt 175-guest NY wedding
A New York state couple’s wedding is off, for now, after an 11th-hour court order in a fight between couples and the state over coronavirus rules that limit social gatherings to 50 people
View ArticleFarm animal cruelty cases have quadrupled in Bucks County
Backyard farms are driving increase in barnyard animal cruelty cases in Bucks County.
View ArticlePost office protesters in Bethlehem rally against what they see as an attempt...
Protesters at the south Bethlehem post office joined a nationwide #SavethePostOffice campaign Saturday against Postal Service changes that they believe is an attempt by President Donald Trump to thwart...
View ArticleAllentown Fire Department battles back-to-back blazes, displacing 10 residents
Within a span of seven hours, fire crews brought two residential blazes under control late Friday night and early Saturday morning in Allentown.
View ArticleUpdated: Find out how your school plans to reopen and keep students safe
A list of Lehigh Valley school health and safety plans for reopening during the coronavirus pandemic, including the Allentown and Bethlehem districts, suburban districts and charter schools.
View ArticlePennsylvania Congressman Dan Meuser tests positive for coronavirus
U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser said Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the second federal lawmaker from Pennsylvania to announce a positive diagnosis amid the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleMotorcycle crash blocks northbound traffic on Northeast Extension of Pa....
A woman was injured in a motorcycle crash Saturday evening on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Washington Township, according to Lehigh County emergency radio reports.
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