Allentown News

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for University of Rhode Island college student, Matthew Royer who went missing while driving back home to Skippack Township, Pa., May 16, 2013.

Upper Macungie Police say the owners of Andalusia Wholesale Supply, located at 7566 Morris Court in Allentown, reported that approximately 100 gallons of diesel fuel was siphoned from the tanks of its trucks.

East Strouds burg University invites the general public to attend "The Significance of Strauser," to view significant works of the late acclaimed, self-taught artist of national note, Sterling Strauser, that are on loan from local community members for a limited show.

An Allentown School District substitute teacher accused of molesting a 9-year-old boy will faces charges in Lehigh County Court.

The Zachi Telesha/Mustang Open Golf Classic will be held at the Allentown Municipal Golf Course, 3400 Tilghman Street, with registration at 7:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 8 a.m. The cost is $100 per golfer.

His mother received a text message from Royer at 6 p.m. on Thursday saying he overslept and had a late state.

One person was killed and another severely injured in a one-car accident on Interstate 81 south in East Hanover Township early Sunday morning.

Phoebe Ministries has operations here in Allentown and five other counties including Berks.

Louise Cuff doesn't drink, but she wanted to try the DUI simulator at Saturday's inaugural Police Day at town park.

Tuesday, May 21 is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Poll Problems? Contact the Lehigh County voter registration office at 610-782-3194. Upper Macungie Races Upper Macungie Supervisor : 1 incumbent and 1 challenger in the Republican primary.

It happened just after 11 Saturday night at a Chinese restaurant on the 1700 block of Liberty Street in Allentown.

Police say an eastern Pennsylvania woman tried to poison her husband and daughter with burritos laced with prescription medicine.

Vastly different women united by the common thread of motherhood - a new mom, a teacher whose mother said she'd never get married, a mother who lost a daughter, a battered mom, a women putting her mother in a home and a daughter with two mothers - are some of the characters in "Mommalogues," a locally written play getting its New York premiere.

Incumbent Lehigh County Commissioner David Jones faces a challenge from Juan P. Camacho for the Democratic nomination for the county board's District 3 seat.

Workers evacuated the Lehigh Co. Humane Society Saturday afternoon. It's not an actual emergency, but a drill to prepare for one.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, Bethlehem, needs volunteers to make phone calls inviting Lehigh Valley corporations/employees to the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Kickoff Breakfast.

Owner Posocco Equities successfully petitioned the South Whitehall Planning Commission Thursday to rezone 11 of the 40-acre development to allow higher density housing.

The Allentown School District is right now faced with what has been termed a budgetary issue, but seems more like a question about vision - how will the district support its students in attaining the finest possible education now and in the decades to come? At this critical moment, leaders in the district have an opportunity to invest in teachers ... (more)

Cynthia Mota was visiting family in Venezuela last month when she came down with the shingles.

The Lehigh Valley Labor Council is slamming a recent court decision that says workplaces no longer have to display union education posters.