Quakertown police investigate threats over planned George Floyd protest
Quakertown police are investigating threats to “blow things up” and “burn the town down,” following attempts by a student-lead group to organize demonstrations in protest of the death of George Floyd...
View ArticleLive Updates: Lehigh Valley protests over George Floyd death
Protests are being held in Bethlehem and Allentown in the Lehigh Valley on Thursday over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Follow updates.
View ArticleTrans-Bridge bus service to start limited service
Trans-Bridge will start a limited service Monday as parts of Pennsylvania moves to the green phase — two months after suspending commuter service because of the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticlePennsylvania liquor stores in Lehigh Valley will open for limited in-store...
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board will open more than 170 liquor stores for limited in-store service Friday in counties in the yellow phase, including 30 in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticleDean Browning concedes to Lisa Scheller in GOP primary for Lehigh Valley’s...
"The numbers are just not moving in my direction,” Dean Browning told The Morning Call on Thursday, shortly after he called his primary opponent, Lisa Scheller, to congratulate her on winning the...
View ArticleAllentown students can get free reading materials during summer months
The Allentown School District Foundation is offering student free reading materials during the summer months.
View ArticleDiversity Councils of Lehigh Valley Chamber launch open call for Black...
In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, the “significant flaws in our society” exhibited over the past few weeks and the racial injustices that “have been pushed to the side for far too long,”...
View ArticleGov. Wolf announces watchdog to investigate police misconduct, other reforms
Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday said he wants to implement a multi-pronged approach to reform policing in Pennsylvania.
View ArticleYour View: How do I battle racial injustice when my race is the problem?
Op-ed: There are millions of people of both white and minority descent who are disgusted by the injustice of the killing of George Floyd.
View ArticleProtests kick off simultaneously in Allentown and Bethlehem, demanding...
Peaceful rallies were held simultaneously in Allentown and Bethlehem on Thursday afternoon, with both calling for an end to police brutality in light of the killing of George Floyd while under...
View ArticleMan admits to 2011 rape of 19-year-old runner on Bethlehem towpath
Justo Garcia said he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he raped the woman on the towpath in 2011.
View Article'Quite a mess’: Small fire turns into hazmat cleanup after 'suspicious fog’...
The presence of a “suspicious fog” was the first sign of trouble, said Easton Deputy Fire Chief Henry Hennings.
View ArticleWho represents Allentown next year? Lehigh County plans to keep counting...
Lehigh County officials will continue to count ballots Friday, three days after the primary. At least one race is still too close to call.
View ArticleSchoenersville Road in Hanover Township temporarily shut down for debris
Police have closed Schoenersville Road in Hanover Township from City Line Road to Route 22.
View ArticleSalisbury School Board narrowly votes to shutter Western Elementary
Closing Western Salisbury Elementary will save $600,000 annually, and coupled with staff layoffs and a proposed tax increase will allow the district to balance its budget.
View ArticleHometown Hero Roundup: A Quilt Guild pivots to masks, a church partners with...
In another roundup of ways people are giving back during the coronavirus pandemic, we have a quilt guild pivoting to masks, a church teaming up with a restaurant chain to give away meals, a virtual...
View ArticleLehigh Valley goes ‘yellow’ today, but the radar is green. The forecast may...
Governor Tom Wolf amended orders to include 10 Pennsylvania counties moving to the yellow phase today, including Lehigh and Northampton. The order allows outdoor dining, but Mother Nature appears to...
View ArticleYour View by Lehigh professor: Second New Deal is exactly what we need
Op-ed: The pandemic has revealed the need for more spending on public health and education, small businesses and unemployment benefits. This is the “Second New Deal” we need now.
View Article‘Major power outage’ hits Whitehall, dispatchers say, as transformer burns...
A ‘major power outage’ is affecting thousands of customers in the Whitehall area Friday morning, county dispatchers said.
View ArticleJ.C. Penney closing 154 stores, including 5 in Pennsylvania
J.C. Penney said Thursday that it will start closing 154 of its stores next week, including 5 in Pennsylvania.
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