Commentary: Fox host attack preview of GOP strategy
Column: Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s televised tirades against Sen. Tammy Duckworth conveyed a very specific message to Trump voters.
View ArticleCommentary: We need justice system that values people
Column: Seattle’s Creative Justice program provides an example of restorative and transformative justice..
View ArticleHistory is ‘white-washed,' police don’t belong in schools, say city and...
Students from Parkland, Emmaus and Allentown’s Dieruff and Allen high schools joined a virtual town hall Tuesday to discuss school resource officers and how American history is taught. The students...
View ArticleIn reversal, ESU moves to online classes for fall. Here is a rundown of what...
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 ArticleBethlehem swim school set to open with COVID-19 safety precautions
Goldfish Swim School, which provides year-round swimming lessons to children ages 4 months to 12 years, is set to open Tuesday, July 21, at 3055 Linden St. in Bethlehem.
View ArticleChow down at Musikfest with these 10 favorite vendors, including Aw Shucks,...
As part of this year’s Musikfest, ArtsQuest is presenting 10 of the festival’s most beloved food vendors, including Bethlehem Dairy Store, Festival Island Noodles and Take A Taco, for Musikfest-lovers...
View ArticleFamilies of babies killed and injured by bacterial infection settle with...
The agreement called for Geisinger to accept full responsibility for the deaths of two babies as well as the serious brain injury suffered by a third.
View ArticleEagles fan ban not final, Philadelphia now says
A day after the city of Philadelphia told the Eagles that fans would not be allowed in Lincoln Financial Field for games, it softened its stance and left the door open for fans to return to the venue...
View ArticleThe people behind the protests: Meet the Black Lives Matter coalition working...
Following the death of George Floyd, the Lehigh Valley shook with protests set up quickly by different people. Now, several different groups have formed a coalition that is organizing in the Lehigh...
View ArticleMan jailed in wrong-way driving incident now accused of flooding cell to...
Alonzo Gaffney was in jail after allegedly drove a stolen grocery delivery truck into wrong-way traffic on two major highways. In late June, court papers indicate, he lured a corrections officer into...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 994 more cases reported by state Wednesday
The state Department of Health on Wednesday said the state added 994 coronavirus cases, bringing its total during the pandemic to 97,665.
View ArticleMoravian Academy, Swain School to vote on merger
Moravian Academy in Bethlehem and The Swain School in Salisbury Township will vote this summer on a plan to merge in the 2020-21 school year.
View ArticlePhiladelphia schools: Most kids will be in class 2 days per week
The Philadelphia school district says it plans to resume limited in-person instruction in the fall, with most students in class just two days per week and learning remotely the other three
View ArticleNazareth Area School District parents must decide: Send your kids to classes,...
Unlike some other school districts, Nazareth will not be offering a “hybrid” option of in-person classes and cyberlearning.
View ArticlePennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s new coronavirus orders: What they mean for bars...
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine have issued new restrictions on bars, restaurants, events, gatherings and gyms to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. Here is what...
View ArticleLIVE: Allentown City Council meets amid protests over video of police officer...
Live Updates: Allentown City Council is meeting Wednesday night, days after a video of an Allentown police officer kneeling on a man went viral and sparked local protests.
View ArticleRepublicans aim at Democratic majority on Pa. Supreme Court
Out of power in two of three branches of government in Pennsylvania, Republicans who control the state Legislature have completed the first step to amend the state constitution and potentially undo a...
View ArticleFugitive wanted in July 4 homicide in Trout Creek Park arrested in Puerto Rico
Police arrested an Allentown man Wednesday in a July 4 shooting homicide witnesses said occurred during an argument over a car in the city.
View ArticleBethlehem chiropractor pleads guilty to filing $236,000 in fraudulent health...
A Bethlehem chiropractor has pleaded guilty in federal court to fraudulently submitting $236,000 in health insurance claims for patients he didn’t see and days he didn’t work, authorities said.
View ArticleAllentown officers believed man was ‘a danger to himself and others’ in...
The man subdued by Allentown police officers outside St. Luke’s Sacred Heart Hospital in an incident that sparked protests was intoxicated and screaming obscenities and posed a danger to himself and...
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