Allentown PA

Interested in adding a furry friend to your family? Even if you're just keen on viewing some of the cute critters available for adoption nearby, there are ample pets waiting for their forever homes in animal shelters throughout and around allentown.

George J. Cowan, 58, of Collingswood (Camden County) was pronounced dead at 4:26 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 16, near the 5500 block of PA Route 100 in Lowhill Township, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. Cowan was the driver of a vehicle that collided with another car, authorities...

Flames broke out Tuesday night at the defunct factory just east of Phillipsburg, on Edison Road.

LOWHILL TWP., Pa. - Traffic is at a standstill following a three-vehicle fatal crash on Rt. 100 in Lehigh County. The crash occurred around 3:15 p.m. on Thursday near the KOA Campground off of Route 100 in Lowhill Township. Authorities say that Route 100 will remain closed for accident reconstruction...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) – A large water main break is flooding streets in Allentown, Lehigh County, on Wednesday afternoon. According to the Lehigh County Authority, the break involves a 30-inch water main at 13th and Liberty Streets. Customers in the area will experience low pressure or no water as crews work to...

NORRISTOWN — A Chester County woman is headed to jail for embezzling more than $270,000 while she was a school administrator at the Penn Christian Academy in East Norriton Township, betraying the small school community that trusted her to the point the school was forced to close. Katherine Ann...

A man was charged with homicide and attempted homicide months after a woman was shot to death inside her apartment in front of her baby in Lehigh County, according to the District Attorney's Office. An investigation was launched back on July 22, 2025, after officers with the Allentown Police Department...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. — City residents could be paying a bit more next year on their property taxes. Mayor Matt Tuerk on Thursday morning presented his 2026 budget, which includes a 3.96% property-tax increase — the first rate hike in seven years. That increase will raise an additional $1.5...

Ryan Duffy, 18, became ill last week with a case of the infectious disease. He was a senior at Neshaminy High School.

I’ll never forget the first time I pulled into Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre in Orefield, Pennsylvania—the crackling excitement in the air, the glow of the massive screen against the night sky, and the smell of buttered popcorn wafting through my car window. Open since 1934, Shankweiler’s is America’s...