Lisa Snyder will get taxpayer help to pay for defense in Berks County hanged...
Judge Paul Yatron on Monday granted Lisa Snyder’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. While the ruling makes Snyder eligible for a public defender, it remains unclear whether Snyder’s current attorney...
View ArticlePennsylvania coronavirus update: 849 more cases reported Wednesday;...
The state Department of Health on Wednesday said there were 849 more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 121,130, and the data also showed a sharp drop in the...
View ArticleWoman dies from injuries two weeks after Bucks County crash
A Coopersburg woman was pronounced dead Tuesday at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Fountain Hill from injuries suffered in a July crash in Milford Township.
View Article80-year-old Allentown woman loses over $25,000 to bank card theft,...
Police say the trio accused of stealing from an 80-year-old Allentown woman used the money for food deliveries, a gym membership and student loan payments among other things.
View Article2-month-old baby found to have 35 rib fractures and 2 skull fractures....
Police say the child's father, who is his primary caretaker while the baby's mother works, told authorities he would squeeze the baby because he was frustrated with the child's crying.
View ArticleAllentown City Council approves settlement deal with Lehigh County Authority...
Allentown and Lehigh County Authority have turned the page on more than four years’ of disagreements. City Council on Wednesday OK’d a settlement deal ending multiple legal disputes related to the...
View ArticleWhat Kamala Harris brings to the Democratic ticket as Joe Biden seeks to flip...
Vice presidential candidates are rarely game-changers, but state Democrats and pundits on Wednesday described Kamala Harris as enhancing Joe Biden’s efforts to flip Pennsylvania blue in November.
View ArticleStudents at Penn State forced to sign COVID-19 liability waiver to...
Other universities across the country have required similar waivers, but students and legal experts say Penn State’s crosses the line.
View ArticleSpooks must go on: Halloween shops opening in Lehigh Valley as Bath mayor...
More than a half dozen seasonal Halloween shops have either recently opened or are coming soon throughout the Lehigh Valley area, and one local mayor has already confirmed plans to hold trick-or-treat.
View ArticleMan shot on West Lincoln Street in Easton, suspects at large
Easton police are looking for two suspects who shot a man Wednesday evening in the city.
View ArticleUpdate on Lehigh Valley job openings during coronavirus: The ‘King’ looks to...
Here are employers in the Lehigh Valley hiring during the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleCellist Yo-Yo Ma’s Lehigh Valley performance postponed due to coronavirus...
Ma’s presentation called “Truth, Trust, and Service: How Culture Connects Us” was set to take place at Parkland High School. The event was planned as an ongoing Valley-wide conversation about how...
View ArticleMusikfest announces lineup for Martin Guitar’s Jam In Place concert streams
Martin Guitar will be bringing a new component to Musikfest with Jam in Place — a concert showcase to be featured every night of the festival.
View ArticleIn Pittsburgh, Trump’s EPA rolls back methane leak rule for oil, gas...
Today in Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump’s administration is expected to undo Obama-era rules designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines.
View ArticleYour View: Focus on ‘three R’s’ (not more money) to fix Pennsylvania schools
Op-ed: Spending more money on troubled schools cannot succeed without adopting a new education model centered on the “Three R’s” (Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic) that emphasizes English language skills.
View ArticleLehigh Valley meet-and-greet planned to lift Black-owned businesses and build...
Sunday’s Black-Owned Known Meet & Greet event in east Allentown is meant to strengthen business an community relations and social responsibility, not only for minority merchants
View ArticleGov. Wolf’s greenhouse gas foray moves closer to key vote as Legislature...
A push by Gov. Tom Wolf to put Pennsylvania in a regional carbon emissions-reduction initiative faces a key vote in September.
View ArticlePedestrian badly hurt after being hit by vehicle, driver cooperating,...
A man was hit by a vehicle at 9 p.m. Wednesday in the area of Greenleaf and North 7th streets in the city, according to police.
View ArticleYour View: How to be a hero in the coronavirus war
Op-ed: Mask up. Wash up. Socially distance. Do these things and you’ll be a good soldier, a good citizen, a part of our band of brothers and sisters.
View ArticleDelaying health care can be dangerous during the pandemic, causing deaths and...
Five months into the coronavirus pandemic, people in the Lehigh Valley and beyond are still grappling with how to manage health problems.
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