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Crash cleared on Route 22 in Lehigh County
Update: The crash has been cleared. Reported earlier: A crash is causing a traffic backup Thursday morning on Route 22 eastbound in Lehigh County. PennDOT’s traffic website 511pa.com reported the crash just before 7 a.m. in the eastbound lane near the Fullerton Avenue exit in Whitehall Township. Traffic cameras show emergency responders directing traffic from the left lane into the right lane ...
Driver slams into Bennett Toyota in Allentown in fatal crash, causing near $1M in damage
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- A man driving at a high speed was killed after he veered off the road and crashed into a car dealership in Allentown early Tuesday morning, police said.The crash happened just after 1 a.m. on Lehigh Street near Vultee Street. Police said the driver was heading north on Lehigh Street when he veered off the road.Images from the scene showed multiple damaged vehicles and a flipped vehicle.The Lehigh County Coroner's Office identified the driver as 27-year-old Abeil Adilow of Philadelphia. He was pronounced dead just before 2 a.m. at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Cedar Crest.Staff at the dealership arrived to work Tuesday morning tasked with cleaning up the damage.
Over 30 people displaced after rowhome fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania
The Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter after a number of rowhomes caught fire in Allentown on Tuesday afternoon. Thankfully, no one was injured but 36 people were forced out of their homes. The shelter is at the Allentown YMCA on 15th Street.
What are the Lehigh Valley’s best high schools? Here are the latest U.S. News rankings
U.S. News & World Report has released its latest rankings of public high schools across the country, and four Lehigh Valley schools are among the top 100 in Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School was the highest ranking school in the region, coming in at 26th in the state. It’s the third year in a row for the school, and an improvement over last year, when it ranked 40th. ...
Community Rallies For 3-Year-Old Hit By Truck In Palmerton
In a GoFundMe set up to help with care costs, neighbors and friends have raised over $14,000 on behalf of Bradley and his parents, Brandy Norris and Kody Beil. Fundraiser organizer and Bradley's aunt Danielle Norris said he is at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia where loved ones are keeping him company.
Trio Caught With Drugs In Monroe County Hotel Room, DA Says
Twenty-nine-year-old Brandon Cabrera of Effort, 32-year-old Christopher Ferraro of East Stroudsburg, and 28-year-old Dylan Smith of Stroudsburg all face drug an paraphernalia charges, said the Monroe County District Attorney's Office. According to prosecutors, Monroe County Probation and Parole Officers went to a hotel on Route 611 after receiving information that...
Proposal to increase parking fines in Allentown on hold
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A proposal to raise parking violation fines in the city of Allentown has been tabled for an unspecified amount of time. An ordinance was on City Council's Wednesday agenda to raise all parking fines at the request of the Allentown Parking Authority. The topic was discussed...
Team of Lehigh Valley middle schoolers win spot in national history competition
Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School on Tuesday announced a team of its students won the National History Day state competition and will now go on to compete on the national stage this month. “A total of 555 students from across the Keystone State competed in teams in various categories,”...
What’s coming to the Westgate Mall, and what happened to the businesses that were forced to leave
Westgate Mall has gone through some major changes over the last couple of years — with some major changes to come. The upheaval began in 2018, when New Jersey-based Onyx Equities bought the strip mall on Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem. Since then, the company has invested in a full makeover for the property, starting with opening a 16,000-square-foot Harbor Freight Tools in the former Weis ...
Update: Severe thunderstorm warning expected to expire at 9 p.m.
The warning was for Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton counties. "The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain are still possible with these thunderstorms," according to the National Weather Service.
SOFTBALL: Phillipsburg Scores 12 in the Sixth Inning to Defeat Belvidere
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Shortstop Shantalina Blake had the big blow in the uprising with a go-ahead three-run homer as Phillipsburg High School scored 12 runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat Belvidere 12-2 in a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament first round softball game on Wednesday at Ruth Gibbs Softball Complex. “The is a good example of how crazy the game of softball can be,” P’burg coach Kristin Polet said. “I don’t know if it can be explained. Hitting is contagious right? And this was a prime example of that “ CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE...
Police help rescue ducklings from storm drain
WEATHERLY, CARBON COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Carbon County police report an office helped rescue a mother duck and her ducklings from a storm drain. On Tuesday, Weatherly Police were called for a traffic problem in the area of Hudsondale Street due to several ducklings and the mother duck stranded in the roadway. Officer Michael Eyer responded […]
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