Flight instructor pleads guilty in deadly Lehigh Valley plane crash
The crash killed 49-year-old Keith Kozel of Easton, who was a student pilot. Philip McPherson survived the crash.
PCA announces another packaging facility closure
Packaging Corp. of America (PCA) announced another packaging facility closure last week, with the company set to shutter a corrugated packaging plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, along with a previously announced closure in North Carolina. In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN notice, filed in...
Allentown title agent with gambling problem spent $6M in client funds. He got 4...
A 44-year-old title agent from Allentown was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in federal prison for spending $6 million of his clients’ funds, according to the man’s attorney. Defense attorney Joshua Karoly said Louis Belletieri was addicted to sports gambling. Belletieri embezzled funds put in...
PA State Police Vehicles Struck By High-Speed Fleeing Car During I-95 Pursuit: Troopers
A stolen car chase ended in a dramatic pursuit and multiple crashes on I-95 in Bucks County, the Pennsylvania State Police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 15. Troopers from the Trevose station spotted a stolen Honda CRV out of Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, traveling on I-95 Southbound arou…
Exploring how haunted the Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania might be
The Old Jail Museum building appears to be daunting at night with the light shining on the layers of stone. This imposing prison opened in 1871, and it served as a jail until 1995.
Jefferson Health, LVHN laying off up to 700 employees amid financial hardships
Jefferson Health, the parent organization of Lehigh Valley Health Network, announced Wednesday that it is laying off about 1% of its workforce across all its properties, including LVHN. The move by Jefferson will result in anywhere from 600 to 700 of its 65,000 employees being laid off. Damien Woods, a...
Water main break floods Allentown street, shuts down part of North 13th Street
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A large water main break shut down part of N 13th Street in Allentown on… The post Water main break floods Allentown street, shuts down part of North 13th Street appeared first on LehighDaily.com .
Too old to trick or treat?
Night has fallen upon the neighborhood- porch lights are lit by anticipating residents waiting for their trick or treaters. The door bell rings and when the door is open, they see a teenager, not even wearing a costume. They don’t even say, “Trick or treat!”, just holding their pillow case that is jam packed with...
Emmaus duplex catches fire, uproots lives
The night sky of a local neighborhood was set ablaze as a fire erupted in a duplex just one mile from Emmaus High School at around 2 a.m. on Oct. 11. Consequently, both sides of the duplex have been declared as unsafe structures, with signs outside, warning not to enter the building. The emergency services responded...
Murder trial begins for Warrington man accused of shooting his girlfriend moments after she...
A 27-year-old Warrington man, accused of shooting his girlfriend outside her West Conshohocken home as she tried to break-up with him, is on trial for first-degree murder.
