Allentown PA

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A state grant is set to fund weekend homeless services in Allentown after funding for the measure was a victim of city officials’ ongoing budget battle. The Lehigh Conference of Churches will get $50,000 to expand services, according to a news release from local state lawmakers.

A police incident involving a suspicious device shut down a busy stretch of Route 309 in Upper Saucon Township, prompting a bomb squad response and hours-long road closures, authorities said. Police, fire crews, and the Allentown Bomb Squad were dispatched to the Wawa at 6680 Route 309 after a 911...

Nurses and volunteers with the street medicine program say that their ability to serve these individuals is built on trust.

William P. Kelly, 53, was fatally shot inside his West Walnut Street home in Kutztown Borough on Tuesday night, Dec. 30, according to the Berks County District Attorney’s Office. Kelly’s niece, Kayla Kelly, organized the fundraiser, which had raised more than $13,000 as of publication — exceeding its original...

LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. — A man faces charges after authorities say he sexually assaulted a teenager in two counties. According to the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office, Dennis Kochenash, 80, assaulted the teen several times at locations in Lehigh and Bradford counties beginning in 2024 when the victim was 14 years...

U.S. Marshals have arrested an Amazon delivery driver accused of turning a neighborhood street confrontation into a deadly act of road rage, then fleeing as the victim lay dying. The case, which began with a verbal dispute in Allentown and ended with a fugitive takedown in Philadelphia, now raises hard questions...

Following is a roundup of recent Lehigh Valley retail and business news. Click each headline for the original source and additional information. The last Unclaimed Freight furniture store will close its doors at the end of February, marking the end of a business that served the Lehigh Valley for more than five...

A man was arrested after allegedly barricading himself in a home following a reported reckless driving incident in Montgomery County on Monday evening, according to the East Norriton Police Department. This all unfolded just after 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 5 when officers were called to investigate a case of reckless...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (TCN) -- A mother and father of three children are dead in an apparent murder-suicide, authorities say. The Lehigh Daily News reports that on Jan. 2, a child returning home from a playdate with another family discovered the bodies of Sarah Rice, 39, and Greg Johnson, 42, in the basement. The child came...

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. - A judge sentenced a 47-year-old Quakertown man who trafficked meth and fentanyl. Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr sentenced Brendan Craig Hamrick to 15 to 31 years in a state correctional institution on multiple felony drug trafficking charges, according to a news release from the Bucks County...