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From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Montgomery County commissioners voted last week to increase the minimum starting wage for county employees from $16 to $20.52 an hour. The county now has the highest minimum wage of any local...

EMMAUS, Pa. - A shop fostering fun and friendly conversation via popular games such as Clue, Catan, Pokémon and Magic: The Gathering is making moves in Lehigh County. Board to Death Games, offering a wide array of tabletop board games, trading card games and miniatures games, is moving from 338 Main St. in Emmaus to...

Bucks County officials are investigating an 89-year-old woman's death as a homicide after she was found dead inside her home in Hilltown Township on July 10, according to police.

Police are searching for a motive and the suspects responsible for a late-night shooting in Pottstown, Montgomery County.

Sometimes the most extraordinary culinary adventures hide behind the most ordinary facades, and nowhere is this truer than at East Penn Diner in Emmaus. This classic American diner serves up comfort food that’ll make you question why you ever bothered with fancy restaurants when perfection was sitting right here in...

"Hi... the band will be out in a little while I'm gonna warm up the pipes." That's Billy Joel back in 1973 at the Northampton Borough's Roxy theater at his first headlining act launching his legendary career. Now he's back in the spotlight with a new HBO documentary which aired...

MUHLENBERG TWP., Pa. -- The Berks County District Attorney’s Drug Task Force seized a marijuana growing operation and other drugs from a home in Muhlenberg Twp. The investigation, which began in May 2025, resulted in the arrest of Sandrew Gonzalez, 29. As a result of the investigation, officials say...

JIM THORPE, Pa. — The impact of Reading & Northern’s passenger operations, which recently celebrated their 40th anniversary, may best be illustrated by this: A bank in Jim Thorpe — the home of R&N’s Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railroad tourist operation and primary destination for its weekend excursions — is closing a branch...

HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA — A man accused of stealing from a local CVS and nearly striking a police officer with a vehicle has been apprehended and returned to Montgomery County to face charges, following a nearly two-year investigation that spanned multiple states. The incident began on September 13, 2023,...

St. Luke’s University Health Network has cared for famous athletes, actors and politicians, and now it can add an historic statue of Jesus to the list. The Network recently repaired the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue, initially dedicated in 1915, and restored it to prominence in the front entrance of St. Luke’s Sacred...