NJ teen who held BLM event gets $2500 bill for police overtime
A teen who organized a Black Lives Matter rally in her northern New Jersey town said she has been sent a $2500 bill from officials for police overtime
View ArticleFirefighters respond to Lower Macungie Township fire
Firefighters responded to a Friday night house fire in Lower Macungie Township.
View ArticleRoad Warrior: Drivers like to go fast. What if their cars made them slow down?
Should vehicles limit how fast drivers can go? And what's going on with the Howertown Road Bridge in Allen Township?
View ArticleHBO’s ‘Watchmen’ director is among women making an Emmy splash
An Emmy nominee for the “Little Fear of Lightning” episode from HBO’s acclaimed limited series, Steph Green’s movie credits include the 2009 Oscar-nominated short film “New Boy” and 2013′s “Run &...
View ArticleHeroism in the sky: With his plane in flames, Bethlehem pilot led his...
Column: Seventy-seven years ago, a Bethlehem man piloted his plane in flames to lead his squadron in one of the most heroic acts of World War II.
View ArticleLehigh Valley weather: Flash flooding possible as Laura remnants pass through
A rainy, unsettled Saturday is in store for the Lehigh Valley with possible flash floods, owing to the remnants of Tropical Depression Laura moving past the region and out to sea.
View ArticleWhitehall’s Curt Simmons and Bob Miller, the last two Phillies Whiz Kids,...
The tendrils of time have nearly obliterated the Whiz Kids, the beloved 1950 Phillies team that Curt Simmons, Bob Miller and several other 20-somethings — Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn, Del Ennis — led...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: New cases top 800 on Saturday, but no deaths...
New Pennsylvania coronavirus cases topped 800 again Saturday, bringing the state’s total to 132,834 infections since the start of the pandemic. The Lehigh Valley reported no new deaths Saturday.
View ArticleFlames engulf part of Lower Macungie Township home Friday night, displacing two
Two people escaped unharmed from a house fire in Lower Macungie Township Friday night, where large flames rising above the trees drew out many neighbors.
View Article16 hurt when NJ commuter bus crashes at Port Authority
A New Jersey Transit bus slammed into a divider at New York City’s main bus terminal on Saturday, injuring at least 16 people
View ArticleNew Jersey mayor: Police overtime bill to teen over protest rescinded
The mayor of a northern New Jersey town says a bill for police overtime reportedly totaling $2,500 that was sent to a teenager who organized a Black Lives Matter rally last month has been rescinded.
View Article‘Daddy, why’d they shoot me so many times,’ Jacob Blake’s father recalls in...
Nearly one week after a Kenosha police officer shot Jacob Blake Jr. seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down, thousands of people joined Blake’s family to march through the...
View ArticleWWII vets from Pennsylvania strike up friendship decades after serving in...
The World War II veterans in their mid-90s wouldn't meet until the moved into the same senior home in 2016, though they both served near Pearl Harbor and grew up in the Erie area.
View ArticleOpioid deaths on the rise in the Lehigh Valley, as coronavirus reverses...
Drug overdose deaths have been rising in the Lehigh Valley since the Pandemic began, a devastating turn of event for a region and state that had just began to see some improvement in the drug epidemic.
View ArticleYour View by Muhlenberg professor: Why we must fortify and expand the Postal...
Op-ed: We must fortify and expand the Postal Service's value as a public service or risk losing it for good.
View ArticleTop 5 music picks of the week include Louise Goffin and Nick Piunti and Shred...
Get to know (or get reacquainted with) these bands and check out their new — and earlier — albums.
View ArticleYour View by Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police: Why we oppose legalizing...
Op-ed: We believe the use of recreational marijuana negatively impacts the motoring, pedestrian and special needs community.
View ArticleBucks County Vietnam War hero swears in Army recruits. His grandson was among...
Vietnam vet swears in new recruits in Bucks County, including his grandson.
View ArticleSchuylkill County man succumbs to injuries from crash days earlier
An East Brunswick Township man has died from his injuries from a car crash Wednesday in his home township, according to the Lehigh County coroner.
View ArticleTransplant survivor finds solace in special treehouse
Tucked away under the trees at her Shelocta-area home, there's a special place where Cathy Gould spends her days, writing poetry, reading and reflecting on the life she has now
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