Still waiting for your stimulus check? 276,000 Pennsylvania residents should...
Column: If you didn't get your stimulus check, watch your mail for a letter from the IRS with instructions for how to claim it.
View ArticleSearch for missing Shenandoah man continues
Search crews combed the Centralia area Monday for a Shenandoah man who jumped from his mother’s car during an argument over the weekend.
View ArticleYour View: Election of 1876 holds lessons for this year’s contest
Your View: Authors suggest this year's presidential election may closely resemble the results in 1876 with no clear winner until months after Election Day.
View ArticleState-required vaccines for school children offered for free at Allentown...
The Allentown Health Bureau is offering free child vaccination clinics for Allentown School District students who need the state-required tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis and other vaccines.
View ArticleYianni’s Taverna Greek restaurant, which temporarily closed in 2017 after a...
Yianni’s Taverna, which temporarily closed in June 2017 due to damage from a fire, is expected to reopen next month at 3760 Old Philadelphia Pike in Lower Saucon Township.
View ArticleHellertown man charged with sexually abusing child
The 31-year-old knew his the 12-year-old girl he's accused of abusing. He's been sent to Northampton County Jail under $200,000 bail to answer to the charges.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 834 more cases reported Tuesday as...
The Pennsylvania Department of Health on Tuesday gave an update on the coronavirus situation in Pennsylvania.
View ArticlePennsylvania chips away at pandemic poll worker shortages; Lehigh County...
It will take 40,000 or more poll workers to run the fall election in Pennsylvania, and while some counties are on track to have fully staffed polling places, with six weeks to go, officials aren’t sure...
View ArticlePennsylvania nears launch of new health insurance website
Pennsylvania is getting ready to launch its own website to sell Affordable Care Act-compliant policies that will replace the federally operated Healthcare.gov to enroll people for the 2021 insurance...
View ArticleLawmakers’ power to redraw Pa.’s political maps could be more limited in 2021
A bill advancing in the state Senate would set strict criteria for drawing congressional and legislative maps, and make underlying data available for analysis.
View Article27-year-old man dies in Moore Township crash, coroner says
Authorities say Kristopher Longley hit a tree at 1:19 a.m. Sunday in Moore Township.
View ArticleDowntown Easton bank robbed, prompting temporary lockdown of Lafayette...
The Santander Bank at 100 N. Third Street in Easton was robbed at 12:35 p.m. Tuesday, according to Easton police.
View ArticlePat Toomey says ‘no reason to delay filling’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme...
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey said Tuesday that he sees “no reason to delay filling” the Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joining a growing number of Senate Republicans...
View ArticleFederal judge denies Gov. Wolf’s request to stay order invalidating...
A federal judge has denied a request by Gov. Tom Wolf to leave coronavirus mitigation measures in place.
View ArticlePennsylvania launches coronavirus exposure-notification app, may soon work...
Pennsylvania's new coronavirus exposure-notification app is now available on app stores
View ArticleAllentown man sentenced for stealing over $87,000 of stepfather’s retirement...
An Allentown man was sentenced to three years in federal prison for stealing $87,657 from his stepfather’s retirement savings account, which he spent on retail purchases and a trip with friends to...
View ArticleSenate OKs bill to loosen virus limits on restaurants, bars
Legislation to loosen Gov. Tom Wolf's pandemic restrictions on Pennsylvania's bars and restaurants easily passed the state Senate on Tuesday.
View ArticleFor student teachers in Lehigh Valley schools, the coronavirus adds a hurdle...
Coronavirus forces student teachers at Kutztown University and Moravian College to Zoom into classrooms as a way to get certified. But the work-around keeps college students from hands-on classroom...
View ArticlePennsylvania mail-in ballots: How to make sure your vote is counted
Column: If you’re voting by mail, don’t wing it by filling out the ballot, stuffing it in an envelope and rushing it to the post office. There’s more to it than that.
View ArticleTop new movies to watch this week: ‘Antebellum,’ ‘The Nest,’ ‘The Devil All...
The movie of the week is “Antebellum.” A social horror movie in the vein of Jordan Peele’s “Get Out,” the film turns the legacy of “Gone With the Wind” on its head, reexamining the legacy of racism...
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