Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission raising toll prices
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission has approved new toll rates for 2026, expected to take effect around January 1.
Driver hospitalized after crashing into Lehigh County home, chief says
A driver was hurt Sunday when he lost control of his car and crashed into a house in Coopersburg, police said. Coopersburg Police Chief Anthony Struss told lehighvalleylive.com the accident began just before 8:30 p.m. in the first block of East Station Avenue. The 45-year-old driver from Philadelphia struck the...
These Pottstown, PA based Puppies are the latest up for adoption and in need...
Whether you're thinking about adopting a pet or simply delight in watching cute animals, you'd find a plethora of endearing pets awaiting adoption at animal shelters across and close to pottstown..
Delivery driver struck and killed man after argument in Allentown, DA says
A pedestrian crash that killed a man Friday evening in Allentown was the result of an argument between the victim and a delivery driver, the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office said. District Attorney Gavin Holihan told lehighvalleylive.com on Tuesday morning that 29-year-old Rigoberto “Rigo” Hernandez got into...
Just in time for winter: Consumers will see jump in utility bills as electric...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Temperatures are falling. Your electric bill is rising. That’s the gist of a reminder issued Monday by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PUC. The agency is alerting consumers that energy supply prices for all regulated electric utilities will adjust on Dec. 1. The warning...
Man sentenced up to 20 years in prison for role in Montgomery County gun-trafficking...
Corry K. Simpson, 39, of the 5600 block of North Marvine Street in Philadelphia, received a 7- to 20-year state prison sentence. A Philadelphia man has been sentenced to state prison for his involvement in a Montgomery County gun-trafficking ring tied to a deadly Lower Merion home invasion and the manufacture of...
Pottstown man sent to prison for illegal gun transfers
NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man faces at least eight years behind bars for participating in multiple illegal gun transfers as part of a sophisticated multi-county gun trafficking network. Maleec Darrius Borders, 24, of the 400 block of Lincoln Avenue, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 8 to 20...
St. Luke’s performs first ShortCut heart-valve procedure
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — St. Luke’s University Health Network has become one of the first medical centers in Pennsylvania to use the newly developed ShortCut™ device, a technology designed to make certain high-risk heart-valve procedures safer for patients with complex anatomy. The device was used during a valve-in-valve...
‘We want to be transparent’: Allentown police chief backs public dashboard for school bus...
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Allentown Police Chief Charles Roca voiced support last week for a public-facing dashboard for school bus stop-arm camera data — a transparency tool that would offer new visibility into BusPatrol, the private company that equips school buses with automated cameras to record drivers who illegally pass...
Pa. man charged in son’s death years after abusing him as infant, police say
An Allentown man was charged in his son's death after he died from injuries sustained in 2012, officials said.

















