Allentown PA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The push to make Allentown’s vehicle fleet more efficient and eco-friendly could reach the city’s police department. Allentown this month got $60,000 from the statewide Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant program to help it buy electric vehicles. And it landed a grant of just over $60,000 to install...

A man was injured Monday morning in a two-vehicle collision along Route 100 in Lehigh County, state police said. Trooper Nathan Branosky, public information officer with Pennsylvania State Police’s Troop M, told lehighvalleylive.com the accident happened around 7 a.m. near Kernsville Road in Lowhill Township. The...

James Richard Swinney, 47, of Coopersburg, was the operator and sole occupant of a motorcycle that crashed at the intersection of Raubsville and Hexenkopf Roads in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 27, 2025, Coroner Zachary R. Lysek said. The cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, and...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The race for Allentown mayor is back in business. The contest eased into the backdrop after Mayor Matt Tuerk easily won the May 20 Democratic primary in his bid for a second term. As the incumbent got back on the campaign trail after “catching a breath,”...

The developer of apartments at the original Crayola site says Palmer Township’s code office is targeting him with unwarranted complaints, so he blocked a portion of the township bike trail running through his parking lot in retaliation. Palmer Township Manager Robert Williams said the codes office is treating Nat...

PHILADELPHIA - A Guatemalan national who police say entered the United States in Texas is accused of choking a woman during a violent home invasion in Pennsylvania. Officers from the Lansdale Police Department were called to a home on the 300 block of Vine Street on Sunday for reports of a burglary in progress.

BETHLEHEM, PA — Spanish-speaking Americans in need of mental health care often face long waitlists and limited options, a reality driven by a dramatic shortage of Spanish-speaking therapists. A new study led by an assistant professor in the Lehigh University College of Education highlights the persistent barriers...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — As deadly flash floods dominate headlines this summer, climate scientists are issuing a stark reminder. The devastation seen in Texas in early July isn’t just a Texas problem — it’s a warning to communities across the United States, including the Lehigh Valley. “We...

Time moves differently when you’re surrounded by decades of accumulated human history spread across folding tables. What starts as a quick Saturday morning browse at Quakertown Farmers Market and Flea Market somehow transforms into an all-day expedition through the fascinating debris of American life. This sprawling...

Oscar Adalberto Penate, 56, a citizen of El Salvador, was taken into custody on Sunday, July 27, by ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Philadelphia, Homeland Security Investigations Philadelphia, and IRS Philadelphia. Penate had been arrested on Tuesday, July 22, by Pottstown Township Police and charged with...