Vehicle fire causes backup on I-78 in Lehigh County
SALISBURY TWP., Pa. - A vehicle fire and fuel spill caused traffic problems on a section of I-78 in Lehigh County late this morning. Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) say it happened around 10:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-78 near Exit #59 (Summit Lawn/Route 145) in Salisbury Township. All...
Flash flood in New Mexico claims lives of 2 children with ties to Lehigh...
A flash flood that swept through a village in New Mexico Tuesday claimed the lives of two children with ties to the Lehigh Valley. Sebastian Trotter, 7, and his sister, Charlotte Trotter, 4, died when flood waters suddenly rushed through the camper where they were vacationing with their parents in Ruidoso, New Mexico.
Runaway girl’s stepfather charged with illegally recording phone calls
PALMER TWP., Pa. — The stepfather of a Northampton County teenager who disappeared this year has been charged with illegally recording phone calls with Palmer Township Police. John Gehrmann, 44, has been charged with four third-degree felony counts, including two counts of intercepting communications and two counts...
Carlos Oyola-Gonzalez Charged In Allentown Face Shooting
Carlos Oyola-Gonzalez, 44, who is homeless, was charged with Attempted Criminal Homicide, Felony Aggravated Assault (2 counts), and Simple Assault (2 counts) after he allegedly shot the man during a dispute at a Park Street apartment on Monday, June 30 at 4:42 p.m., police said. Responding officers found the victim...
Pennsylvania Cold Case: 4-Year-Old Found on Neighbor’s Lawn in 1972, $5,000 Reward Offered
Buckingham Township, PA – A renewed call for information has been issued in the decades-old case of Michael Allen Daum, whose death in 1972 continues to puzzle investigators in Bucks County. According to a statement released Thursday by the Pennsylvania State Police Troop M – Criminal Investigation Assessment Unit,...
Man arrested after alleged violent struggle with Lansdale Police over active warrant
Police said Demetrius Char Anderson was located around 9:55 a.m. Tuesday, outside a residence on the 100 block of South Broad Street in Lansdale Borough. A Pottstown man is facing multiple charges, including felony assault on a police officer, after a chaotic arrest Tuesday morning, during which he allegedly resisted...
Severe storm destroys Bucks County cat sanctuary
A strong thunderstorm Tuesday night into Wednesday morning knocked down two trees, destroying the fence that kept the cats enclosed at the Bridge Clinic in Bensalem. The organization takes care of cats that have been deemed unadoptable.
Pa. man renovates ‘Hanoverville Roadhouse’ with pieces of Lehigh Valley history
Mark Dennis has reimagined the 200-year-old Hanoverville Roadhouse as a restaurant filled with artifacts from the Lehigh Valley's past.
Princeton man found dead in Tesla submerged in Bucks County lake
A 33-year-old man from Princeton was found dead last week after his Tesla was discovered submerged in a Bucks County lake, authorities said. Wen H. Chen’s body was recovered from Lake Luxembourg in Middletown Township on the evening of July 3, after a kayaker spotted the vehicle several hundred feet from a boat ramp...
‘The Lehigh Valley is an area steeped in tradition’: ‘Good Morning America’ features Shankweiler’s...
On Friday's edition of the ABC-TV show "Good Morning America," an excited crowd at Shankweiler's Drive-In held up hand-painted signs and bright yellow buckets of movie popcorn. At 8 a.m., ABC News correspondent Ike Ejiochi drove up in a white convertible and reported live from the oldest continuously operating...