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The Associated Press explains the courtroom’s reaction to the sentencing of Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to the murder of four University of Idaho students nearly three years ago. (AP Video: Manuel Valdes) BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In the weeks before Bryan Kohberger killed four University of Idaho students, there...

ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — 28/22 News now knows the name of the victim in an Allentown homicide investigation. Police say 22-year-old Jerkera Battle was found dead inside her apartment Tuesday morning. The coroner says her cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds. 27-year-old Adam Makowka is charged in...

BETHLEHEM TWP., Pa. — A plan that would build 268 apartments at the former V7 restaurant and driving range site got township commissioners' approval Monday. Commissioners voted 4-1, with Matthew Deckman opposed, to sign off on a conditional use application for the project at 5218 William Penn Highway. If...

As longtime Reason readers are aware, police officers often don't like to be filmed by the public. Recently, an officer in Pennsylvania got so fed up with being recorded that he drove his car on the sidewalk and threatened to run over a civilian, for the offense of filming on public property.

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Officials are prohibiting swimming at a Midstate lake due to an elevated count of bacteria. The Gifford State Pinchot Park announced on Facebook that routine water testing returned an elevated coliform count, so swimming in Pinchot Lake at the Quaker Race Day Use Area will be prohibited. The...

Hereford Township residents were rattled late Friday when troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police’s Reading Patrol Unit arrested 43‑year‑old Kevin Graver after he allegedly broke into three homes along the 3100 block of Seisholtzville Road and caused hundreds of dollars in damage. What began as a disturbance...

SCRANTON, Pa. – A Carbon County man faces more than 15 years in prison for the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said Jason Mika, 44, of Lansford, was sentenced Thursday to 188 months' imprisonment and four years of supervised release for one...

Cesar Almeida-Casas, 29, a male suspect who has been on Montgomery County’s Most Wanted List since February 2024, was arrested on Friday, July 11, the Lower Moreland Police Department announced today. He has been transported to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility to await further proceedings, police said....

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. – Local music promoter Sam Younes says Ozzy Osbourne performed in the Lehigh Valley at least six times, including in a 1992 Allentown Fairground show that Younes attended. Ozzy's last performance in the Lehigh Valley was in 2018 at the PPL Center. His first in the...

There’s a special kind of thrill that comes from spotting a $5 price tag on something you know would cost $50 anywhere else. At Blue Ridge Flea Market in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania, that feeling isn’t the exception – it’s the standard operating procedure. Tucked into the scenic...