Allentown News

The flames broke out shortly after 3 a.m. in a standalone building along the 2400 block of S 4th Street in Allentown, Pa.

A contentious area businessman bluntly warned Easton officials that an outdoor sign company is bullying them into an agreement with tactics he himself regularly uses to get his way.

Easton City Council member Michael Fleck announced Wednesday night that he will resign on July 9, and that he and his young family are moving to Allentown.

For starters, after 26 years at Cedar Beach, the festival has moved to a section of the Allentown Fairgrounds that includes the huge Agri-Plex building.

The fact that the Concord Chamber Singers, this year celebrating their 46th season, will join the Allentown Symphony Orchestra in July in a hip, cutting-edge "Video Games Live" concert speaks volumes about where their new director, Jennifer Kelly, plans to take the group in the future.

A Northampton County judge today denied motions to dismiss drug charges against an Allentown man accused of receiving methamphetamine in the mail so he could later sell it.

The owners of the soon-to-be Lehigh Valley Phantoms are showing their appreciation for construction workers in an appetizing manner.

Allentown Council President Julio Guridy was the top vote-getter in an election he says proves his vote for a 50-year water/sewer lease was the correct one.

The renovation to Allentown 's historic Eighth Street Bridge involves shutting down bridge traffic in one direction for a few years, according to PennDOT.

A broken water main flooded the area of North 13th and West Liberty streets late Tuesday morning.

Witnesses called police during a Northampton domestic dispute when the victim came crashing through a glass door, according to court records.

A car hit a pole in the 700 block of Union Blvd., in front of the former Pig Pen Sports Bar & Grill.

Allentown police say a man who saw his mother get hit by an SUV attacked the driver after it happened.

Deb Behie is looking for a recipe for a Blueberry Yogurt Cake similar to the cake at the cafe at Lehigh Valley Hospital .

A concert announced last week at Musikfest Cafe represents a new broadening of opportunities for the ArtsQuest's jewel music venue in Bethlehem.

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. Lower Macungie Races Lehigh County Races County Executive: Browning, Ott Battle for GOP Vote County Commissioner: 6 Seek Seat in Distict 5 County Commissioner: 2 Seek ... (more)

Updated 2 p.m. Former South Whitehall recycling coordinator and utility supervisor Nancy Tonkin and her husband, a former township police officer, conspired to embezzle $854,497 from township coffers for more than a decade, according to Lehigh County District Attorney James Martin.

Authorities recorded conversations during prison visits to pin a handful of Lehigh Valley burglaries on two Allentown landscapers, court records say.

Rich Wilkins has some nice things to say about the Democrats he doesn't favor in tomorrow's primary, and I'll say something nice about two of the Republicans.

Dozens of properties are on the list for Friday's monthly Lehigh County sheriff sale.