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From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Greg Constantine says his Bucks County company can turn air and water into fuel for jet planes, boats and military vehicles — and with far less impact on the climate than conventional fossil fuel production.

Downtown Easton’s State Cafe & Grill held its grand reopening Thursday, eight months after water from firefighters battling a nearby hotel fire flooded its basement and forced it to close. The post State Cafe & Grill reopens in downtown Easton eight months after fire flooded its basement appeared first on LehighDaily.com .

What was scheduled to be a protest turned into a celebration Wednesday as Lehigh University Sodexo employees, students, faculty and community members gathered to celebrate a tentative agreement on the workers’ first collective bargaining contract. The agreement was reached Tuesday evening after months of negotiations between Sodexo and Unite...

SOUTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — Authorities say a 69-year-old man stole protest signs and pulled a handgun on an I-78 overpass in Lehigh County. George M. Kammerer, 69, is charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and theft by unlawful taking or disposition, according to court documents. South Whitehall Township...

Thomas Newhard never imagined his retirement years would be measured by dialysis treatments, doctor appointments and a 90-day deadline. The Slatington resident and former Southern Lehigh School District elementary schoolteacher spent two decades guiding second-, third- and fourth-grade students through life lessons and classroom challenges. Today, he faces a challenge of his own: finding a living kidney donor after years of battling cancer and kidney disease.

ALLENTOWN, PA — Police are investigating a false threat made to a high school on Wednesday. At approximately 12:56 p.m., the Allentown Police School Resource Officer assigned to Allen High School received information from school staff that someone called the school by phone and stated they were inside the school with a gun.

A 69-year-old man is facing charges after police say he stole protest signs from an Interstate 78 overpass in South Whitehall Township and then pulled a handgun from his waistband when a protester snatched one of the signs back from his car. George M. Kammerer is charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and theft by unlawful taking or disposition following the confrontation, which unfolded in broad daylight along a stretch of the highway.

EMMAUS, Pa. – The Emmaus Zoning Hearing Board continued a special exception request to convert a former sports pub into residential housing Wednesday night at borough hall. The applicant, Volpe's Real Estate Holdings, sought change of use zoning relief to convert the former Volpe's Sports Bar into residential apartments at 52-54 S. Fifth St. The property is located in the borough's Downtown Neighborhood district.

A major multi-vehicle crash involving two tractor-trailers and two additional vehicles prompted an extensive emergency response along Interstate 78 in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Monday night. On October 26, 2026, at approximately 9 p.m., emergency crews responded to westbound I-78 near mile marker 64.4 in Lower Saucon Township. One tractor-trailer overturned...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – CeaseFirePA Education Fund is sharing stories of people who stop shootings before they happen, through its “Violence, Interrupted” storytelling campaign. One of those stories come from Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley. Michael Richardson, a violence interrupter and ambassador for Promise Neighborhoods of the...