‘You guys deserve all the credit’: Easton restaurant owner thanking teachers...
3rd & Ferry Fish Market, which opened in 2013 at 56 S. Third St., is offering teachers a free alcoholic drink with any food purchase through Thanksgiving as a token of appreciation for dealing with...
View ArticleIn win for Biden, Pennsylvania Supreme Court extends mail-in ballot deadlines...
Pennsylvania's highest court is handing victories to the Democratic Party in an election-related lawsuit that sought favorable fixes to glitches and gray areas in the battleground state's fledgling...
View ArticleLehigh Valley Jewish communities try to inspire awe during socially distant...
As Lehigh Valley Jews prepare to welcome the new year, many won’t be gathering together in synagogues. Instead, they’ll be streaming services or attending socially distanced services outside.
View ArticleMcCloskeys draw large crowd of Trump supporters for Lower Saucon rally
Mark and Patty McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who pointed guns at Black Lives Matter protesters walking past their house in June, draw a packed crowd of Donald Trump supporters at Town Hall Park in...
View Article‘Too much gun violence in Allentown,’ judge sentences man for killing woman...
“There is too much gun violence in Allentown,” Judge Douglas G. Reichley said. “I have determined that if a person is convicted before me, I have to convey to the community and the persons involved...
View Article‘It isn’t Donald Trump’s job to protect you’: Reaction to Bethlehem man’s...
Some readers didn’t think a Bethlehem man was being fair to Donald Trump on Tuesday night when he said the president threw vulnerable people “under the bus” in his coronavirus response.
View ArticleLidl plan rejected. But Bethlehem City Council offers another way to...
Developer Abe Atiyeh is still considering a grocery store for land he owns in Bethlehem even after City Council rejected an effort to allow it.
View ArticleAllentown row home fire goes to three alarms, at least one person rescued
At least one person was rescued from a fire that erupted just before noon in an Allentown rowhome Thursday.
View ArticleGreen Party candidate is ordered off Pennsylvania ballot
The Green Party’s candidate for president did not strictly follow procedures for getting on Pennsylvania’s ballot in the November election and cannot appear on it, the state Supreme Court ruled...
View ArticlePhiladelphia puts ban on police chokeholds into law
The Philadelphia City Council formally banned police from using certain modes of restraint on crime suspects Thursday, including kneeling on a suspect's neck, and voted to open contract negotiations...
View ArticleFilmmaker and Easton native Taylor Purdee talks about musical movie shot in...
The new musical film shot in the Lehigh Valley features local scenes including Easton's Porters Pub, Bethlehem's Godfrey Daniels, SteelStacks and Musikfest.
View ArticleCourt clears Colonial Intermediate Unit in student’s sexual assualt
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that claimed Colonial Intermediate Unit failed to prevent a girl's sexual assault on a school bus.
View ArticleWelcome to winter? A frosty weekend forecast ahead for Lehigh Valley
Days before the Autumnal equinox, a cold front will sweep down from northern Canada and into the region this weekend, forecasters say. Overnight lows in the Lehigh Valley will fall into the low 40s.
View ArticleAt Pennsylvania town hall, Biden blasts Trump’s ‘criminal’ virus response
At a drive-in town hall event, Joe Biden derided President Donald Trump for his handling of COVID-19, calling his downplaying of the pandemic “criminal” and his administration “totally irresponsible.”
View ArticleYour Pa. election questions answered: I received a mail-in ballot application...
Some voters are receiving mail-in ballot applications they never requested. That isn't cause for alarm. If voters decide they don't want to cast a mail-in ballot, they can still vote at their polling...
View ArticleAdWatch: Lisa Scheller advertisement muddles issue in criticizing Susan...
AdWatch: Lisa Scheller hits Susan Wild on House Democratic bill proposing public financing for congressional campaigns.
View ArticlePennsylvania churches were never shut down. So why are lawmakers wasting time...
Column: How state representatives are wasting time solving problems that don’t exist.
View ArticleLehigh Valley high school football: Predictions on how each team will finish
How will the Lehigh Valley's high school football teams finish in their conferences and divisions in the 2020 season? Morning Call sports reporters Keith Groller and Tom Housenick make their picks.
View ArticleCommentary: Congress has a last chance to head off a long recession
Commentary: Congress has to act quickly on a economic relief package or the country is likely to slide into a long recession.
View ArticlePennsylvania sees big drop in unemployment rate in August
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate took a steep drop in August, as the labor force shrank and payrolls shot up again in a continuing rebound from the pandemic
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