Your View by former Lehigh football star: Having a Black grandson finally...
Op-ed by former Lehigh and Bengals wide receiver: It is worse than shameful that it took having a Black grandson to make me think, “What is it like to be a Black person in the U.S."? To read James...
View ArticleEviction coming to residents of Allentown’s ’Tent City’ homeless encampment
Allentown is clearing the Tent City homeless encampment in the Little Lehigh Parkway, a community that had just formed a council and hoped to weather the winter together. Groups have stepped in to find...
View ArticleWeChat usage, TikTok downloads to be banned in the US starting Sunday, Trump...
The Commerce Department will roll out a ban of transactions in the U.S. using TikTok and WeChat starting Sunday.
View ArticleNew power tools and home goods store ‘adding life’ to Slatington’s Main Street
A new destination for drills, circular saws and other power tools has joined Slatington’s retail scene.
View ArticleFeds charge then-Rite Aid exec with insider trading for $1M stock sell-off...
Steven J. Sheinfeld, who was vice president of internal assurance services at Rite Aid, used highly confidential information he received as a company official to dump that stock right before the deal...
View ArticleAvantor stops key sales in Mexico of J.T. Baker product used to make heroin
Avantor, a $6 billion chemical maker once based in Center Valley, this month stopped Mexico sales of a key industrial chemical used by that country’s illegal heroin labs and destroyed its supplies...
View ArticleWilson man charged with raping child for years
Authorities say the sexual abuse began in 2014, when the girl was five or six years old.
View ArticleWhy the ruling against Wolf’s COVID-19 restrictions faces long odds on appeal
Much of the court decision finding Gov. Tom Wolf's coronavirus restrictions unconstitutional is grounded in precedent that has been widely repudiated, and runs counter to similar rulings Chief Justice...
View ArticlePoll: Pennsylvania voters concerned about fraud, malfunctioning machines and...
A Muhlenberg College poll on the election shows Democrats concerned about voter suppression, Republicans worried about fraud, both thinking Pennsylvania is prepared for the election.
View ArticleHow Pennsylvania high school sports can have 500 fans, maybe more
Column: Here's how to accommodate hundreds more fans at Pennsylvania high school football games and other outdoor sports.
View ArticleBody pulled from Lehigh River in Easton, death investigation underway
Easton police say there is no indication that there is any danger to the public.
View ArticleFire damages Blinds To Go store in Whitehall Township
A fire broke out in the Blinds To Go store on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township just before closing time Friday night, tying up 10 fire companies and the southbound lanes for hours.
View ArticleMassive machine from Bethlehem Steel’s 'superpower’ days moves (slowly) to...
National Industrial History Museum is expanding, at a time when many cultural centers are financially suffering.
View ArticleHome invaders rob couple, 88 and 90, with knife and stun gun in Lower...
The suspects assaulted a 90-year-old man, shoving him out of his wheelchair and hitting him with a stun gun, according to court records.
View ArticleAbe Atiyeh and neighbors clash over plans for new senior living facility in...
Developer Abe Atiyeh's plans for an adult care facility on the border of Lower Macungie and South Whitehall townships is drawing opposition from nearby residents.
View ArticleFrom 2018: Potential Trump Supreme Court pick Amy Coney Barrett, Catholic...
Amy Coney Barrett, a potential Trump Supreme Court pick, is a Catholic federal appellate judge in Chicago whose faith is stirring abortion debate amid Roe v. Wade questions.
View ArticleRetail Watch: Quakertown woman spreading joy with new clothing boutique, her...
Joy Boutique, which held a grand opening Sept. 5 in a renovated former bank at 245 W. Broad St. in Quakertown, offers a wide variety of women’s casual and semi-formal fashions, including dresses,...
View ArticleYour View: Should taxpayers finance cyber charter schools if districts can...
Op-ed: School districts are demonstrating they can provide effective programs of cyber education and do it more cost effectively than cyber charter schools.
View ArticleGov. Wolf orders flags lowered to half-staff to honor Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered all United States and Pennsylvania flags on all public buildings throughout the state to be lowered to half-staff in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 1,162 new cases on Saturday
Pennsylvania reported 1,162 new cases by the state Department of Health on Saturday.
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