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In Palmerton, Pennsylvania, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that a long-term Superfund cleanup may have contributed to water contamination in the area. The cleanup began after a zinc smelting factory closed in 1981, leaving about 3,000 acres with heavy metal pollution.

Four teenagers were arrested after they were allegedly caught stealing alcohol from a Bucks County Wegmans store and telling officers that "stealing alcohol is trending," according to the Warrington Township Police Department. Officers were called to the Wegmans in Warrington Township around 4:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov....

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, The Nature Conservancy and Northampton County are partnering to ensure the protection of 145 acres of critical habitat near Minsi Lake. Fish and Boat’s board of commissioners Monday, Oct. 27, approved purchasing, for $2, conservation easements for the land in Upper Mount...

Morrisville School District Superintendent Dr. Andrew Doster said the federal government shutdown is all affecting their funding.

COALDALE, Pa. -- Two people were hurt in a head-on crash in Coaldale, Schuylkill County. A car and an SUV crashed just after 6 p.m. in the 600 block of East Water Street, near the Carbon County border. Two people were treated at the scene then taken to a nearby...

A cement company with a longtime presence in the Lehigh Valley has been renamed with a familiar moniker. With the recent completion of FLSmidth Cement's sale to Pacific Avenue Capital Partners, the company will be known as Fuller Technologies. The Fuller Co. operated for decades in the Lehigh Valley before it was...

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh-area dad and his young sons’ mission to feed the community is touching millions in a now viral video on social media. "People want to help; if you give them an opportunity to help, they will help,” said AJ Owen. Last Sunday, Owen and...

WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. — Concerns about potential safety issues with tractor-trailer traffic at the proposed Fullerton Terminals distribution center were expressed by the township board of commissioners Monday. The land development plan consists of a 190,400-square-foot distribution facility at 2451 Main St., near Range...

NORRISTOWN — An Upper Pottsgrove Township man is serving a stint behind bars for strangling a girlfriend during a domestic-related incident. Ryan Joshua Phillips, 38, of the 900 block of Willow Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½-to-23-months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to a felony...

This was going to be the Halloween for the towering Pumpkin King Jack Skellington to reemerge refreshed after a long absence to take center stage along Route 100 in Lowhill Township. Jack’s size requires a massive combined effort on the part of Phil Rossetto and Greg Snider to both display...