Lehigh Valley gets green light to lift additional restrictions on businesses,...
The Lehigh Valley got the green light Friday to lift additional restrictions on businesses and gatherings next week, when Lehigh and Northampton counties will shift to the green phase of Gov. Tom...
View ArticlePennsylvania reopening: The counties that have gone green and the ones still...
Here’s a look at which parts of Pennsylvania have started reopening from the coronavirus shutdown, which ones soon will, and the rest that remain in the “red” phase, where non-life sustaining...
View ArticleCelebrations, protests mark Juneteenth in Philadelphia area
Several marches were held to mark the day and protest racial discrimination. Among them was a gathering in Philadelphia of roughly 200 people, mostly black men dressed in black T-shirts, who marched...
View ArticlePennsylvania unemployment rate slides back from pandemic peak
Pennsylvania's unemployment rate was 13.1% in May, down 3 percentage points from April's adjusted rate.
View ArticleOverheard comment about warehouses draws fire from Upper Macungie planners
Mentioning the word warehouse in an overheard conversation draws sharp rebuke from Upper Macungie Township planners.
View ArticleJudge calls Slatington woman who scammed friends with fake Disney trip “liar,...
“You are a liar. You are a thief,” Judge Kelly L. Banach told Sandra L. James of Slatington, who scammed friends with a fake trip to Disney World she claimed to have been granted due to a terminal...
View ArticlePennsylvania reopening: What life looks like in the green phase
The first Pennsylvania counties have been selected to move to the third and final phase of Gov. Tom Wolf's reopening plan. Find out what it all means.
View ArticlePennsylvania lawmakers urged to make police discipline records public; police...
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are being urged to join states that make police department records of officer discipline accessible to the public.
View ArticleRetail Watch: Shop ‘really hard-to-find items’ at new Quakertown area...
Richland Antiques and Collectibles, which opened Wednesday at 1320 N. West End Blvd., features more than 50 vendors selling a wide array of items, including vintage jewelry, toys, home decor,...
View ArticleSummer vacation? Why the Pennsylvania Legislature shouldn’t take one
Column: Pennsylvania lawmakers have too much to do this year to take their typical two-month-plus summer break from voting sessions.
View ArticleBill White: People who won’t wear masks drive me crazy
Column: I routinely refer to people who have done or said something stupid ― mostly me ― as Mr. Doo-mas. Unfortunately, they have been out in force over the last few months.
View ArticleDistrict Attorney IDs man found dead in car on Easton’s south side
Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck on Saturday identified the man as Ricky Hunter of Allentown.
View ArticleJuneteenth observers in Allentown, Bethlehem say recent uprising against...
Nearly 100 people gathered outside William Allen High School in Allentown for a flag-raising ceremony in commemoration of Juneteenth.
View ArticleEducators look to beef up Pennsylvania school science curriculum on climate...
Pennsylvania science educators are trying to overhaul one of the country's oldest standards for K-12 science education, all while avoiding a protracted political dispute over climate change and evolution.
View ArticleNo bail for woman charged with setting Philadelphia police cars on fire
A federal judge has ordered a woman held without bail on allegations of having set fire to two Philadelphia police vehicles during civil disorder in the city following George Floyd protests last month.
View ArticlePennDOT resumes driving tests in the Lehigh Valley
PennDOT has resumed driver's skills testing, which has been shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. The tests will go on with precautions in place, including that test takers and examiners must wear...
View ArticleAllentown protesters join national chorus calling for cities to defund police...
Allentown protesters call on the city to defund the police department, joining a national chorus demanding police reforms. Protests have become a daily ritual in a Black Lives Matter movement sparked...
View ArticleLocked out in East Penn, Zoom bombed in Bethlehem Township: Virtual meetings...
A Zoom cap on meeting attendance locked out East Penn taxpayers during a public school board meeting this month, raising issues around the Sunshine Law, which is in force despite the coronavirus...
View ArticlePedestrian struck on Main Street in Hellertown, police seek video
A pedestrian was taken to a local hospital after being struck by a vehicle on Main Street in Hellertown on Saturday, according to emergency dispatchers.
View ArticleMystery behind hidden cemetery on Appalachian Trail spurs history buffs
The Chambers Farm Cemetery, on land between Mechanicsburg and Carlisle, is one of many family cemeteries that once dotted the region before community cemeteries became the norm.
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