Allentown PA

Liz Marie Pacheco of Allentown first revealed an acquaintance‘s affair to his wife. Now, the 38-year-old has admitted her role in the man’s murder. Pacheco, 38, of the 500 block of North Fifth Street, appeared Wednesday before Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas Judge Robert L. Steinberg. She pleaded guilty to the...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - One person is dead following a shooting in Allentown late Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened in the area of North 8th Street and Linden Street just before 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Lehigh County DA's Office and the county coroner. At this point there is...

One person was rescued from entrapment in a white BMW following a 2-car crash in Hilltown Township at Diamond Street and Souderton Road/Route 113/W Main Street Wednesday afternoon. The accident also involved a darker Cadilac SUV. At least three other occupants of the BMW were able to escape the vehicle...

SALISBURY TWP., Pa. - A popular discount retailer is expanding its presence in the region. Burlington Stores, Inc., a national discount retailer offering low prices on brand name merchandise for the entire family and home, is planning to open its fourth Lehigh Valley store on Nov. 1 at the South Mall, 3300 Lehigh...

A company that makes corrugated containers is closing its plant in Upper Macungie Township, affecting 60 workers. A Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification was issued Wednesday for Packaging Corp. of America's facilities at 7451 and 7620 Cetronia Road near Trexlertown. The WARN notice goes into effect Dec. 1....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown developer Nat Hyman has dropped the lawsuit filed against the City of Allentown and other officials regarding the city's handling of homeless encampments along Jordan Creek. Hyman told 69 News that the lawsuit has been dropped "without prejudice", meaning that he can re-file the lawsuit if...

EASTON, Pa. — Easton’s 2026 budget will, once again, feature no tax increase on residents, Mayor Sal Panto Jr. announced Wednesday during his presentation to City Council. The mayor's budget would hold the city property tax rate at 24.95 mills, meaning the owner of a home valued at $100,000 for tax purposes again...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Eric Knight, 68, never had a laptop. That changed this year when Knight learned about Northampton County’s free access device and giveaway program for county residents and organizations. Volunteers from the county’s Digital Navigator Coalition came to his home at Harlan House in Easton, distributing...

The saying “when one door closes, another one opens” is particularly relevant and timely at an upper Bucks County Shopping center, where one tenant is closing its doors as another prepares to open them. Staples in the Richland Marketplace shopping center at Rt. 309 and W. Pumping Station...

Emergency crews responded to a school bus crash in Lehigh County on Wednesday afternoon after it went down an embankment.