Bill White: Why I’m sad The Morning Call is leaving its 100-year-old home
Bill White on the value of newsrooms: I can’t tell you how many times my column ideas were hatched or honed during conversations with reporters around the newsroom.
View ArticleDeveloper focused on neighborhood between downtown Allentown and Waterfront...
Alex Wright and the Manhattan Building Co., who recently converted a former Allentown Slovak club into 22 apartments, has asked the Allentown Parking Authority for help in building a 50-unit...
View ArticleYour View by Pennsylvania teachers union: Schools must follow guidelines to...
Op-ed: There is no question that everyone in school buildings should maintain 6 feet of social distance at all times.
View ArticleMore than 1 million Americans file for unemployment, again
Just over 1 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that the coronavirus outbreak continues to threaten jobs even as the housing market, auto sales and other segments of...
View ArticleDirt bike crackdown will be first of many in Allentown. Police ‘getting...
Allentown police pulled off a sting operation focused on illegal ATVs and dirt bikes using information from the public and a saturation of patrols on Friday and Saturday, according to police Capt. John...
View ArticleLehigh County executive says tax hike won’t be needed in 2021
Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong said he will not look to raise taxes in 2021, saying the hike in this year's budget has allowed the county to weather the coronavirus crisis so far.
View ArticleFactory worker who was burned in fire at Schuylkill County manufacturer is...
The fire broke out at 2:48 p.m. at Silberline, a pigment manufacturer in Rush Township.
View ArticleRecall update: Toss those peaches if you don’t know where you got them, CDC says
Costco is among the stores affected by a national recall of peaches over concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella.
View ArticleVegFest, Bethlehem’s annual celebration of everything vegan, goes mostly virtual
Bethlehem's annual celebration of vegan food and lifestyle goes virtual.
View ArticleFountain Hill priest reinstated after sexual abuse allegation is deemed...
The Rev. Robert J. Potts, pastor of St. Ursula Church in Fountain Hill, has been returned to the ministry after an investigation into sex abuse allegations was deemed unfounded, according to a news...
View ArticleSpeeding car jumps curb, killing 2 pedestrians in Philadelphia
Two women were killed, and a girl and the driver injured, when a speeding car jumped the curb in Philadelphia.
View ArticleSuspect in 47-year-old murder of two Pa. teenagers has dementia and may...
Ernest Broadnax, 82, accused of killing two 19-year-old women from suburban Pittsburgh in 1973, has been diagnosed with dementia.
View ArticleSouthwest Pa. priest accused of sexually assaulting boy over 3-year period
The Rev. Andrew Kawecki, 65, of Scottdale, is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and two counts of indecent assault.
View ArticleLaura weakens to tropical storm, leaves deadly path of destruction up Gulf Coast
Hurricane Laura weakened to a tropical storm Thursday afternoon after paving a path of destruction throughout Louisiana, with at least four deaths blamed on the storm.
View ArticleA dozen apartments planned for once-blighted building in North Bethlehem
A building at 10-16 W. Goepp St. in Bethlehem will be renovated into 12 apartments, said developer Plamen Ayvazov, president of Monocacy General Contracting.
View ArticleAs Election Day approaches, Pennsylvania officials prepare to negotiate over...
With Election Day quickly approaching, Pennsylvania officials will need to negotiate over amendments to the state's election laws on matters like mail-in ballots and who works at polling places.
View ArticleBethlehem man tried to set fire to bed where girlfriend, three children...
The 20-year-old man is in Northampton County Jail under $250,000 bail.
View ArticleShots fired on Bethlehem’s South Side leads to charges for brothers who...
Bethlehem police say the case remains open and additional arrests are possible.
View ArticleBloomsburg reverts to largely remote classes after 90 coronavirus cases are...
Bloomsburg University will revert to largely remote instruction, beginning next week, the school announced.
View ArticleCriminal justice reform, police-community relations to be discussed on Friday...
A Friday roundtable of elected officials and residents will discuss criminal justice reform and improving relations between police and the community in Allentown.
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