State & Regional News

Pennsylvania has now reached the 100-school threshold to move forward with sponsorship by the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 8, would remove out-of-pocket costs and require 100% coverage for preventative breast cancer screenings and genetic testing. Proponents say it would be the first of its kind in the nation.

The university is planning to ease its oversight of fraternities and sororities, six years after implementing policies to increase monitoring and compliance in response to a hazing death of a student.

Wild, D-Lehigh Valley, missed votes in Congress this week as a result of her condition. Her office's communications director made the announcement on social media.

The FBI said Marc Muffley, 40, of Lansford, Carbon County, left the airport Monday after checking a bag that was to be loaded on an Allegiant flight from Allentown to Sanford, Fla.

The fatal crash near the Saylorsburg exit of Route 33 in Monroe County was caused by a southbound rig that went through a guardrail and entered the northbound lanes Wednesday morning, according to Pennsylvania State Police.

The Bethlehem Parking Authority was granted $15,000 to buy two electric vehicles.

Law enforcement officials seized dark clothing, medical gloves, a flashlight and other items from a Pennsylvania home where they arrested a graduate student charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death. That is according to newly unsealed court documents.

The meteorological winter of 2022-23 is now in the books as the 7th warmest on record in the Lehigh Valley, but a potent storm system is heading this way.

Rozzi, who was elected in a surprise deal engineered by Republicans, said he wanted to make way for McClinton to become the chamber’s first female speaker.

Most solar products in the U.S. are imports.

The money will create nearly 450 new affordable housing units.

Toll booth payments were permanently phased out in 2021.

The proposed changes are intended to deal with the rash of fireworks-related complaints, particularly during summer.

The legislation cracks down on the illegal operation of dirt bikes and ATVs in the Lehigh Valley.

Statewide soil survey brings new meaning to the term 'dirty drawers'

An investigation continues into the cause of a massive explosion in Pottstown.

Needle exchange programs are only permitted now in Allegheny County and Philadelphia.

When Pa. Act 101 was passed in 1988 it did not anticipate the 'throw-away culture' we have now.

The funding will provide ongoing services for those in need.

It's still ok to catch them in a jar if you let them go after you enjoy the magic of watching them..

To date there have been 19 confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. and around 500 worldwide.