Freemansburg News

A 27-year-old Freemansburg man faces 21 to 60 months in prison for causing the death of his 21-year-old friend in a drunken driving crash in February 2008.

A Freemansburg man accused of killing his friend in a car accident was led out of the courtroom Friday in handcuffs after a judge upped his bail because he was charged with another crime.

Jeff Hanchick leads his son,Jonathan Hanchick, of Freemansburg, into to district court to waive a preliminary hearing in September 2008.

Grants for the recreation and enrichment aspects of the ASPIRE programs at Calypso, Freemansburg, Fountain Hill, Thomas Jefferson, William Penn and Lincoln elementary schools expired in September.

Magazines featuring Tiger Woods are photographed Wednesday in New York. Dear Pinky, Is Tiger Woods going to lose his endorsement deals over his many "transgressions"? Tut-tutting in Nazareth Dear Tut, As Elin Nordegren and the rest of the world found out this week, there's more dog than cat in Tiger.

The following were culled from TV commentary on the prevailing moods in America: "Tense, angry, divided" "chaotic" "up in arms" "the system is broken" et al.

A family in Freemansburg, Northampton County put their Thanksgiving dinner on hold to search for a missing relative.

The search is on for a man who went missing from his Northampton County home last night.

Authorities removed these steroids during a raid in Florida. Five Lehigh Valley residents are accused of using steroids and selling them at Gold's Gym locations in Allentown and at Kinetics, a now-shuttered fitness club in the Harrisburg area.

Christopher Niemczyk, 31, of the 1000 block of Old Course Lane, Williams Township, is charged with four counts of delivery of steroids, plus single counts each of possession with intent to deliver steroids, possession with intent to deliver ecstasy, possession of drug paraphernalia, misbranding Ketamine and criminal conspiracy.

Freemansburg School third-grader Keyana Ubiles sits on the shoulders of Lehigh University junior Courtney Dentler to reach a higher spot on the Mayor's Christmas Tree.

The parents of a 14-year-old boy said Thursday they pray for the former Freemansburg-Bethlehem Township Athletic Association coach who tried to sexually assault their son.

Daniel Schaefer faces up to 15 years in state prison for molesting a 14-year-old boy.

People don't always know Esther Shoemaker's name, but they know her dog's name. "I'm in the grocery store and people ask me, 'Are you Hank's mom?'" the fitness instructor and registered therapy dog handler said with a laugh.

Police in Hellertown, Bethlehem and Freemansburg reported Thursday at least 38 cars had a window shot out by someone wielding a BB gun.

David Hrichak of Freemansburg holds the curtain for his mother, Elsie Hrichak, after she voted at the Freemansburg Municipal Building.

After a brief trial with just three witnesses, a former Freemansburg police officer was convicted Tuesday of driving drunk when he was found nearly two years ago in a wrecked car along Route 33.

A former police officer in Freemansburg, Northampton County who was accused of driving drunk has been found guilty.

A night of drinking ended badly for a 26-year-old borough man who wounded himself when the revolver he tucked inside his waistband fired, sending a bullet into his torso, according to police and court records.

Freemansburg police said a 28-year-old man with three open cases of beer and two male occupants in his car led police from the borough, Hellertown, Bethlehem and Lower Saucon Township on a high-speed chase Sunday morning.