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Councilmember questions investigation of former city employee’s access to databases

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – During Tuesday’s Bethlehem City Council meeting, Councilmember Bryan Callahan questioned city administrators over why the city did not independently investigate former city employee Zachary Cole-Borghi’s access to city databases to determine whether it was related to legitimate work, right-to-know requ
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New Hobby Lobby opens at Lehigh County shopping center

A big-box arts and crafts retail giant has opened at Airport Shopping Center in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby opened on Friday at the shopping center, 916 Airport Center Road. Ron Coleman is the store manager. It moved into the long-vacant 45,000-square-foot Christmas Tree Shops space
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Police called to Whitehall Township home for reported stabbing

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Police are investigating a reported stabbing at a Whitehall Township home Tuesday night, authorities said. Whitehall Police were called to a home on the 700 block of Second Street just after 8:30 p.m. for a serious incident, according to the Lehigh County Communications Center. Responding crews ar
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Former human resources employee takes stand, as federal discrimination case involving Allentown gets underway

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A federal discrimination case filed against the City of Allentown is underway in court. A former city human resources employee filed the lawsuit back in December. It's one of several suits filed against the city. Allentown human resources employee Karen Ocasio claims she was fired because she...
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Opa! Popular Lehigh Valley festivals returning with Greek food, music and dancing

Organizers and volunteers from two local churches are once again getting ready to serve up gyros, moussaka, souvlaki and other Greek specialties. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Bethlehem. First, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral, at 1607 W. Union Blvd. in Bethlehem, will host its biannual Greek Food Festi
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Proposal for new VA clinic in Lehigh County going under the microscope

UPPER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa.- A proposal for an all-encompassing veterans health center in Lehigh County is making its way through the local review process. Plans for the new outpatient clinic at 935 Blue Barn Road in Upper Macungie Township were announced in July by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Traffic stop over expired registration leads to gun charges, prison sentence for Bath man

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – A Bath man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for unlawfully possessing multiple guns, according to United States Attorney David Metcalf. Metcalf announced that Hayden Laubach, 36, of Bath, was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months and one day in prison and three years of supervised release b
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Monroe County man accused of coercing 13-year-old into suicide attempts, school shooting

POLK TWP., MONROE CO. (WOLF) — A Monroe County man is facing a series of felony charges after Pennsylvania State Police say he used online gaming and messaging platforms to sexually exploit a 13-year-old boy in Canada, force him to harm himself and ultimately give him a choice between committing suicide or carrying out
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1 injured after car crashes through wall of South Whitehall credit union

S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Police are investigating what caused a car to crash through the wall of a building Tuesday afternoon. At around 2:06 p.m., South Whitehall Police and the Greenawalds Fire Department responded to the Lehigh Valley Educators Credit Union on Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township after a v
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Serious one-vehicle crash in Washington Twp. sends 1 to hospital

WASHINGTON TWP., Pa. — Police are investigating a serious one-vehicle crash late Tuesday afternoon in Washington Township, Northampton County. Washington Township Police, along with Bangor Police, responded to the crash at 5:12 p.m. in the 1200 block of Upper Pennsylvania Avenue, according to the Northampton County Com

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