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A major Route 22 overpass removed in 2017 is being rebuilt. See the plans
A bridge over Route 22 that was torn down in 2017 for a highway improvement project will be rebuilt, but the anticipated start of construction is still years away, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said Thursday. PennDOT announced plans are now available online for the project, which will “restore a...
Penn Estates Residents Speak Out Against Management
EAST STROUDSBURG BOROUGH, MONROE CO. (WOLF) — In March FOX56 highlighted the stories of two Penn Estates residents who feel the administration takes advantage of residents and believes community manager, Phyllis Haase, is to blame. Two months later -- more residents are coming forward. “I feel that unless it...
Tractor-trailer rolls over I-80 in Monroe County
STROUD TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Tuesday that a tractor-trailer rolled over on Interstate 80. Accoridng to PennDot the crash occurred in Stroud Township, on I-80E, just before exit 303. Traffic slowed for at lease a few minutes but began moving again around 4:45 p.m., said PennDOT officials. […]
Lehigh County man accused of raping 19-year-old he met on dating app
A Hanover Township, Lehigh County man is accused of raping a 19-year-old woman he met on an online dating app. Lorens DeJesus Gomez, 22, of the 500 block of Cedar Hill Drive, also is charged with felony intercepting communications. Karen J. Schular, the public defender assigned to Gomez, didn’t immediately return a request for comment Wednesday morning.
Cold CASE: Lehigh County Couple, Infant Killed In 'Suspicious Fire'
Linda Ann Howland, David Wayne Jones, and their 3-month-old daughter Leah Michelle Jones died when their home caught fire on April 26, 1998, according to PSP. The family lived in a converted barn on a property that Howland ran as a horse farm, authorities said. A 1998 report from the Allentown Morning Call said the 42-year-old mom was "known as a key breeder and trainer of the Tennessee walking horse."
Concerned resident gets update at meeting on lawsuit filed against power company in Carbon County
NESQUEHONING, Pa. - Concerned residents gathered for an update Tuesday night on a lawsuit they filed against a power company in Carbon County. The group is waiting for a response to the lawsuit they filed last month against Panther Creek Power, several state departments, and the governor. The heart of...
35th annual Senior Games held in Carbon County
LEHIGHTON, Pa. — The gym inside the Lehighton Recreation Center is packed for the 35th annual Carbon County Senior Games. "The different towns, we get along so nice, and you can't wait until next year, you know. And when we don't see each other, we see each other out shopping or something, so you talk, and it's just a lot of fun," said Francis Haas of Lehighton.
A new bus service will connect Lehigh Valley with New York, Newark, Philadelphia
FlixBus, the parent company of Greyhound Lines, is beginning intercity service from Allentown effective Thursday. The new service will connect the Lehigh Valley with the Port Authority in New York City; Newark Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey; and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. Passengers will be picked up and dropped off at the Allentown Transportation Center at 112 N. Sixth St. ...
Feeling bugged? Must mean summer is on its way in NEPA
The smaller the bug, the bigger the problem. Inside the Pennsylvania Tick Research Lab at East Stroudsburg University technicians hold up plastic sandwich bags to search for a tiny dark speck. “Sometimes finding these ticks are really difficult," a technician said. The lab tests ticks sent in by people across...
Shapiro announces $1.1M investment in Allentown brownfield site
The Lehigh Valley got a visit from Gov. Josh Shapiro Wednesday. Shapiro and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secretary Rick Siger stopped in Allentown to announce more than ...
Pa. man dies from injuries suffered while burning brush, coroner says
A Lehigh Valley man died after an incident that hospitalized him with burns almost two weeks ago, the Lehigh County coroner announced Saturday. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office & Forensics Center said the May 3 death of Leo C. Pavelco, 89, of Slatington, was ruled an accident following an April 22 incident wherein his clothes caught fire while he was burning brush at his home in the late afternoon.
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