Northampton County News

The Upper Nazareth Township Board of Supervisors vetoed an inclusivity celebration in a heated meeting Wednesday night. The organizer says the event will still happen, but in a new location.

The high school run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown serves students recovering from addiction.

Lisa Dente, 41, a teacher at Five Points Elementary School in Upper Mount Bethel Township, will run the Boston Marathon for the first time since the bombing in 2013 to raise money for PTSD victims.

The buyback, coordinated by District Attorney Terry Houck, trades $50-$200 grocery gift cards for unwanted weapons.

In light of the fraught East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, Northampton County announced a series of free classes that address both rail and pipeline incidents for emergency responders on Monday.

Two 15-year-old girls were removed from Northampton Area High School and will be charged after several threats of violence were made against the school.

The presentation also included a performance by high school choral students.

The three students placed in the C-Span StudentCam contest for their short documentary.

Nearly 140 candidates are running for dozens of positions on school boards across the Lehigh Valley.

Local state lawmakers are reacting to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s call for $1 billion in new public education spending for the state’s students and schools.

Local officials met at the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley to kick off the journey to a future sister city agreement. The interest survey is available until April 30.

Teams from Brandywine and Philadelphia will meet at Burnside Plantation to kick off their seasons, in an event hosted by Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites.

Authorities say several schools were targeted, including Allen High School in Allentown and Catasauqua High School. Police and parents rushed to the schools.

Incumbent Terry Houck and challenger Stephen Baratta each made their case to voters in a contentious town hall. Houck is in the final year of his first term. Baratta retired after 25 years as a county judge to run for the top prosecutor job.

Bethlehem Township Planning Commission reviewed on Monday night a preliminary plan for a proposed 34-room hotel, restaurant, spa, and banquet complex at William Penn Highway and Bethman Road.

PennDOT is tackling 37 major projects worth more than $700 million in Berks, Carborn, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill counties this year.

Lehigh Township police were called June 29 to a Lehigh Township home, where they found a 67-year-old man dead from multiple gunshot wounds, according to officials.

As part of a yearlong investigation, The Associated Press obtained the data points underpinning several algorithms deployed by child welfare agencies to understand how they predict which children could be at risk of harm.

The students of Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts in Bethlehem are planning a mental health awareness social media campaign.

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.

The alleged scheme netted over $70,000.

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.