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It’s now 2026, and the New Year arrived cold and windy. No doubt the cold and icy patches will be around for a long time. It was really cold last Sunday, when the annual Bethlehem/Easton Christmas Bird Count took place. Bird counts are normally a reason to get outdoors, but if we didn’t have a truck that enabled...

BUCKS COUNTY - District Attorney Jennifer Schorn wraps up 26 years of dedicated service with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office. Schorn, who has served as the appointed District Attorney for the past two years, is celebrated for her work on behalf of victims and her role in cold-case homicide prosecutions.

FRANKLIN TWP, CARBON CO. (WOLF) — A 32-year-old man who was killed early New Year’s Day after being struck by a vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension in Carbon County has been identified. According to Pennsylvania State Police, Troopers were dispatched just after 3:25 a.m. Thursday...

A warehouse development that Bethlehem Township tried to block is getting underway with a bang in 2026. Township officials and a local fire company both took to Facebook to announce blasting operations as part of the project at 1600 block of Freemansburg Avenue. The Freemansburg Industrial development is at the...

NORRISTOWN — A Hatboro man was jailed after he admitted that he attempted to illegally sell firearms to another individual, who, unbeknownst to him, was an undercover detective. Eric Scott “Ghost” Haegele, 43, of the 2300 block of Horsham Road, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 6 to...

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man was sent to prison for aiding and conspiring with a woman who shot a teenage girl during an altercation with others in the Bright Hope community in the borough. Harold Cancel Jr., 20, of the 100 block of Gable Avenue, was sentenced in Montgomery...

Around-the-clock mental health care Is coming to Montgomery County, thanks in part to a bipartisan budget recently approved by county commissioners.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — It didn't take long for the Lehigh Valley to welcome its first baby of the year. Carissa Corneil and Victor Caraballo-Bourdier of Lower Milford Township welcomed baby Isabella Mia Bourdier-Corneil at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest at 12:11 a.m., Jefferson Health system announced. Baby Isabella...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – If the new year brought a desire to upgrade your home decor, a longstanding destination for sofas, dining room sets and other furniture is bidding farewell with steep discounts in the Lehigh Valley. Unclaimed Freight, offering popular brand-name furniture for bedrooms, living rooms, dining rooms and...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Lehigh Valley will get nearly $3.5 million for traffic signal upgrades and additional transportation projects, Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office said. In a pair of announcements issued Dec. 23 and Dec. 30, Shapiro’s office stated the state would invest $77 million from the Green Light-Go and Multimodal...