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Upper Saucon PD Visits Southern Lehigh School for Peace Officers Day
The Upper Saucon Township Police Department was recently invited to a special event held by the fourth grade class at Joseph P. Liberati Southern Lehigh Intermediate School in honor of Peace Officers Memorial Day. Est. Read Time: 2 mins. The Upper Saucon Township Police Department was recently invited to a...
Looking Back | Local cement history
In today’s column, we will be remembering some old cement companies in Bath and Nazareth. The plants provided employment for many of our local residents. Several years ago, Mr. Blaine Hoffmeister, of Bath and a former fine student of this writer, shared some postcards and photographs with our readers.
Bethlehem students win top honors in statewide What’s So Cool About Manufacturing
Bethlehem’s Broughal Middle School was the big winner in the statewide What’s So Cool About Manufacturing Contest. The students partnered with Weaver Popcorn Manufacturing to make a video that ans...
Police: Expect additional traffic as Lehigh University set to hold graduation ceremonies
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Police are giving drivers a heads up that there will be additional traffic in the area of Lehigh University at certain times this weekend, due to graduation ceremonies. Police in Lower Saucon Township say drivers should expect additional traffic on Saturday and Sunday between 8 a.m. and...
McNeill’s Office to Host Veterans Outreach Program
State Rep. Jeanne McNeill’s (D-133) district office in Whitehall will host its monthly veterans outreach support program on Monday, May 20. State Rep. Jeanne McNeill’s (D-133) district office in Whitehall will host its monthly veterans outreach support program on Monday, May 20. The program is set up to help veterans and their families with receiving benefits and services available to them.
Pa. man accused of killing roommate, dismembering body and scattering remains
Editor's Note: The details of this story are graphic and could be disturbing for some readers. A Lehigh County man is accused of killing his roommate with a hammer, dismembering his body and then scattering his remains in three separate locations. Léelo en español aquí. Joshua Moser, 33,...
1 found dead in home hit by fire in Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Authorities say one person was found dead in a home hit by fire in Bethlehem. The call came in just before 9 a.m. Friday. First responders say they found someone dead in a home along Johnston Drive. They say there was a fire. The Northampton County...
State police launch investigation in Slatington area
SLATINGTON, Pa. -- Pennsylvania State Police troopers are on the scene of an investigation in Lehigh County for at least the third day. Trooper Nathan Branosky, with PSP's Troop M, said investigators are in Slatington for an "active investigation." He declined to release further details. The Lehigh County district attorney...
911 calls, doorbell videos, body camera footage detail Falls killings
On the morning of March 16, Andre Gordon Jr. went to his father’s Levittown home and then to the nearby home of the mother of his children intent on murder, a Bucks County detective told a District Judge Wednesday during Gordon’s preliminary hearing in Doylestown. Armed with an...
Man arrested in 1989 killing of 78-year-old Pennsylvania woman who fought her attacker
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has been arrested and charged with killing a 78-year-old woman in her eastern Pennsylvania home more than 35 years ago, authorities announced Thursday. Rose Josephine Hnath tried to fend off her attacker but was found stabbed and beaten to death in her home in North Whitehall Township, outside Allentown. […]
‘Amazing spot’: Popular Allentown pizza shop planning 2nd location next to Bethlehem brewery
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A popular Allentown restaurant – serving up specialty pizzas, pasta, cheesesteaks and other Italian and American staples – is looking to serve more customers in the Lehigh Valley. The Pizza Joint, a four-year-old, family-run eatery at 1239 Airport Road in Allentown, is planning to open...
Here is what to expect at the new downtown Allentown Da Vinci Science Center, which will open to the public next week
There are a few things that set the new Da Vinci Science Center in downtown Allentown apart from its former location that closed last month. It is much bigger, with at least three times the exhibit space the museum had on Cedar Crest Boulevard. Plus, it is more centrally located in Allentown, at 815 Hamilton St., which is within 1 mile’s walking distance for 52,000 Allentown residents. Also: ...
Levittown triple murder suspect held for trial despite refusal to leave jail for hearing
A former Falls Township man will head to trial on charges that he killed his stepmother, teenage sister and the mother of his two children after a judge heard 911 recordings of two victims pleading for help and from two of the survivors of the fatal March crime spree that spanned from Lower Bucks County to Trenton. ...
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