Allentown PA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown School District has unveiled more plans for its new Bridgeview Academy of Health, Science, Innovation and Technology, including expansion of the theme-based high school to include middle schoolers. “This is big work,” ASD Executive Director of Instructional Leadership Jennifer Bryant said...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Revitalization plans involving the addition of office, retail space and a restaurant at the former Merchants National Bank site took another step forward Monday. Allentown Zoning Hearing Board unanimously approved a special use application request by City Center Group to perform partial demolition of...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Bethlehem City Council on Tuesday held a hearing to review how the administration plans to allocate more than $1.8 million in federal grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Housing and Community Development Administrator Robert Vidoni presented the city's funding priorities,...

Riverton Rehab & Healthcare Launches Stroke Recovery Program, Earns Pennsylvania’s First Skilled Nursing Stroke Rehabilitation Certification. PM&R Specialist Leading New Offering in Allentown, Pa. ALLENTOWN, Pa. (July 2, 2025) – Riverton Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center in Allentown has launched a Stroke Recovery...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — A classic rock band that sold more than 40 million albums and had 15 Top 25 hits will tour in advance of its 50th anniversary with its original lead singer. And it will include a stop in the Lehigh Valley. Foreigner, which ruled the charts from...

MAHONING TWP., Pa. - Police in Carbon County are looking for a motorcyclist they say was involved in a police pursuit. The police pursuit happened Tuesday just before 9:30 a.m., according to a Facebook post from the Mahoning Township Police Department. Tips can be submitted to township police’s Crimewatch page...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Lehigh Valley Health Network will pay the federal government $2.75 million to resolve allegations it failed to properly manage controlled substances after a pharmacy technician was accused of stealing them. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, on about 40...

Two teenagers are in extremely critical condition after crashing a pickup truck into a freight train in Montgomery County early Tuesday morning.

A Gracedale Nursing Home employee is accused of assaulting a patient because she thought the woman needed demons removed from her body, authorities say. Octavia Lasha Robinson, 43, of Morristown, New Jersey, is charged with misdemeanor abuse of a care-dependent person; misdemeanor simple assault; and summary...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The immediate response to drug overdoses used to be to administer naloxone. It still is — just sometimes not as effective. In what Sarah Laurel of Savage Sisters — a nonprofit providing trauma-informed recovery housing, harm reduction services and education in Pennsylvania — describes as a...