Bethlehem News

Opponents of a $3 million state grant for a new charter school in Bethlehem came up short Tuesday night in an effort to have city council back off in helping the school get the money.

A debate took part tonight over whether to accept a $3 million state grant for a new Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts planned for Bethlehem's South Side.

A custodian at the Bethlehem YMCA who was fired last year over a missing wallet on the same day she was given a raise is claiming in court her former employer defamed her.

Just hours after six American students arrived in Surabaya, Indonesia , on Friday evening, media reported that one of the country's last remaining vestiges of its Jewish community had been reduced to a pile of rubble.

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Roberto Serrano Jr., who also goes by the name Carbals, was in a silver Jeep Liberty in the 400 block of Carlton Avenue in Bethlehem when he lifted up his shirt, exposing a black handgun in the waistband of his pants, and told Matthew Pileth, "I'll blast you," before riding off at about 4 p.m. May 17, officials said.

In the first of the two resolutions, developer KRE-Bethlehem sought to "certain traffic impact fees" that had been already waived as part of the Field of Dreams project when the developer who had championed that project abandoned it in 2008.

Bethlehem police say a Monroe County woman stole more than $13,000 from three city businesses by forging her employer's signature.

Bethlehem police say a city man crashed into a parked car carrying a 3-year-old child during a police chase on Thursday night.

Bethlehem police are investigating the theft of inspection and emission stickers stolen Sunday from Barakats Auto Service, 1840 W. Broad St. Police report 100 inspection stickers and 100 emission stickers, all for 2013, were stolen between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

A woman was caught with drugs at a fast-food restaurant after a worker heard her drop a needle and spoon in a bathroom stall, officials said.

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Sergey Kovalev continues his violent rise up the light heavyweight ranks, the most recent conquest coming Friday evening in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Serving on Coopersburg Borough Council and teaching history at Liberty High School in Bethlehem would be a lot for most people.

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Everything seems to keep getting more expensive. But summer fun doesn't have to drain your pocketbook.

It was two years since Ray Narh's last fight and even longer since he ever came close to living up to his 'Emperor' nickname.

A trio of exciting fights lit up the latest edition of Fight Night on NBC Sports Network Friday night.

A bookkeeper stole almost $14,000 from a business management consulting firm and two other companies using forged checks in April and May, officials said.