Pennsylvania coronavirus update: Lehigh Valley new case trend at low point...
The 501 new coronavirus cases reported statewide by the Department of Health on Wednesday include only nine in the Lehigh Valley, and the region’s running seven-day total of new cases is the lowest it...
View ArticleNew Jersey gyms, health clubs cleared to reopen at 25% capacity
Gyms and health clubs in New Jersey can reopen at 25% capacity from their COVID-19 pause starting Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday
View Article‘Hunger doesn’t take a break': Under sunny skies in Allentown, charities...
Price Rite Marketplace, Feed the Children and Everlasting Life Ministries team up to provide food and essentials to 800 families in need in Allentown.
View ArticleJurassic Quest Drive-Thru Experience coming to Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo...
Jurassic Quest Drive-Thru dinosaur exhibit coming to Philadelphia beginning Sept. 4.
View ArticleElection 2020 questions answered: How to vote by mail-in ballot
Planning to vote by mail in the presidential election but not sure how? Here's everything you need to know.
View ArticleNazareth police looking to identify suspected political sign thief
Nazareth police are trying to identify a man suspected of stealing and damaging political signs.
View ArticleJustice Department seeks data about coronavirus nursing home deaths from...
The Justice Department is seeking data from the governors of four states, including Pennsylvani, about “orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”
View ArticleHeeding warnings, Gulf Coast residents flee coming Hurricane Laura
More than half a million people were ordered to flee the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Laura strengthened into a hurricane that forecasters said could slam Texas and Louisiana with ferocious winds, heavy...
View ArticleJurors could hear about Lower Milford homicide suspect’s “bizarre”...
At a hearing Wednesday in Lehigh County Court, they asked a judge to allow evidence of alleged domestic violence at Steven Oliemuller’s upcoming trial for the killing of 20-year-old Alexus Quay.
View ArticleAllentown man who shot armed robber to death will not be charged, DA says
No charges will be filed in the death of a man shot after trying to rob another Aug. 8 in Allentown, Lehigh County district attorney Jim Martin said.
View ArticleShooter gets life plus 20-40 years for killing at New Year’s Eve party in...
An Allentown man who opened fire inside a crowded Airbnb during a New Year’s Eve party in 2018, killing one man and seriously injuring another, was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison plus a...
View ArticleKyle Rittenhouse, 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, is arrested in...
Police arrested a 17-year-old from Antioch, Illinois, on murder charges following overnight shootings at violent demonstrations in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
View ArticleAllentown caregiver accused of neglect, causing woman’s leg infection and...
A 69-year-old Allentown woman’s leg was partially amputated due to her caregiver not properly treating an infection in November 2018, Lehigh County district attorney Jim Martin said.
View ArticlePa. chief justice says ethics board sent him ‘letter of inquiry’
The chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is confirming he received an “informal letter of inquiry” on Wednesday from the board that investigates allegations of wrongdoing by judges
View ArticleThree charged with trespassing, stealing from Allentown State Hospital building
Three people were found trespassing with items stolen from the abandoned former Allentown State Hospital building Monday, city police said.
View ArticleAllentown stabbing leaves one hospitalized, other at large
One man stabbed another and then fled as the victim himself tried driving away before being stopped by officers Thursday morning in Allentown, police said.
View ArticleOne taken to hospital burn center after Schuylkill County factory fire
One person was badly burned in a Thursday afternoon fire in Rush Township, Schuylkill County emergency dispatchers said.
View ArticleSevere weather threat lingers for remainder of week in Lehigh Valley;...
The Lehigh Valley will face severe weather threats and flooding concerns through the front half of the weekend, the National Weather Service says. Saturday could see the region awash in moisture...
View ArticleRNC fact check: Vice President Mike Pence offers a distorted case on economy...
Vice President Mike Pence and fellow Republicans pressed a distorted case Wednesday that President Donald Trump took over a moribund economy from Barack Obama and supercharged it.
View ArticleBacklash to comments about police brutality cements Lehigh County judge’s...
Lehigh County Judge Maria L. Dantos said her post-trial remarks about the prosecution of a Latino man who was accused of fighting with Allentown police officers turned her toxic in many courthouse...
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