Lehigh County News

Attendees can sample 12 different types of sangria and test their cornhole skills at the 21-and-over event on Saturday. Tickets start at $44.

Lehigh County Sheriff’s Office warns residents about a surge in telephone scams and offers tips on avoiding fraudulent calls.

Two Allegiant flights slated for Wednesday afternoon have been canceled. Forecasters say the Category 3 story is 'unprecedented.'

The Lehigh County coroner said the death of local firefighter, emergency responder and teacher John Kalynych was 'natural' but did not name the cause, citing family privacy concerns.

More than 2,600 acres on 35 farms in 18 counties across the commonwealth were preserved. Here are the Lehigh Valley farms now safe from development.

The yet-to-be-named calf was born Aug. 4 and is the tenth oryx calf born at the zoo since 2014.

The airport will get $940,000 from the state to update facilities in the Multimodal Transportation Center and airport terminal.

Allentown has a new training center for firefighters and its first-ever emergency operations center. The building was dedicated to Christopher Kiskeravage, the department’s retired assistant chief for training and South Whitehall’s fire commissioner.

Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin said Dominick Hogans ran from police and then shot at them July 24, 2023. Officers were within their rights when they returned fire, fatally shooting him nine times, Martin said.

Conservative voters walked away impressed with Vivek Ramaswamy's performance in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, but most still pined for former President Donald Trump.

Newly-elected Lehigh Valley State Sen. Jarett Coleman has dropped a lawsuit he filed last year against the Parkland School District that sought to invalidate teacher pay raises. The trial over Sunshine Act breaches was scheduled to take place this week.

The USDA report does not include information about which commercial turkey farms were affected, but Jaindl recently reported an outbreak of the disease.

It's been less than 24 hours since the Lehigh County Executive vetoed a pair of bills that would increase the pay of several municipal officials—including the county executive. The County's Board of Commissioners has undone that veto.

Lehigh County Executive Phil Armstrong vetoed a pair of bills that would have increased the salaries for several municipal officials. Armstrong said that he couldn't "justify" the move while county residents deal with inflation.

Lehigh County Sheriff Joe Hanna announced Tuesday he will seek a third term in the 2023 election cycle.

After long-term care facilities were hard hit by COVID outbreaks in the first two years of the pandemic, staff now say they've got a better handle on the situation.

Daniel Buglio will run for Lehigh County coroner, a job he was appointed to this spring.

Lehigh Valley Health Network's 17th Street Hospital is relocating and expanding its emergency department thanks to $6.5 million in state funding.

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation offers a grant program to fund employees' ideas. Projects range from helping those with spinal chord injuries to researching specific topics.

With the leadup to the Lehigh-Lafayette game comes a tradition of hanging bedsheets around each campus heckling the other school. We've rounded up our favorites for you to enjoy.

The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce celebrated local businesses and chamber president Tony Iannelli at its annual meeting.

ALDI opened its newest location at 3235 Hamilton Blvd. in South Whitehall Township Thursday.