Allentown PA

An eight-inch water pipe rupture has closed roads and affected a dozen homeowners in an Allentown neighborhood, authorities said Thursday. The water main break happened around 5:30 a.m. Thursday in the 800 block of Jerome Street, Taylor Stakes, director of communications and strategic partnerships for the Lehigh...

ALLENTOWN, PA – Earlier today, AFT Pennsylvania, AFT, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), the Allentown School District, Rep. Peter G. Schweyer (D-134), Rep. Michael H. Schlossberg (D-132), Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D-129), and leaders from the Allentown Federation of Paraprofessionals #1716...

CARBON CO. (WOLF) — Pennsylvania State Police are renewing their call for information in the unsolved killing of a Carbon County man, offering a $5,000 reward for tips that help bring the case to a close. Troopers from PSP Troop N, Lehighton Barracks, say they continue to investigate the...

Forks Township paid former Police Chief Michael Friel $72,000 to leave his job, according to a separation agreement obtained by lehighvalleylive.com via a right-to-know request. The township supervisors approved the agreement Dec. 4, 2025. The agreement came about six months after Friel misplaced his loaded gun in a...

Four people have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a smoke shop in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, prosecutors shared. According to the Northampton County District Attorney's Office, on Sept. 10, 2025, at around 1:17 a.m., Lehigh Township police responded to Cherryville Vape and Cigar Shop,...

BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. - Bethlehem Township Police say authorities removed explosive devices and materials on Thursday from the home of a man accused of assault and terroristic threats. Daniel Allen Bissey, 69, had been in Northampton County Prison when officers recovered the materials, the Bethlehem Township Police...

A Lehigh Valley sandwich restaurant will soon say goodbye to its customers for good. The Wicked Chef, located at 279 Cetronia Road in South Whitehall Township, announced it would close Jan. 30. “2025 has been a series of Highs & Lows to say the least,” the restaurant said online. “My...

WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A New Jersey man will serve time in state prison for his role in an extortion scheme that defrauded a 74-year-old Lehigh County resident of more than $500,000 in gold and nearly $91,000 in cash. Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced the sentence Friday...

RARITAN TWP., N.J. - Police in Hunterdon County, New Jersey say they made an arrest Friday after reports of somebody impersonating a police officer. In a Facebook post, Raritan Township Police said the suspected police impersonation incidents were reported last week. Police said further details about the arrest are...

Lehigh Valley Public Media, known for its operation of PBS 39, WLVR 91.3, and LehighValleyNews.com, announced Friday that they plan to lay off nearly half of their staff. It’s a move that follows years of financial struggles, which have been intensified by recent cuts to public media funding at the federal level. The...