Allentown PA

The Allentown area changed in the five years Raheim Whitehurst was gone. “I wasn’t seeing many people that I knew from before or anything like that,” he said. “But since I’ve been here over the year, man, I got to know most of the people on this block, the people that live upstairs. It’s like … I just feel a part of...

Tucked away in the rolling hills of Carbon County, Big Creek Bar-B-Q in Lehighton, Pennsylvania is the kind of place that makes you question everything you thought you knew about great barbecue. This isn’t a fancy establishment with valet parking and reservations required months in advance. This is authentic,...

PHILADELPHIA - Police in Bucks County are asking residents in Croydon to check their security cameras after a possible hit-and-run involving a juvenile over the weekend. The Bristol Township Police Department said the hit-and-run happened around noon Sunday in Croydon. Investigators believe a juvenile was riding a...

Towamencin, Lansdale police filed separate charges tied to a June theft and August drug arrest against ex-convict Airen Kevin Emfinger. A convicted felon charged in two separate gun cases in the North Penn area, after police said a firearm stolen in Towamencin Township in June was recovered during his arrest two...

The Allentown Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing man. 19-year-old Jonas Robles has been missing since Tuesday, September 2. Allentown police say he was last seen in the 500 block of Allen Street. Robles has medical conditions that classify him as "Endangered Missing,"...

NORRISTOWN — A Hatfield Township man was sentenced to probation for giving false information to police during a traffic stop in Hatfield but will remain in jail while awaiting his fate for sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl on multiple occasions in Marlborough Township. Jason Matthew Hill, 49, of the...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania county commissioner is facing charges as part of what the district attorney’s office called a “massive drug investigation” this week. Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan announced the arrest of Lehigh County Commissioner Zachary Cole-Borghi during a press conference...

Fashion brand Claire’s is closing hundreds of stores, including 16 locations in Pennsylvania, as its North American operations are acquired by a company based in Maryland. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. On Monday, Claire’s announced it had entered into an agreement with an affiliate of...

UPPER NAZARETH TWP., Pa. - Police in Northampton County say a man driving a motorcycle led officers on a pursuit before getting ejected from his bike. Derrick Colon is charged with fleeing and eluding, possession of marijuana, suspected DWI, and numerous traffic-related offenses, according to court paperwork. Colon...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The trial for a man charged in a 2021 drug overdose death in North Whitehall Township will begin Tuesday, the Lehigh County district attorney's office said. Dennis Allen Yenser Jr., 48, of Huntington, was charged in 2023 with drug delivery resulting in death, a first-degree felony; criminal use of a...