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A fire that broke out on a boat on Lake Hopatcong spread and caused damage to the surrounding vessels and docks, authorities said. The Jefferson Township Fire Company No. 2 responded to the blaze in the Great Cove area of Lake Hopatcong on Wednesday, June 29. Upon arrival, the chief...

Giraldo (left) Santos (right) On Thursday, Pocono Township Police identified and arrested two individuals associated with the shooter in the TLC park shooting case in early June.

STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— The Pocono Township Police have arrested two individuals they said were involved in a shooting that happened in Monroe County on June 6. Officials said Javier D. Giraldo Jr. and Alexander Santos, both East Stroudsburg residents, were charged as accomplices in the shooting of another individual in a Tannersville park that […]

FLEMINGTON BOROUGH, NJ (Hunterdon County) – A Hunterdon County man was arrested for allegedly vandalizing a Mexican restaurant sign in Flemington Borough. Over the last two weeks, Viva Mexico, located at 148 Main Street, has had their business sign vandalized, police said. On Wednesday, June 29, at around 4:25...

Just in time for the dog days of summer, a popular Lehigh Valley ice cream shop is expanding. Drizzle Ice Cream, which opened in February 2019 at 47 W. Penn Ave. in Alburtis, is planning to open a second location in mid-July at 5040 Route 873 in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township, owner Steve Zola said. The new shop will occupy a renovated space that previously housed a dry ...

A man seen on video racking a handgun outside Pennsylvania homes led to the recovery of three illegal weapons and felony charges, authorities said. Officers responded to a report of a man armed with a handgun on the 1900 block of Brookside Drive in Bethlehem around 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, the local police department said in a release on Thursday, June 30.

PHILLIPSBURG, NJ (Warren County) – The Phillipsburg Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying three people in an ongoing arson investigation. The police department says the three people on the motorized bicycles in the above picture are involved in the investigation. No further information was released.

Former Easton Area High School wrestling coach JaMarr Billman was awarded $250,000 in compensatory damages after he sued the school district for racial discrimination. The seven-day civil trial ended in Billman’s favor, his attorney, John S. Harrison of Bethlehem, said Thursday. He proved he was the subject of racial discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment, according to Harrison.

EAST STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A water main break is impacting residents in one section of East Stroudsburg Thursday. According to the East Stroudsburg Department of Public Works (DPW), the main break is at the intersection of Brodhead Avenue and Centre Street, and it’s a 10-inch break. A neighbor told Eyewitness News he noticed […]

A 23-year-old New Jersey man was indicted on a first-degree attempted murder charge for an unprovoked stabbing of a victim walking his dog in May, authorities said. Safi N. Hill, of Hillsborough, attacked the man on Clawson Avenue around 2 p.m. May 4, in the Flagtown section of the township, Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart said.

MANVILLE BOROUH, NJ (Somerset County) – A second suspect has been arrested in connection with at shots fired incident in the area of South Street and South 3rd Avenue Tuesday in Manville Borough, according to Somerset County Acting Prosecutor Annmarie Taggart. On June 28, at around 4:20 p.m., police...

TANNERSVILLE, MONROE CO, (WOLF) — Pocono Township Police have identified and arrested two men they say are associated with the shooting at the TLC Park earlier this month. Javier D. Giraldo Jr. of Penn Estates East Stroudsburg and Alexander Santos also from East Stroudsburg were charged as accomplices in the case.

A Flemington man who vandalized a Mexican restaurant sign was finally caught in the act after having successfully pulled it off twice in the past few weeks, police said. Eduardo E. Garcia, 45, was seen attempting to vandalize the sign in front of Viva Mexico on Main Street around 4:25 a.m. on Wednesday, June 29, Flemington Police said.

A 75-year-old Allentown died Wednesday from injuries suffered May 9 in a crash on MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office reports. Roger Reinhart was pronounced dead at 12:55 p.m. in Lehigh Valley Hospital in Salisbury Township, the coroner’s office said. He died from complications of rib fractures, the coroner’s office said. His death was ruled an accident.

The American marten, a small weasel similar to the mink and fisher, may be the subject of a reintroduction effort in Pennsylvania if the game commission's board authorizes a plan requested by the Bureau of Wildlife Management. Also known as pine marten, the slender mammal was extirpated in Pennsylvania by...

SALISBURY TWP., Pa. - A Lehigh Valley man has died of injuries sustained in a crash more than a month ago. Roger Reinhart, 75, was pronounced dead Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Cedar Crest, said the Lehigh County coroner's office. The Allentown man died of complications from rib fractures...

Thursday, June 23, Federal prosecutors charged 53-year-old Jesse Diaz of Sciota with accessing and viewing child pornography. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the criminal information charge alleges that Diaz accessed a private chat group dedicated to distributing and sharing child pornography. The chat was accessed through his Kik messenger account with the intent of viewing minors, including a minor under the age of 12 years old, engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Dozens of family and friends came together at a prayer vigil for Dana Smithers held at Christian Life Assembly Tuesday night, where the community provided solace while calling for the safe return of the missing woman. The crowd of Smithers' loved ones congregated in the front lot of the Stroudsburg...

“Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub has announced charges in a homicide that occurred in the Holland section of Northampton Township earlier this month. Thadius William McGrath, 35, of Chatham, Massachusetts is charged with Murder of the First Degree, Murder of the Third Degree, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, Recklessly Endangering Another Person, and Possession of an Instrument of Crime. McGrath was arraigned by Magisterial District Judge Leonard Brown and denied bail. The defendant will be remanded to the Bucks County Correctional Facility.

Flemington was chosen as the Hunterdon County seat in 1785. It was formed as a municipality by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 14, 1870. Flemington was also where a trial found Bruno Richard Hauptman guilty of the kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh's baby boy. Among...