COVID-19 vaccine arrives at LVHN and St. Lukes, health care workers get shots...
The first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have arrived at LVHN and St. Luke's University Health Network in the Lehigh Valley, with their front-line health care workers being the first...
View ArticleLehigh County Judge Banach retiring after 17 years; “I took this job...
Lehigh County Judge Kelly L. Banach is retiring after 17 years on the bench and many disappointments that the advice she gave defendants went unheeded.
View ArticleSouth Whitehall residents see bold project as runaway development. The...
After a wave of development has brought angry residents into the fold, South Whitehall Township — a township of diverse offerings spanning the Lehigh Valley’s main thoroughfares and on the border of...
View ArticleHow fast does snow melt? It could mean everything for those who want a White...
Santa, how fast does snow melt? If you're dreaming of a White Christmas in the Lehigh Valley, the answer to that question is very important.
View ArticleCOVID and indoor dining: Concerns are valid but data scarce to support closures
Column: Are concerns about restaurants and COVID spread backed by science that justifies indoor dining closures?
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 9,320 additional cases, but week-to-week...
Friday’s report from the state Department of Health offers a glimmer of hope that increases might be turning into decreases week after the Wolf administration announced new restrictions for businesses...
View ArticleWhitehall Fire Department closes Cementon station, a fixture since 1901:...
The Whitehall Fire Department has shuttered its Cementon station, one of five the volunteer fire department operates in the township.
View ArticleMotorist rescued after 10 hours in car buried by snow plow
A man who drove off the road in this week’s snowstorm spent 10 hours trapped in his car after a passing plow buried it, finally managing to get a 911 call through and being rescued in the nick of time...
View ArticleIt took 52 years, but this Lehigh Valley veteran finally got his Bronze Star
Column: For his bravery in Vietnam, Sgt. Thomas 'Sam' Jones was awarded the Bronze Star, one of the military’s highest awards for heroism. But he never got his medal, until Friday.
View ArticleAllentown School District students first in state invited to take courses...
On Thursday, Allentown Superintendent Thomas Parker announced that Allentown is the first district in Pennsylvania to participate in the National Education Equity Lab, which will enable up to 60...
View ArticleHolidays arrive with postal delays as pandemic shopping habits fuel shipping...
Postal customers across the country are waiting for long-overdue parcels as the Postal Service copes with a COVID-fueled surge in packages.
View ArticleCommunity donates Christmas presents for 124 Catasauqua students, about 100...
This year 124 students from the Catasauqua Area School District will have presents for Christmas thanks to “The Giving Tree,” a program that grew from the generosity of dozens of local businesses and...
View ArticleParents, students find creative ways to show appreciation for teachers they...
What to give teachers to show appreciation during the holidays is a question that dates at least as far back as one-room school houses, but the pandemic, with its remote learning, is making it harder.
View ArticleWill Christmas crowds find room at the church? Coronavirus rules have some...
As Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf discourages gatherings during the coronavirus surge, Lehigh Valley church leaders work to keep the holidays safe for people who want to go to Christmas services.
View ArticleYour View by state Sen. Lisa Boscola: Why I’m proud I sponsored Pennsylvania...
Op-ed: Having seen Act 77 in action, I am honored to have my name forever attached to Pennsylvania’s most significant voting reform in 80 years.
View ArticleYour View: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of Negro Leagues. He...
Op-ed: Our father wrote a groundbreaking history of the Negro Leagues. He would be pleased to see that MLB announced it will add into its records the names of about 3,400 Negro League players.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: Nearly 10,000 new cases reported Saturday
The Pennsylvania Health Department reported 9,834 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total to 548,489. Hospitalizations remain high.
View ArticleMilton Hershey students’ artwork blasts off for International Space Station.
When SpaceX’s Dragon rocket launched on Dec. 6 bound for the International Space Station, it brought patches designed by two Milton Hershey school students, including one from Lebanon County.
View ArticleUpper Macungie home ‘heavily damaged’ in early Saturday blaze; 1 resident...
An Upper Macungie Township home sustained significant damage early Saturday after a fire that started in a shed spread to the back of a house, fire officials said.
View ArticleAllentown men with illegal firearm hit multiple vehicles during chase, state...
Two Allentown men possessing an unlicensed firearm and $58,000 worth of fentanyl sideswiped two vehicles while fleeing police Friday in Schuylkill County, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
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