Lehigh County News

This is an undated photo of Andrew Gmitter taken from his Facebook page. A 23-year-old Lehigh Township man has died of injuries he suffered during a one-vehicle accident early this morning, officials said.

The Lehigh County Coroner's Office is seeking the next of kin for a 74-year-old Allentown woman who died Thursday from natural causes, according to a news release.

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Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim today ruled the Wednesday death of a tree-cutter in Allentown to be an accident, the result of a heavy branch hitting his head.

An Allentown man avoided a trial by pleading guilty to third-degree murder Monday for his role in a 2006 melee that killed his wife.

Republicans maintained control of Lehigh County's Board of Commissioners Tuesday night, with unofficial election results showing them winning key districts despite a spirited Democratic campaign effort.

Police say Lloyd Virgil Barclay on Sept. 2 robbed the KNBT bank on Broad Street in Bethlehem.

Police seek relatives of a homeless woman found dead Friday, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office .

Northampton County needs a treatment center for low-risk offenders who don't have to be housed 24/7 at the main prison.

A man uses a stop sign to direct traffic while road crews complete a project. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews are scheduled to perform work on the following Lehigh County roads between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. next week, according to travel advisories.

The men vying to lead Lehigh County's government for the next four years continued hammering one another in a taped TV debate over taxes and their qualifications to hold the job.

Allentown police, working with the FBI , the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Lehigh County Drug Task Force and state police, arrested nine people during a vice sweep Tuesday night.

Police allege a homeless man with a heroin habit broke into a pair of township homes in May and stole everything from the air conditioner he removed from a window to enter one home to baseball tickets from the other.

A 25-year-old Lower Macungie Township man in jail on marijuana growing charges following a raid on his family's home earlier this month is now facing child pornography charges, state police said today.

State police and the U.S. Marshals Service had hoped Esteban Rodriguez-Reyes, 39, would show up in Lancaster County Court Monday for a hearing on gun charges.

A new manufacturing plant is open in Lehigh County. FiberAmerica held a ribbon cutting today for its new cellulose insulation facility in Upper Macungie Township.

An Emmaus man waived his preliminary hearing this afternoon in a case where he allegedly sent nude photos over the Internet to a 13-year-old Lancaster girl who turned out to be an undercover agent with the attorney general's Child Predator Unit.

Lehigh County James B. Martin ruled today that two officer-involved shootings -- one in Upper Macungie in April where Berks-Lehigh Regional police officers killed a man who pointed a rifle at them and the other in Lower Macungie earlier this month where a state trooper shot and missed a man during a marijuana investigation -- were justified and no ...

Windows were once lined with rags to keep the rain out and buckets collected water leaking from the ceiling in the cramped offices in the Lehigh County Courthouse.

A man accused of beating his cousin to death is going to trial. The Lehigh County District Attorney's office says Luis Anaya waived his preliminary hearing today.