Lehigh County News

Social media platforms, a toll-free number and online tip form are all part of what police are calling “PSP Tips” – a means for the community to provide information that might help solve a case, including some that are decades old.

A total of 69 military aircraft will be flying in and out of Lehigh Valley International Airport from Saturday through Monday, including Blackhawks, Apaches and Chinook helicopters.

The three conservatives running for the Lehigh Valley's 7th Congressional District seat agreed that Congress must cut spending to address the nation's record-high national debt. (Fourth of five parts)

The Pardon Project is designed to help low-income residents convicted of nonviolent crimes who have pleaded guilty and completed their sentence at least five years ago to eventually have their record expunged.

The three GOP candidates for Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District discussed cutting taxes, reducing regulations and passing a balanced budget amendment as ways to improve the U.S. economy. (Third of five parts)

Maria Montero, Kevin Dellicker and Ryan Mackenzie discuss isolationism, NATO and the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel. The three Republicans are vying for the GOP nomination in the 7th Congressional District to face incumbent U.S. Rep. Susan Wild, D-Lehigh Valley. (Second of five parts)

Kevin Dellicker, a Republican candidate for PA-7, said he could support federal legislation setting stricter restrictions on abortion. His opponents in the Republican primary, Ryan Mackenzie and Maria Montero, said the issue of abortion access should be left to the states. (First of five parts)

Lehigh County is pulling the Child Advocacy Center, which serves children who may have been abused, out of Lehigh Valley Health Network. The new center may lack a medical specialist in the field.

As Miller-Keystone Blood Center is set to no longer be the primary supplier of one of its largest customers, supporters are speaking out about what the nonprofit center has done for them. Blood donors, recipients and coordinators are sharing their life-saving stories.

In their first meeting since the passenger rail feasibility study was revealed, Lehigh Valley Planning Commission officials said it would take months for any further decisions to be made.

Pat Browne, Lehigh County's former state senator, created legislation that generated over $1 billion for the Lehigh Valley over 28 years in Harrisburg.

Three South Whitehall Township Zoning Hearing Board members cannot attend meetings in the coming months, so the board appointed a hearing officer. It will allow the board to legally meet a required quorum.

South Whitehall Twp. commissioners are seeking applicants for vacant alternate seats on the Zoning Hearing Board.

Lehigh County Executive Phil Armstrong discusses the difficulty that parents are having finding infant Tylenol in stores and shares advice for parents worried about their children.

The victim in a Tuesday night shooting incident in Allentown was an 11-year-old child shot by his 10-year-old brother, police and the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office said.

Twenty-three projects across the district won grants from the Allentown School District Foundation this year.

This development comes six years after voters in South Whitehall voted to allow the township to borrow $600,000 to repair the dam.

In 2020, Allentown scored a 100 on the Human Rights Campaign's Municipal Equality Index. This year, the city scored a 94.

Thousands in the Lehigh Valley and nearby remain without power as PPL sets up resource centers for those impacted

The fundraiser Friday benefits the Stoess family. U.S. Marine Corps veteran Joe Stoess, 42, is battling cancer.

South Whitehall Township's Board of Commissioners approved the 2023 budget after making minor changes to the draft budget at their meeting Wednesday.

3D-printed casts are now being made by and administered at St. Luke’s University Health Network. The waterproof plastic casts are an alternative to the plaster or fiberglass casts traditionally used.