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WPSU/President Donald Trump campaigned on immigration enforcement and recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have gained national and local attention. This week on Political Pulse, host Tom Shortell and political scientist Chris Borick look into the public's reaction to these raids.
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NWS/SPCAfter Monday brought rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rain, more severe weather is expected to target the region on Tuesday, forecasters say.
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It’s not unprecedented, but it is a little bit too early for the kind of warmth the Lehigh Valley will see next week, said meteorologist Bobby Martrich.
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Pa. Governor Josh Shapiro wants to create a new bank account to fund the State Police without taking money away from road repairs.
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Crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana and fentanyl were confiscated. Cash and firearms were involved, as well.
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The Pa. Chamber of Business and Industry had its own bracket: “Coolest Thing Made in Pa.”
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A line of storms that spared the Lehigh Valley on Saturday raked the Philadelphia region and surrounding areas, with eight tornadoes confirmed by the National Weather Service.
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The recall of the 42-volt Jetson Rogue hoverboards comes after a 10-year-old girl and her 15-year-old sister died in a fire last year. Investigators determined the hoverboard was the fire's point of origin, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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The Lehigh Valley is under a severe weather threat Saturday that includes the possibility of tornadic activity in the region.
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Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after six weeks of inpatient treatment for clinical depression, with plans to return to the Senate in mid-April.
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A woman pulled alive from the rubble of a Pennsylvania chocolate factory after an explosion that killed seven co-workers says her arm caught fire as flames engulfed the ruined building — and then she fell through the floor into a vat of liquid chocolate.
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Rep. Peter Schweyer, chair of the House Education Committee, said a short timetable will likely limit how much lawmakers can change basic education funding in Gov. Josh Shapiro's first budget.
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The third week of July is the warmest week of the year based on climatological norms, and the Lehigh Valley forecast fits that trend. Excessive heat headlines are likely, the weather service said.
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The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers.
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The PPL Foundation has provided half a million dollars to the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley to address homelessness and housing insecurity in the region.
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Hot, summertime temperatures will expand across the U.S. and could bring the Lehigh Valley’s first official heat wave of the year, forecasters say.
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A Democratic lawmaker is quitting the Pennsylvania House of Representatives amid a budget stalemate.
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Federal safety investigators have determined that natural gas was leaking from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion killed seven people.
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The “Take Action” campaign is designed to highlight connections for trail users through education and providing resources to boost engagement and opportunities to get involved and support the trail.
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The heavy rains wreaked havoc on the region, already saturated by a round of storms last weekend. And more rain is expected this week.
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A freight train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania has spurred precautionary evacuations, but officials say no injuries were reported and there is no known hazard to the public.
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Smoke from the Canadian wildfires has been transported south and east and is moving into Pennsylvania.
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The disease, a relatively new and deadly threat to the American beech, has few treatment options and no known cure.
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Construction of a neighborhood hospital in the Gilbertsville area will be the health system's first hospital in Montgomery County.