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Gov. Josh Shapiro ordered Pennsylvania flags on all Commonwealth facilities, buildings, and grounds be lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of the RM Palmer Company factory explosion.

West Reading's police chief announced two additional fatalities on Sunday evening, ending the search for two missing individuals. The search and rescue operation followed a chocolate factory explosion Friday night.

Reporter Julian Abraham spent the weekend covering the explosion that occurred Friday at a chocolate factory in West Reading.

Three people died and four remain missing in the explosion at the R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate-making plant in West Reading. The grim announcement Saturday night came after a day of hope spurred by a victim found alive in the wreckage early in the day.

Goblies Throwable Paintballs and Play Paint are now on shelves in Target and online. The Bethlehem-based products were created by Lehigh University grad Briana Gardell.

Though others have experienced an increase in passenger traffic at Lehigh Valley International Airport, Delta has seen an 18% decline.

The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission on Thursday voted to accept recommendations of its Comprehensive Planning Committee for a Bethlehem apartment complex and three area warehouses.

The Allentown Parking Authority hosted a public forum Tuesday night at the Americus Hotel to hear residents' complaints.

Gov. Josh Shapiro said he's long admired the Lehigh Valley's unique ability to build partnerships. It's a skillset he said he hopes to bring to other communities across the state to promote economic growth. Shapiro was keynote speaker at the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. annual meeting in Bethlehem.

A week-long job fair helped to fill 1,500 seasonal positions in preparation for the 2023 season, but hundreds of openings remain for ride operators, security personnel, emergency medical technicians and lifeguards.

The nearly 100-year-old bridge will see more than 17,000 vehicles a day, PennDOT says.

Bowery Farming could hold a key to the future of food security.

Could be time for a new career.

The process of finding an alternative supplier can be complicated, officials say.

Staff and extra security will be looking for kids left alone.

Catasauqua Police are investigating the incident.

A perfect storm of inflation, housing market issues, and gas prices have created a climate in which people need food.

Journalists held a rally at the Allentown Arts Park in protest of what they call wage discrimination.

The FDA is working with manufacturers to try to increase production of infant formula.

Shop now if you're looking for electricity at a lower cost.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates several times throughout the coming year.

Experts have no idea when prices will begin to even out.