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Tom Shortell/LehighValleyNews.comThe U.S. Justice Department has sued Pennsylvania and other states after they refused to turn over sensitive voter data. State and county officials have defended local election practices. -
Gerd Altmann/PixabayAs a new round of scams make way through Pennsylvanians via phone call and text message, officials are warning residents to be cautious and instead report potential scams to the appropriate agencies.
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Public health officials want more Americans to get the latest COVID vaccine booster. Only 35% of people over 65 have gotten the shot, though 75% of COVID deaths are among people in this age group. -
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) and St. Luke's University Health Network released a list of 2022's most popular baby names picked by parents in the Lehigh Valley.
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Widespread sickness among children with respiratory illnesses this year is driving up demand for children’s pain relievers and fever reducers, leaving drugstore chains and smaller community pharmacies across the nation in short supply.
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On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Education announced awards totaling $1.2 million in competitive grants to 33 career and technical centers and two school districts. The funds are to purchase new equipment to train students in “high-demand occupations.” Locally, career and technical schools in Lackawanna, Columbia, Montour, Susquehanna, Monroe, Northumberland and Lehigh counties, plus the Wallenpaupack Area School District in Pike County received money.
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Pennsylvania’s top elections official is fully certifying results from the November vote.
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Deposition transcripts released Wednesday by the Jan. 6 Committee revealed new details about the role that Pennsylvania Republicans played in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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PA Senator Bob Casey has released a year end review of the projects that the lawmaker has supported throughout the state this year — including funding he secured for the Little Lehigh housing development in Allentown.
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The number of state lawmakers who are Black, Latino or of South Asian descent will rise as part of what House Democrats call the “most diverse class of freshmen legislators” in Pennsylvania history.
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Will it snow next week? How about the week after? Weather enthusiasts are constantly hanging on "one model run in a sea of model runs," making the job of the local meteorologist even more difficult in trying to convey the forecast.
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The region could see wind chills as low as -15 degrees overnight as temperatures rapidly fall. The expected high winds could lead to power outages due to falling branches. PPL says it has 2,000 workers ready to respond.
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While state Senate leaders will soon be battling in court over Republican election investigation subpoenas, the House has other plans for next week’s session.
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State officials are encouraging non-English speaking residents, even those who are not U.S. citizens, to apply for emergency rental assistance funding.
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Republicans in the House Health Committee are challenging the Pennsylvania health department’s order that requires children to wear face coverings at schools to decrease the spread of COVID-19.
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New data released by the state Health Department shows COVID-19 vaccines have managed to protect against illness, hospitalization and death in the vast majority of Pennsylvanians.
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Pennsylvania is a top destination for people who travel to take pictures of fall foliage who are also known as “leaf peepers.”
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A man working at the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant outside Harrisburg died late last week.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Veronica Degraffenreid has been Pennsylvania's Acting Secretary of State since former DOS Secretary Kathy Boockvar resigned in February.…
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State health officials are ramping up efforts to get more people vaccinated in Pennsylvania where just over 50% are fully vaccinated.
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Food insecurity is the lack of regular, reliable access to nutritious food, and it’s a problem in both cities and rural areas.
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State senators have begun hearing testimony in that chamber’s latest round of election investigation hearings.
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Elected officials met Friday to promote a plan to expand the existing passenger rail service statewide. For that to happen, Congress…
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Sharon Serra was a federal law enforcement official working in Manhattan when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. At the time, the Northampton County resident was just about three years into her now decades-long career in law enforcement.
