Blandon, PA

Wind Creek is being fined $20,000 for letting a person on the self-exclusion list gamble at the Bethlehem casino. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) said a person on the board’s self-exclusion list was able to gamble at table games during a number of visits over a four-day period.

Meteorologist Karen Rogers says we have another nice afternoon ahead before the heat and humidity rise and it turns steamy for the weekend.

As the weather gets nicer, more gatherings are held with more attendees. These gatherings of people could be potential spreaders of illness. The PA Departments of Health and Human Services released the following press release in relation to the increase in possible exposure COVID-19:

Almost every team in every sport starts out its season with a goal of winning the league championship. That’s certainly the case for all eight teams that will be in action Thursday when the Colonial League and Eastern Pennsylvania Conference crown their champions in baseball and softball. But for the Notre Dame-Green Pond baseball team and the Northampton softball squad, the incentive is a ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council voted Wednesday to change the zoning designation for the site of the former Montex Textiles mill — a move that opens the door for a proposed apartment complex. The vote will change the zoning to residential medium-high density from the current residential...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Stuart Gruters continued his late-season surge with another steeplechase title and the 4x400-meter relay climbed higher up the national charts on the TCNJ men's track and field team's first day at the All-Atlantic Region Track and Field Conference Championship. Through eight scored events (of 22 total),...

During National Nurses Week, May 6 - May 12, Phoebe Ministries highlighted retired nurses who reside at each of the four Phoebe campuses, along with some of their favorite Phoebe nursing staff members. Featured stories included retired nurses Fran Sletvold and Shirley Hawk, who collectively have 102 years of service...

Kempton, PA. – Berks County artist Jon Bond will present “Mountain Magic” at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton, PA. The art exhibit will be ongoing May 27 through June 24, daily from 8am – 5 pm. “Mountain Magic” will feature 42 original works that capture the magic, mystique, and harsh beauty of Hawk Mountain and the rural landscape of Albany Township. Works include egg tempera, oil, watercolor, and silverpoint drawings.

Many competitors come to the District 11 Track & Field Championships expecting to medal. A select handful show up at Whitehall’s Zephyr Sports Complex with a legitimate chance to earn a gold medal. Damon Simpson — and his friends on Wilson’s 400-meter relay team — showed up Wednesday afternoon looking for records. They found them. Simpson won the Class 3A 100 by breaking his district record ...

POTTSTOWN — Riverfront Park will be a hub of outdoor activity on Saturday, May 21, with several connected events bike rides, canoe and kayak rides and outdoor movies in the park. The day will begin with people able to borrow a bike for free or rent a boat, followed...

BOYERTOWN >> It made the Pioneer Athletic Conference playoffs a wider-open affair by unseating multiple-time defending champion Spring-Ford Tuesday. One day later, Boyertown pulled the door firmly shut behind it after prevailing over Upper Perkiomen, 2-0, in the circuit’s title game at Bear Park. A combination of lights-out pitching...

POTTSTOWN — The Pottstown Regional Public Library celebrated its 100th anniversary in festive style on May 12. According to Mindy Lipsky, the library’s executive director, “it was well-attended with over 100 people present.”. State Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., was on hand to present a citation from...

The largest Latinx group in PA knocked nearly 20,000 doors in Allentown and Reading to turn out Latinx, Black, and young voters. Today, Make the Road Action in Pennsylvania celebrated the elections of three endorsed candidates in Allentown and Reading in the May 17 Democratic primary election:. Josh Siegel for...

MERTZTOWN, Pa. - The BCIAA softball semifinals took to Lyons Field on Wednesday night. Exeter and Brandywine Heights setting up the title game on Thursday night. The Eagles needing eight innings to pull out the win over Twin Valley, the fifth seed. They'd edge past the Raiders, 6-5 to lock up their spot in the title game.

SOMERSET, N.J. - One Somerset run in the eighth inning breaks the late tie and hands Reading their second loss of the series, 7-6. The Fightins started off hot, running out to a 4-0 lead through the first inning. Jack Conley with the biggest swing of the inning, a three-run double to break the game open early.

The U.S. has reported more than 81.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases as of May 17. More than 992,000 Americans have died of COVID-19 — the highest death toll of any country. Nationwide, there were an average of 24.3 daily new coronavirus cases per 100,000 Americans in the week ending May 17. Cumulatively, the U.S. has […]

BETHLEHEM, PA— The Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts (Charter Arts) Theatre Department presents its annual “New Play Festival” on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 7 PM in the school’s theatre located at 321 East 3rd Street, Bethlehem. The New Play Festival showcases six...