Bill White: I’m mourning Mark Trail, the precious, stupid comic strip I’ve...
Readers question Mark Trail comic changes. One asks: "What the hell is going on here? Is this a new cartoonist, a parody, or a joke of some sort?"
View ArticleA presidential election like no other? I sure hope so
Column: We’ve become a country of “we and us” and “they and them.” Everyone is branded according to their political party affiliation, and expected to fall in line.
View ArticleJury deliberating in trial of Allentown man accused of killing woman with...
At the trial of an Allentown man accused of killing the mother of his two children, prosecutors asked the jury to recall the victim's gruesome injuries.“This weapon was harpooned into the victim’s...
View ArticleYour View: by two Lehigh County commissioners: Why we need to reform the...
Op-ed: While it may be politically expedient to simply jail people, it is ineffective in addressing society’s problems, wastes tax dollars and takes a toll on human lives.
View ArticleRepublican Timothy DeFoor wins Pennsylvania’s auditor general race
The race for auditor general pitted Republican Timothy L. DeFoor, a county controller in central Pennsylvania, against Democrat Nina Ahmad, a former deputy Philadelphia mayor. DeFoor was declared the...
View ArticlePat Toomey: No evidence to support Trump vote fraud claims; Charlie Dent...
Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania says he sees no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s baseless claim that Democrats are trying to “steal” the election and called the president’s words “very...
View ArticleAll eyes on Pennsylvania: We’re putting Biden over the top
Column: The political pundits had predicted the Keystone State would play a key role. And that’s one thing they were right about.
View ArticleJosh Shapiro reelected as Pennsylvania attorney general
Democrat Josh Shapiro has won his race for a second term as the state’s attorney general, defeating lawyer Republican Heather Heidelbaugh.
View ArticleJoe Biden appears to have flipped Northampton County, a key Pa. bellwether,...
Thousands of votes remain to be counted in Northampton County, but early results show a familiar pattern. Urban and rural communities stood pat while a few key suburbs determined whether Donald Trump...
View ArticleNorthampton Area High School to close for a week because of coronavirus
Northamtpon Area High School will be closed next week because of two COVID-19 cases.
View ArticleTwo loaded handguns confiscated Thursday at Philly, Lehigh Valley airports,...
A Lebanon County man tried to take a loaded gun onto a plane at the Lehigh Valley International Airport and an Upper Macungie Township man tried to do the same in Philadelphia.
View ArticleHershey’s Halloween candy sales increased despite fewer trick-or-treaters
Michele Buck, chairman, president and CEO of Hershey Co., said Friday that earlier shipments of Halloween candy to stores helped boost sales. So did marketing messages that suggested safe ways to...
View ArticleDespite ‘substantial transmission’ of COVID-19 in Lehigh County,...
Lehigh County school districts will stay the course with their respective educational models for the time being, despite the state’s move to elevate the county to a level of “substantial” coronavirus...
View ArticleFor Pennsylvanians, ‘It feels kind of rewarding to say my vote matters.’
Pennsylvanians feel the weight of their votes, as the week ends without a winner in the presidential election.
View ArticlePostal Service finds 1,700 ballots in sweep of Pennsylvania post offices,...
The U.S. Postal Service said in a court filing that it has delivered more than 1,700 ballots found in sweeps of Pennsylvania postal facilities, including hundreds in the Lehigh Valley.
View ArticlePennsylvania Republican leaders call on Gov. Wolf to launch immediate audit...
Two top Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature on Friday called for Gov. Tom Wolf to launch an immediate audit of the 2020 election, citing among other things a huge number of provisional ballots,...
View ArticleEXPLAINER: Why AP hasn’t called Pennsylvania
A close margin and a large number of outstanding votes are what’s making the Pennsylvania contest between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden too early to call.
View ArticleWilson police on lookout for third man charged in September shooting death
Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for one of three men charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in the September shooting death of an 18-year-old in Wilson.
View ArticlePennsylvania presidential race: Vote counters' toil to extend into next week...
Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow but growing margin in the presidential race drew him closer to winning Pennsylvania’s cache of 20 electoral votes Friday as county-by-county teams of ballot counters...
View ArticleRetail Watch: Score holiday gifts and decorations at expanded bead shop in...
Owl Be Beading, a full-service bead shop that opened in 2018 at 1278 Birchwood Drive, just off Schoenersville Road, on Oct. 1 relocated to a larger, adjoining space on the same property.
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