Relatives say Jim Thorpe man shot dead by police in Monroe County was...
ThJoe Hoffman of Jim Thorpe struggled with mental illness, which relatives believe contributed to him being shot dead by Pennsylvania state troopers. Police say he pointed a gun at them Monday in...
View ArticleMuhlenberg joins Lehigh Valley colleges resuming in-person classes this fall...
Muhlenberg College in Allentown joins Lafayette College in Easton and Cedar Crest College in Allentown as well as East Stroudsburg University, Kutztown University, Lehigh University, Penn State Lehigh...
View ArticleLehigh Valley musicians collaborate for a socially distant premiere at...
The music video, called "Songs of Hope and Resistance" will be available online after a socially distant premiere at Touchstone Theatre on July 23.
View ArticleLehigh Valley under flash flood watch until 10 p.m.
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch in effect until 10 p.m. this evening for the Lehigh Valley and the Poconos.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 849 new cases reported by state on Wednesday...
The state Department of Health on Wednesday reported 849 new cases of coronavirus, including another 230 in the emerging hotspot of Allegheny County and rising numbers in some nearby counties.
View ArticleHere’s the scoop: Allentown’s Batch Microcreamery opening second area...
Batch Microcreamery, which opened last September at the Downtown Allentown Market, will open a second location later this summer at the upcoming Trolley Barn Public Market in Quakertown.
View ArticleHard-up for money, Pennsylvania again tries selling mini-casino licenses that...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board scheduled a mini-casino license auction after budget legislation that passed in May required another auction.
View ArticleLawmakers will rule again over redrawing of Pa. political boundaries, but...
While an effort to create an independent commission to draw the state’s congressional and legislative maps has run out of time, a new bill would increase transparency and ban the most egregious practices.
View ArticleYou can serve life in prison for murder without killing anyone. Six inmates...
Nearly 1,100 of the close to 5,200 people serving defacto life without parole sentences in Pennsylvania did not kill or intend to kill someone, the lawyers said.
View ArticleSusan Wild says she raised $875k last quarter for her congressional...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Susan Wild raised nearly $875,000 during the last three months and had more than $2 million in her re-election account at the end of June, her campaign announced Wednesday.
View ArticleUpper Saucon Township planners greenlight 102-home development in Center Valley
Planners recommended conditional use approval for Estates at Saucon Valley, 102 homes on 116 acres between Flint Hill Road and Taylor Drive.
View Article5 takeaways on the $20 billion in PPP loans to Pennsylvania businesses amid...
Months after the launch of a massive federal program intended to help small businesses stay afloat amid the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Treasury has released its most comprehensive data so far on...
View ArticleAllentown Fair canceled amid coronavirus concerns, Toby Keith and Carrie...
The 168th Allentown Fair is canceled amid coronavirus concerns.
View ArticlePhiladelphia waives more than 750 citations handed out during Black Lives...
The majority of code citations were for violations of the curfew and for disorderly conduct such as failing to disperse. Curfew tickets carry a $25 fine and failure to disperse carries a $50 fine.
View ArticleRepublicans move to block Gov. Wolf’s attempt to ‘tax’ power plant emissions
Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled House of Representatives wants to ensure that it can block Gov. Tom Wolf's effort to impose a price on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants as part of a...
View ArticleFacing trial: Pa. woman accused of keeping grandmother’s remains in freezer...
A Pennsylvania woman is heading to trial on charges that she hid kept maternal grandmother's remains in a freezer for a decade and a half and continued to receive the dead woman's Social Security...
View ArticleFrom online cabins to virtual flagpole ceremonies: Here’s how summer camp is...
As Lehigh Valley eases into the green phase, local camps are working to deliver a socially distant experience, complete with virtual flagpole ceremonies, masks and take-home art kits.
View ArticlePa. health officials holding off on new coronavirus restrictions — for now —...
With the number of coronavirus cases continuing to rise in western Pennsylvania, authorities there have braced for the possibility that Pennsylvania health officials will reimpose pandemic restrictions.
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter movement prods Bethlehem and other districts to review how...
Schools do not honestly and accurately teach the struggles and history of African Americans, Bethlehem Area School District Superintendent Joseph Roy acknowledged. That’s why he is proposing that the...
View ArticleJoe Biden proposes $700 billion-plus ‘Buy American’ campaign; will discuss...
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is proposing sweeping new uses of the federal government’s regulatory and spending power to bolster U.S. manufacturing and technology firms
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