Mothers now suing Whitehall-Coplay School District along with police accused...
The mothers of two Black teenagers who were forcibly removed by police from a January basketball game at Whitehall High School are now suing Whitehall-Coplay School District.
View ArticleWith a month to go, Lehigh Valley cities lagging behind at filling out census...
Lehigh Valley households overall have responded to the census at a higher rate than the Pennsylvania average, but the cities have lagged in filling out the once-a-decade form.
View ArticlePennsylvania Supreme Court takes up another election lawsuit over mail-in...
Pennsylvania's highest court is taking up another election-related lawsuit, this one filed by the state Democratic Party amid a partisan fight over fixing glitches and gray areas in the battleground...
View ArticleFour charged with helping inmates in scam to get pandemic unemployment payments
Federal authorities charged four people in Chester County with helping prison inmates in a scam to get pandemic unemployment benefits.
View ArticleWhen bars or restaurants get noisy, it could be Lower Macungie officials, not...
Lower Mac officials explain how they'll respond to noise complaints from liquor licensed establishments if they take over noise enforcement from the state.
View ArticleR. Kelly timeline: Chicago upbringing, rapid rise to stardom and years of...
Timeline of R. Kelly's life, rise to stardom and controversies and legal saga surrounding sexual abuse
View ArticleAfter waffling, Gov. Tom Wolf says he can’t extend eviction ban, leaving many...
Gov. Tom Wolf dashed any hope of a last-minute reprieve for the thousands of Pennsylvanians who have fallen behind on rent during the coronavirus pandemic and reiterated that he does not have the legal...
View ArticlePolice looking for man who showed gun during Sellersville bank robbery
Police are looking for a man who displayed a handgun while robbing a Bucks County bank.
View ArticleAllentown man accused of punching pregnant girlfriend’s stomach, threatening...
The 23-year-old suspect, being held in county jail under $250,000 bail, also threatened to dismember his girlfriend and use her head as a trophy.
View ArticleBethlehem actor/filmmaker Daniel Roebuck lets faith guide him on ‘Lucky...
Bethlehem's Daniel Roebuck has a new project in the works and he's planning to shoot it this fall in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticleAllentown police arrest 4 men in separate incidents, 3 accused of having...
Between Friday and Monday, Allentown police arrested four men, three of whom were found with unlicensed guns, in separate incidents, states a press release from police chief Glenn Granitz Jr.
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Schnecksville woman found
Karen Husack, 61, of Schnecksville, who was reported missing, has been found safe, state police at Bethlehem said.
View ArticleMan charged with shooting into Allentown home Oct. 30 now charged with doing...
A man charged with firing a shot into an Allentown home in October is now charged with doing the same while shooting at another man earlier that same month in Lower Macungie Township.
View ArticleMcCall Collective brewery opening Saturday in Allentown
On Saturday, the Lehigh Valley taproom tally will grow to 26 when McCall Collective Brewing Company opens its doors and patio to thirsty beer fans at 102 E. Susquehanna St., Allentown.
View ArticleClashing fronts put Lehigh Valley under severe weather risk, again
Dueling fronts are responsible for an elevated risk of severe weather in the Lehigh Valley on Wednesday, the National Weather Service says.
View ArticleYour View by a state senator: Why we need fossil fuels as well as ’clean energy’
Op-ed: Every energy source has an environmental impact. Our energy mix needs to encompass all of our resources, which includes fossil fuels.
View ArticleIn pitch to build a Lidl market, Atiyeh tells Bethlehem Council downtown has...
Developer Abe Atiyeh is trying to persuade Bethlehem City Council to amend the zoning ordinance so he can put a Lidl market on a 5-acre tract at Center Street and Dewberry Avenue.
View ArticleFund the police: Why I support West Easton starting a force
Column: Amid nationwide calls to “defund the police,” a tiny Northampton County borough did the opposite.
View ArticleHow Black students are becoming empowered in the Lehigh Valley’s largest,...
Black students make up less than 5% of the Lehigh Valley's largest suburban school districts, Parkland and East Penn. This year, they're empowering fellow Black students to speak out about their...
View ArticleCommentary: Why it’s time to abolish political conventions
Commentary: Let’s be honest about political conventions.They’re theater, they’re propaganda, they’re pep rallies. Nothing meaningful happens at them.
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