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TRENTON, NJ – The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights might be above Governor Phil Murphy’s pay grade, but a new…

Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of March 16. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The department performs the inspections in many areas, while some municipalities such as...

Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio identified the biker as John Joseph Sweeney, 50, of Bristol, PA. Sweeney had gone out with a group of five other riders when he was struck by a wrong-way driver, a 24-year-old woman from Perth Amboy, NJ, according to Buglio and Pennsylvania State Police. The...

The Pennsylvania Lottery has announced that a jackpot-winning Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket was sold for the Friday, March 28 drawing. The drawing matched all five balls drawn, 17-25-26-33-43, to win $818,612 less withholding. PA Lottery says that the winning ticket was sold at GIANT Food Stores on West...

The Lehigh County Coroner's Office is seeking to contact the family or next of kin for 14 individuals. "When the coroner’s office encounters a decedent who is unclaimed, disclaimed, or estranged from their family, the current policy is to cremate the remains and retain them. However, I am overhauling this policy to...

While out on their boat, a father and son from Bucks County found themselves face to face with one of the largest creatures in the ocean. Staff writers at 6ABC Philadelphia wrote about the harrowing experience. Doug and Zach Piller, residents of Bensalem, were out on a boat in Belmar,...

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is warning of a phone scam that is circulating. Officials from the PUC say they received more than 70 phone calls one day last week from people who said they received suspicious phone calls that appeared to be coming from the PUC. The scammers claim...

Inside the laboratory at the Center for Forensic Science Research & Education in Horsham, chemists and toxicologists are surrounded by loud, whirring machines connected to various tubes, wires and beakers used to analyze solids and liquids. The substances they’re testing are often sold illegally in tiny bags or...

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EAST ALLEN TWP., Pa. — Last month, Second Harvest Food Bank fed more than 85,000 people in the Lehigh Valley and the surrounding region — 23,000 children, 44,000 adults and 18,000 seniors. “We know that children who lack access to food struggle in school and in other social...