Allentown PA

SEPTA is now giving its Glenside Regional Rail riders three daytime trains for new off-peak options while adjusting schedules to reduce congestion between Glenside and Wayne Junction. According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report, the Warminster Line, which operates through southeastern Montgomery County, is the only Reg

NORRISTOWN — An Upper Hanover Township man who previously served a stint behind bars on gun and burglary charges was sent back to prison for illegally possessing a firearm during a traffic stop in Montgomery Township. Westley Nolan Harpel, 39, of the 2200 block of Warner School Road, was...

Officials said police will contact adult after permanent marker graffiti found on equipment at recently opened inclusive playground in Clemens Park. Hatfield Township officials are taking a hard line after newly installed playground equipment at John S. Clemens Memorial Park was vandalized, saying surveillance video ca

Efforts to restore passenger rail service between Reading and Philadelphia took another step forward this week as the Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority (SRPRA) and Amtrak signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their partnership on the proposed rail corridor. The agreement outlines how the two organiza

Derrick Bouffard stood before a Bucks County judge and admitted that he didn’t know what to do after his elderly mother died in the home they shared. So he did nothing for a week while her body decomposed on a mattress in the family room. “I regret how I...

During the Moore Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, July 7, the board advanced animal ordinance revisions, acted on three subdivision plans and approved measures involving public safety, recreation, farmland preservation and township operations. Among the board’s actions was a unanimous vote to move port

Thursday was another hot day, but this time the skies were getting smokier as well, as the Department of Health issued a Code Red Air Quality Alert for the entire state of Pennsylvania. Health officials are advising people with working air conditioners to stay indoors. This as jobs like construction...

A 37-year-old Allentown man died following a house fire early Monday morning in South Whitehall Township, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. Christopher R. Forsythe was pronounced dead at 5 a.m. July 13 at the scene outside a residence in the 2800 block of Helen Street. Authorities said the fire occurred

EASTON, Pa. - Thousands of customers were without power in Northampton County on Thursday as crews worked on an electrical fire. Easton officials announced a fire emergency for the area of Sitgreaves Street between Ferry Street and Larry Holmes Drive during the afternoon. Residents were told to avoid the area...

HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- A combine caught fire in Lehigh County on Thursday, prompting a response from several fire companies. Emergency officials at the scene told 69 News they were called to the scene in Heidelberg Township at 2:30 p.m. after a farming combine caught fire while being used in a field near the inter