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Courtesy/City of AllentownThe machine is available 24/7 and is located outside the Lehigh Conference of Churches at 457 W. Allen St. in Allentown. -
Jay Bradley/LehighValleyNews.comLehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan said Zach Cole-Borghi was one of 22 people taken into custody Thursday as part of an ongoing grand jury investigation. Cole-Borghi was arrested Thursday at his job at Bethlehem City Hall. A city official today said he is no longer employed by the city.
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A "team of experienced food entrepreneurs" purchased the former Buca di Beppo restaurant at 714 Grape St. for $1.15 million, Sultan Property Group LLC, which completed the acquisition. -
The $13 million contract was with the Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program. A pandemic-era program, commonwealth farmers were paid to supply local food banks with fresh produce.
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Governor Josh Shapiro, joined by local and state politicians, spoke out in support of mass transit investments for the betterment of the Commonwealth, at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hecktown Oaks Thursday.
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Allentown City Council unanimously approved a measure that replaces the city's discrimination and human relations commission ordinance first enacted in 1963 and amended several times since.
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South Whitehall Township's board of commissioners are moving ahead with plans for a ballot question that could create a 0.1% income tax to fund open space preservation.
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Allentown's Central Fire Station was built a century ago to be a car dealership. Its aging condition is causing serious issues for firefighters who work there, according to Fire Chief Efrain Agosto.
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An Allentown woman was charged with possession of a quarter pound of synthetic opioid fentanyl, District Attorney Stephen Baratta announced Wednesday.
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Political Pulse host Tom Shortell and political scientist Chris Borick discuss the implications of the Republican tax and spending package recently passed in the US House.
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Latasha Santiago, 36, pleaded guilty in March to conspiracy tocommit robbery, a first-degree felony, in the Oct. 17, 2020, shooting death of Christian Lopez-Rodriguez, 21, of Allentown.
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A Monroe County man died Monday after his motorcycle struck a deer in Moore Township, Northampton County.
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Parkland School District administrator Frank Anonia is the subject of an internal investigation. He was recently deposed in a lawsuit that alleges the district knew another teacher, Christian Willman, was sexually assaulting students but did nothing to stop it.
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Coopersburg's farmers' market disappeared with the COVID-19 pandemic. On Sunday, the market returned to the borough for the first time in years.
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June is Pride Month, an annual celebration of the LGBTQ community. There are many Pride events in and around the Lehigh Valley this year.
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Rami Abouloh is set to be sentenced Aug. 13; first-degree-murder convictions in Pennsylvania carry a mandatory life sentence.
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Allentown businesses and high school students were honored at the Allentown Chamber of Commerce annual awards reception at the Renaissance Allentown Hotel on Thursday.
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Scooped: An Ice Cream Trail has returned for its 7th year, taking Pennsylvanians on a tasty tour of the Keystone State.
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Jurors convicted the former president on all 34 counts after deliberating for nearly 10 hours over two days. They found he falsified business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election.
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The ribbon was cut Thursday on the new building at a South Whitehall Township senior living community. The complex added nearly 70 new apartments.
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Emergency crews worked for more than an hour Tuesday morning near Fourth and Hamilton streets to recover the body of a 60-year-old Allentown man.
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Former Slatington mayor Walter Niedermeyer, 81, died Friday at St. Luke’s Hospital in Fountain Hill, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio said.
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The transportation improvement program, expected to be approved in June, details transportation projects set to be approved to 2028.
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The gala includes drinks, music, seated dinner, behind the scenes presentations and a screening of the locally produced historical film.
