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A Bethlehem man wanted on child sexual abuse material charges is in custody after investigators say they found him hiding under blankets on a child’s bed at an acquaintance’s home. The arrest, announced Monday, April 20, capped a short multi‑county search that involved state agents and local police.

LEHIGHTON, Pa. - A bomb squad was called to the American Legion Post in Lehighton on Monday after a suspicious package was found outside the building. 911 dispatchers say the call came in shortly after 3 p.m. for a package located outside the Legion on Bridge Street. Authorities shut down...

A new cafe is ready to welcome customers after opening this week in the Lehigh Valley. Circle Cafe on Main announced Monday it had opened at 2 N. Main St. in Nazareth. Offerings include coffee from Golden Valley Coffee Roasters, iced tea, lemonade, sandwiches, quiches, soups, meatloaf, deviled eggs, pasta salad and focaccia.

Hellertown area residents will soon have a new laundromat to use whenever they need to wash clothes or other items. The Hellertown Laundromat will be located in the Shoppes at Hellertown on Main Street in a unit that was previously occupied by a dry cleaning business. The Spring Hill Cleaners closed in 2020 amid a downturn in demand for dry cleaning during the Covid...

SALISBURY TWP., Pa. – A new expansive, multi-level facility designed for children to let loose is coming soon to Lehigh County. Star Park Indoor Playground & Party, a multi-level indoor playground for children, is coming soon to the South Mall on Lehigh Street in Salisbury Township. The new facility...

Freight transportation provider Alan Ritchey Inc. is closing a logistics facility in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, and laying off nearly 200 workers, marking the company’s second major workforce reduction this year tied to lost U.S. Postal Service business. According to a WARN notice filed with state labor officials, the Valley...

CATASAUQUA, Pa. - Authorities in Lehigh County have arrested a man they say shot and killed another man in Catasauqua during a game the two called “quick draw.”. Samuel Rolando Colon, 24, of Allentown, surrendered Monday on charges of Criminal Homicide, Aggravated Assault and several counts of Recklessly Endangering Another Person, according to a press release from the Lehigh County DA Office.

Connor Koontz, 18, of Fleetwood, was pronounced dead at Reading Hospital at 1:12 a.m. following a crash in Richmond Township, according to Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel. The collision happened around 5:54 p.m. on Sunday, April 19, along Route 222 (Kutztown Road) near Schuler Road, the coroner’s office said....

NORRISTOWN — A Norristown man will serve a stint in jail for strangling his ex-girlfriend during a domestic-related incident in the borough. Karel Kareem Johnson, 37, of the 300 block of DeKalb Street, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 11½ to 23 months in the county jail after he pleaded guilty to a felony charge of strangulation in connection with the Nov...

HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN CO. — A man with connections to several northeastern Pennsylvania counties is in custody after authorities say he was found hiding in a home while wanted on multiple warrants and under investigation for child exploitation offenses. Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the arrest of 41-year-old Noel Tirado,...