Northampton News

A large line of federal housing assistance applicants forms in Phillipsburg in August 2011, before local Section 8 providers shuttered their waiting lists due to the federal sequester.

Hundreds of high school students will descend on the State Theatre in Easton on Thursday for a celebration of their theatrical excellence.

Wednesday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $360 million-the third highest Powerball prize of all time.

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Officials say a construction crew hit a propane tank around 7:30 a.m. at Northampton Area Middle School in Northampton.

It costs $650 less to get a CT scan in Lehigh County than in Northampton County.

A look at the top news that made headlines this week in Northampton: Council Rock South came in 20th in the state in Newsweek's list of the nation's top 2,000 public high schools.

Sensory break items: Kathy of Northampton is looking for sensory-break items, such as a ball pit, swing or any other item that will help with home therapy for an autistic grandson.

It only took minutes between Kenneth Philipp exiting his car the evening of April 18 and firing three shells from his shotgun and Northampton police officer Timothy Friel to empty his 18-round clip and kill Philipp with three shots , two to his head and one to the shoulder.

An Allentown manufacturing company is getting a $720,000 low-interest state loan to expand into a South Whitehall Township facility, a move expected to create 10 jobs and retain 15.

Students from Northampton will be participating the Council Rock Jazz Night event this Friday.

Lancaster-based Community First Fund announced Wednesday that it has received $15 million from the federal New Markets Tax Credit program enticing investors to bring jobs to low-income areas, including Reading.

The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metropolitan Statistical Area, a decrease of three-tenths of a percentage point.

A local lawyer claims Northampton County would violate state law if county Executive John Stoffa follows through on his vow to hire more staff in the Sheriff's Department to conduct reference checks on license-to-carry-firearm applications .

The 22-year U.S. Army veteran sits behind a typical metal institutional teacher's desk within the stark white walls of a windowless classroom.

Wheelchair foot rest: Bobbi of Northampton is looking for a foot rest for a Invacare Care Guard wheelchair, model 2000K.

Former NCC President of Institutional Advancement Sue Kubik recalls more than 20 years ago, she and then-college President Robert Kopecek were giving a talk on the subject at a national conference.

The Committee for a Better Northampton is hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on May 14 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Fitlife Performance Training Center in Ivyland.