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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Between March 2020 and September 2023, Louis Belletieri transferred millions from an escrow account to his personal and business accounts, according to federal prosecutors. -
Firefighters responded to a possible drowning after a man went into the creek but did not come back up, a city spokesperson said.
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Umran Global Investment is aiming to build a 37-story tower at an empty lot at the corner of Ninth and Walnut streets with more than 200 apartments, as well as retail and office space.
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Jason Krasley also is due to stand trial on numerous charges stemming from alleged sexual assaults in 2011 and 2015 when he served on the city’s Vice and Intelligence Unit.
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Officials will compare data they collect from the temporary devices against previously collected traffic data “to see if they’re actually effective,” according to Public Works Director Mark Shahda.
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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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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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LaTarsha Brown is accused of falsely reporting that she found a noose Jan. 10 on her desk in the city’s Department of Community and Economic Development.
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City Center executives on Monday night presented scaled-back plans to revitalize the former Merchants National Bank at the southwest corner of Seventh and Hamilton streets.
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Umran Global Investment wants to put up a 37-story tower at 90 S. 9th St. after buying the property in 2023 from developer Bruce Loch's Ascot Circle Realty.
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Some council members support Mayor Tuerk's latest proposal to raise taxes by 2%, but some members appear ready to override his veto.
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Controller Mark Pinsley claimed County Executive Phil Armstrong is retaliating against his office for highlighting parents’ claims they were falsely accused of child abuse.
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Council members removed Mayor Matt Tuerk’s request for a 6.9% tax increase before passing the 2024 budget Saturday.
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School board races were among the most prominent contests Tuesday across the Lehigh Valley.
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Four incumbents could have much higher pay rates when they start new terms next year than when they won re-election Tuesday night, according to unofficial results.
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Ideal Concepts wants to knock down a stretch of buildings in the 800 block of Hamilton Street and replace it with the Lehigh Valley’s tallest structure.
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1st building opens at Allentown’s Waterfront development; next phase to bring hundreds of apartmentsThe Waterfront Development Co. has long had plans to transform dozens of acres along the western bank of the Lehigh River.
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The commission no longer has an investigator, forcing it to refer discrimination complaints about housing, employment and public accommodations to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
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Public safety costs make up almost 60% of the city’s general fund spending in Mayor Matt Tuerk’s proposed 2024 budget.
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A criminal justice expert on Tuesday urged members to help fund a new youth center and affordable housing instead of using the city’s remaining ARPA funds on new fire and police stations.
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A “typical customer” in Allentown should expect to pay about $100 more next year for water and sewer services, according to the agency's projections.
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Pennsylvania’s Sunshine Act requires local agencies “provide a meaningful opportunity for public comment at every public meeting,” a legal expert said.
