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A former Poconos police officer who was previously convicted of bribery was sentenced for a related perjury case. On Sept. 19, former Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department Cpl. Steven Mertz, 59, of Lehighton, was sentenced to three months to three years in prison by Monroe County Court of Common Pleas Judge...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan says two men have been convicted for their role in a 2024 homicide at an Allentown park. Following a weeklong trial that concluded this evening, Grelvis Estevez-Cabrera of Bethlehem was found guilty of criminal homicide, murder of the first degree,...

EASTON, Pa. — Downtown Easton will transform into a magical marketplace later next month as the city hosts… The post Easton’s first Witches’ Walk festival to brew up Halloween magic downtown appeared first on LehighDaily.com .

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The winning video submission by the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown was out of this world. The local organization has been chosen the national winner of NASA’s August 2025 VIRTEX video competition for its submission “Space Cadets at the Boys & Girls Club of Allentown.”

Celebrate the spookiest time of year with a Halloween parade. Here’s when little ghosts and goblins will be on the march in the Lehigh Valley. Alburtis: 7 p.m. Oct. 25. Starts at Alburtis Elementary School, up Walnut Street, left onto School Street, right on Franklin Street, left on Lauren Lane, right on Church...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Two Allentown men have been charged in connection with a fatal shooting on Wednesday evening… The post Jahlik Colon, 24, identified as victim in Allentown homicide appeared first on LehighDaily.com .

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — The principal of Harrison-Morton Middle School resigned weeks after being placed on leave following an… The post Allentown principal resigns, addresses incident in social media post appeared first on LehighDaily.com .

Allen High School experienced a bomb threat earlier this week on Monday, September 29. According to school officials, this threat was the latest of many others. Two notes were found in the school building indicating the impending detonation of a bomb. This took place at 9:15 a.m., before that day...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A cafe in the shadow of Muhlenberg College was honored Friday for working to make the city healthier and better connected. Jay’s Local on Liberty Street is the region’s first Blue Zone-approved restaurant, which recognizes its role as a gathering space in the West side and its recent push to offer...

Affordable housing shortage in Bucks County could be addressed by denser housing, but town residents oppose it, and town officials have not been approving such projects, writes Jess Rohan for the Bucks County Courier Times. The county spans around 400,000 acres, with over 40 percent already developed. By 2023,...