Jason Addy
Allentown Area reporterI cover Allentown and have worked for news outlets in Pennsylvania, Chicago and Minneapolis since graduating from Penn State. It’s great to be much closer to home — I was born and raised in Lehighton — and I’m excited to help share Allentown’s stories. If you've got an idea, I want to hear it. You can reach me any time at jasona@lehighvalleynews.com.
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Jahlik R. Colon, of Temple, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. Wednesday in the emergency department at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Coroner Dan Buglio said in a news release. -
City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $200,000 contract for Bethlehem-based WSP USA Inc. to help officials develop a comprehensive strategy to meet climate-related goals.
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Nat Hyman said he sued after he reached out to Allentown officials, including Mayor Matt Tuerk, but saw no action at the encampment near his properties.
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City employees up before 8 a.m. Monday and got to work when the clock hit the hour mark, according to some residents still sitting nearby several hours later.
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The exhibit's stop in Allentown is its first on a 13-museum tour that’s booked through the summer of 2030.
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Gerlach pledged to always “fight for” working-class residents of the 22nd State House District, as she said she’s done for more than a decade as an elected official in Allentown.
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Allentown, Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation chipped in more than $75,000 to help the Y open its overnight shelter early to accommodate some from the camp.
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Allentown City Council scheduled a public hearing for Oct. 15 to solicit any final feedback from residents on proposed changes to zoning regulations.
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The 37-foot aluminum structure spans Trout Creek, an impediment in recent years for many who walk to South Mountain Middle School and Dodd Elementary School or catch a bus along Dixon Street.
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Allentown is the second city — after Kansas City — to join Work for America’s Spotlight Cities program, “a really cool partnership” that could be “transformative," Mayor Matt Tuerk announced Monday.
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A postal inspector said the USPS will likely launch an investigation “if the box was pried open" as residents reported Wednesday.
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Three incumbents were sworn in Tuesday to new terms after cruising to electoral victories last year.
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A dozen other Lehigh County projects will split $4.1 million in state funding.
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Investigators will be tasked with examining all terminations and resignations within city government over the past two years, as well as formal workplace complaints.
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The 75,000-square-foot St. Luke’s Sportsplex features more than two dozen indoor courts and almost the same number outside.
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Nippon Steel is set to pay more than $14 billion to acquire Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel in a deal that Rep. Susan Wild said is “really kind of heartbreaking."
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Rep. Susan Wild and Sen. Bob Casey were in Allentown on Thursday to celebrate the city's selection as a finalist for an eight-digit federal grant.
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The U.S. Economic Development Administration on Wednesday selected 22 proposals — including Allentown’s — as finalists for eight-figure grants.
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Two West Allen Street homes are the first of five that the agency plans to sell to first-time homebuyers.
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Ted Zeller, who chairs the agency's board, said enforcement officers are "too robotic" and called for them to show more of a “human factor" when dealing with people.
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Isiah Yeager, 24, was arrested in mid-June after a 29-year-old Bethlehem man was fatally stabbed at Synergy Hookah Lounge on Allentown’s East Side.
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Four pedestrians have been killed by vehicles in Allentown this year, according to the Lehigh County coroner.
