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A New Jersey State Police trooper shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and the firefighter she'd recently been dating before turning the gun on himself, NJ Advance Media and the New York Times report. The Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said only that Lauren Semanchik, 33, of Pittstown, and Tyler Webb, 29,...

In the rolling hills of Kutztown, Pennsylvania, sits a bargain hunter’s paradise that defies easy description—Renninger’s Antique and Farmers’ Market, where the thrill of the find meets the joy of the deal. It’s as if someone took a small town’s worth of attics, basements, and garages,...

The Avett Brothers, the folk-rock powerhouse out of North Carolina, took Wind Creek Steel Stage for Saturday night’s headline performance Musikfest. Lehighvalleylive.com was there to capture some images from the concert on the festival’s second night in Bethlehem. Scroll through the gallery above to see the...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Laura Waits has been sober for 13 years, but she remembers how, at about the two-year mark, the shine of recovery started to rub off. “It wasn't as exciting, and I was having a really hard time with boredom,” Waits, executive director of Sync Recovery, said.

WASHINGTON - The Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it will wind down its operations this year after a loss of federal funding. CPB informed its employees Friday that the majority of staff positions will conclude with the close of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, according to a news release from the organization....

There’s something magical about sliding into a vinyl booth at a classic American diner, where the coffee flows freely and breakfast is served all day. The Bethlehem Diner in Allentown stands as a testament to this timeless tradition, drawing hungry patrons from across the Keystone State with the promise of fluffy,...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Officials found a motorcylist lying unreponsive on Tilghman Street after his bike struck a car early Sunday morning. Allentown police and paramedics were called to the 300 block of Tilghman Street around 3:20 a.m. for a report of an accident involving a motor vehicle and motorcycle. When...

LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. — More than 2,500 acres of Carbon County forest now is permanently protected from development — a move that will help protect Lehigh Valley drinking water, Wildlands Conservancy officials announced. The largest conservation easement in the nonprofit land trust’s history, the tract, spread...

A woman from Monroe County is facing multiple felony charges after authorities say she falsely claimed having terminal cancer in order to...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — For 21 years, Kim Schmid rented a two-bedroom unit at the Oak Hollow Apartments on Shimer Avenue, near the Bethlehem-Allentown border. Sunburst Property Management of Allentown kept things running smoothly at the 240-unit complex for 18 of those years, according to Schmid. But since Montium, a...