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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Morristown, New Jersey – Snow continues to create slippery travel conditions across northern New Jersey and parts of eastern Pennsylvania Saturday, with several inches already falling and more expected...

PennDOT maintenance crews will conduct a series of road work projects across Lehigh County starting Sunday, Jan. 18 through Friday, Jan. 23 with motorists expected to encounter lane restrictions and flagging operations on several major roadways through the end of next week. The work includes crack sealing, brush...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A theatrical rock band that more than a dozen years ago seemed on the verge of breaking out but broke up instead will play Allentown's Archer Music Hall, it was announced. Foxy Shazam, which in 2011 and 2012 had three songs in the Top 40 on...

The Animal Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley will relocate from its Emmaus headquarters to a larger facility in Allentown beginning in March 2026, expanding its capacity to serve families struggling to feed their pets. The organization, which has operated from Emmaus for the past decade, currently helps more than...

Celebrate Groundhog Day at the Mennonite Heritage Center with Harleysville Hank on Feb. 2, 2026, featuring his weather prognostication, food, music, and family-friendly fun. Come one, come all to the Mennonite Heritage Center on Monday, Feb. 2, to observe its 11th Annual Harleysville Hank Groundhog Day Extravaganza....

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. - PennDOT says a sinkhole opened up on a stretch of Route 33 southbound in Northampton County Friday. Crews are on site at mile marker 8.7 with equipment to excavate around the hole and fill if needed, PennDOT spokesperson Sean Brown said. That's between the Stockertown/Nazareth and Tatamy...

FORKS TWP., Pa. – A one-time hot spot for burgers, ice cream and other tasty treats is finding new life in Northampton County. Zekraft, a locally owned and operated cafe concept that “makes and curates well-crafted food and kitchen items” using ingredients from the Lehigh Valley and surrounding region, has leased the...

Good old mead - a very ancient-sounding drink, right? Especially when we invoke it with old stories like Odin of Asgard or the poem “Beowulf.”. “Wine made from honey,” as Melody Stout described it. And, if you’re in the mood for that kind of drink, she and her husband Kyle are ready to serve it as new owners of a...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Fire crews and police are on the scene of a three-alarm residential fire in Northampton County on Saturday. County dispatchers say the call came in around 7:54 p.m for a fire on the 1200 block of Mechanic Street in Bethlehem near Hobart Street. No injuries have...

Four men have been charged in connection with two separate robberies at smoke shops in Northampton and Lehigh counties, authorities said Friday. The co-defendants include 22-year-old Thiago Araujo-Guerrero; 23-year-old Frankell Isabel-Ramirez; 24-year-old Branny De La Cruz-Rodriguez; and 23-year-old Leonardo...