Allentown PA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A mother sat alone with a cup of hot chocolate and concerns for her 5-year-old son in a hospital bed a few floors above. Arlene Nunez of Allentown was surrounded by Christmas music and tables of donated new toys in the Educational Center Room 6 of the Kasych Family Pavilion at Lehigh Valley...

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man who was linked to a gun trafficking network after he struggled with borough police as they tried to arrest him for pointing a gun at another man will spend at least 15 years behind bars. Horace Jay Kieffer Jr., 38, of the 300 block...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — An Allentown man will serve at least five years in state prison for fatally striking a 77-year-old pedestrian while driving drunk three years ago. Shaba Xavier Hill, 26, in a hearing Tuesday before Lehigh County Judge Thomas Caffrey, was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison.

ALLEN TWP., Pa. - Allen Township homeowners returned to a forced entry and a major loss, after thieves made off with thousands of dollars in luxury watches. Troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched to 203 Windsor Drive in Allen Township for a report of a burglary, according to a release from the PSP.

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – A popular coffee and baked goods chain, with more than 40 locations throughout the Lehigh Valley, is continuing to expand its footprint in the region. A location of Dunkin’, the country’s largest coffee and doughnuts brand, is set to open on Dec. 29 on the Lehigh Valley Mall’s lower level near...

A hospital in Montgomery County is shutting down several units next month. Pottstown Hospital filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, informing the state it plans to lay off 131 people at 1600 E. High St. in Pottstown. The layoffs will begin...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - An afternoon fire in Allentown destroyed two homes and sent three people to the hospital. The fire in the 100 block of Gordon Street grew to three alarms before it was brought under control. Units from the Fire Department were dispatched 12:58 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The first...

A Cumberland County third-party logistics provider will close its distribution warehouse facility in the Lehigh Valley this week. Allen Distribution filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, informing the state that it is closing its facility at 7058...

FEASTERVILLE, PA — What began as heightened surveillance tied to a surge in retail thefts ended with an arrest Thursday afternoon at a busy Bucks County shopping center, according to Lower Southampton Township Police. Authorities said a plainclothes detective was monitoring the Bucks Crossing Shopping Center along...

WARMINSTER — Momentum to address Montgomery County’s joint housing and homelessness crises could be stymied with new federal grant distribution guidelines, officials are warning. Advocates in Bucks and Montgomery counties gathered Monday morning at the Warminster-based Access Services to raise the alarm about...