With Black Americans dying of COVID-19 at higher rates, the medical community...
Racial biases and inequalities in health care have resulted in Black Americans having poor health outcomes and higher rates of chronic diseases than whites, which has led to their being infected with...
View ArticleParkland grad, 26-pound ‘internet famous’ cat team up to help others weather...
Mr. B, a 26 pound former shelter cat who became a viral sensation last year when 30,000 people applied to adopt him, has teamed up with his new owner, a 2006 Parkland High School grad, to raise money...
View ArticleParkland student’s whale-inspired project among tops in international science...
The Parkland student is among 200 participants in the virtual continental competition.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 1,009 cases added Friday; largest increase...
The state Department of Health on Friday reported 1,009 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the statewide total to 93,876.
View ArticleLive Updates: Tropical Storm Fay hits the Mid-Atlantic region
Live Updates: The latest as Tropical Storm Fay hits the Lehigh Valley and Mid-Atlantic region.
View ArticleAllentown and LCA strike a deal. Here’s what it means for water and sewer bills
Allentown and the Lehigh County Authority have reached a tentative settlement they believe will end multiple legal disputes related to LCA’s 50-year lease of the city’s water and sewer system.
View ArticleTropical Storm Fay drops an inch of rain on Lehigh Valley, no reports of...
Tropical storm Fay cut a slow, wet path across the Lehigh Valley on Friday, dropping about an inch of rain by mid-afternoon but sparing the region some of the major flooding that Philadelphia and the...
View ArticleAllentown State Hospital update: wrecking ball approaches following pandemic...
The coronavirus pandemic delayed the destruction of the Allentown State Hospital, but not for long.The Pennsylvania Department of General Services now anticipates its demolition contractors will finish...
View Article‘A slap in the face’: Goya Foods faces boycott after CEO says US is ‘truly...
Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue praised President Donald Trump on Thursday: “We all truly blessed ... to have have a leader like President Trump who is a builder,” Almost immediately, #BoycottGoya,...
View ArticleYour View by Lehigh professor: Columbus is still killing people. Take him down.
Op-ed: Columbus is still part of a built environment that is harming and gradually killing people. Easton: take him down from his pedestal.
View ArticleRetail Watch: Two barbecue businesses, serving up smoked meats and sides,...
Barbecue season is in full swing, and if your love for ribs, pulled pork and other meaty options does not match your will to get behind the grill, a couple of new businesses have you covered.
View ArticlePennsylvania drivers beware: Speeding past a school bus will be harder to get...
A new Pennsylvania law increases the fine for passing a school bus with its red lights flashing, and allows school districts to keep most of that money to buy cameras to catch violators.
View ArticleYour View by Moravian professor: Is America the most selfish society on earth?
Op-ed: The widespread, willful refusal to wear masks and social distance confirms that, indeed, the United States is “exceptional.”
View ArticleLehigh, Lafayette, NCC join colleges opposing new rules that would displace...
Lehigh University and Lafayette College College have denounced a directive by the federal government this week that would take away foreign college students’ visas if the courses they take are entirely...
View ArticlePolice execute search warrant at home of St. Louis couple who pulled guns on...
Authorities executed a search warrant at the St. Louis mansion of a white couple whose armed defense of their home during a recent racial injustice protest drew widespread attention, their attorney...
View ArticlePolice: Hamburg man killed in motorcycle crash in Schuylkill County
A 36-year-old man died Saturday afternoon after a motorcycle accident in Schuylkill County, according to state police.
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: more than 800 new cases as total approaches...
Pennsylvania coronavirus cases on Saturday increased by 813 for a total of 94,689, including 17 deaths. In Allegheny County, counts have risen in the past few weeks, cases increased by more than 200.
View ArticleMan charged with kidnapping Amish teen, who was last seen walking home from...
A Lancaster County man has been charged with kidnapping an 18-year-old Amish woman who disappeared in Pennsylvania several weeks ago and remains missing.
View ArticleDispatch: Three hospitalized after vehicle fire on Schoenersville Road in...
Emergency crews are en route to a reported vehicle fire on Schoenersville Road near a Sheetz gas station in Bethlehem, dispatchers say.
View ArticleYour View by Lehigh County DA: Here’s why we can’t release criminal justice data
Op-ed: I read with “interest” Alan Jennings’ op-ed that appeared in the Town Square section in The Morning Call of Wednesday, JuIy 1, and headlined: “Why DA should release criminal justice data.”
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