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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Two suspects charged in an Allentown homicide will face trial at a Lehigh County court after a preliminary hearing was held on Wednesday. Afleni Romero-Tavares and Joel Garcia Paulino, both of Allentown, are charged with felony counts of Criminal Homicide, Conspiracy-Criminal Homicide and a...

EASTON, Pa. — Northampton County Council on Thursday passed a $503 million budget for 2026, marking a historic eighth year in a row without a property tax increase. The amended budget passed in a 7-2 vote, making for the first time since at least 1961 that the county has gone eight years without an increase.

Police said that a 90-year-old woman was found after she was reported missing on Thursday, according to the Abington Police Department. Margaret Hill is back with her family after she went missing on Dec. 4, police said.

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man has a stint in prison in his future on charges he engaged in fentanyl trafficking activities in the borough. Shakoor “Meatball” Scott-Harvey, 37, of the 300 block of North Evans Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 3½ to 7 years in a state correctional facility after he...

WIND GAP, Pa. - At least one person was taken to the hospital, and others were injured after a car hit multiple vehicles and a house in a hit and run incident in Northampton County. County dispatchers say that a call came in for the incident at 7:36 p.m.. A...

A man from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged after allegedly violently attacking a woman he met on Tinder. According to a probable cause affidavit, the Hosham Township Police Department alleges that on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, around 5:25 p.m., one of their officers was called to 1218...

Just after 3:30AM Thursday, Allentown transmitted box 2255 for 501 North 7th Street for a building fire sending Engines 9, 4, 6, 13, Truck 2 under the command of Battalion 43 (Beers). Engine 9 positioned in the front of the fire building while Engine 6 took the rear on Liberty...

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!. Immigrant rights activists in Montgomery County are calling on local governments to pass policies limiting police collaboration with federal immigration enforcement agents. “We have 62...

Prosecutors said the parents — Courtney Soyka, 33, and Marcus Maddela, 45 — missed four appointments, and when the babies were brought in for a check-up in December, they had each only gained a little over a pound.

LEHIGH TWP., Pa. – A mom-and-pop business offering a wide array of pistols, rifles and shotguns has joined a shopping center in Northampton County. NJT Arms, where individuals can buy, sell and trade new and used firearms, opened on Wednesday at its new location at 4330 Lehigh Drive, Unit 5, in Lehigh Township.