Northampton County News

Northampton County has determined the Catholic Diocese of Allentown must pay property taxes on four shuttered churches in Bethlehem, and the diocese is challenging the decision.

In January 1994, as Bill Brackbill awaited swearing in as the first Republican Northampton county executive ever, one of his supporters whispered to him: ''I've heard this is the day that hell freezes over.'' It sure seemed that way.

A day after Republicans swept through local and state elections without looking back, Joe Long had a message for Democrats.

Police say two Richland men were among the five people who beat and robbed a teenager at his home in Northampton County.

Someone decided it was a good idea to restrict information in a public place. Northampton County election officials go out of their way to make the easy stuff difficult.

Two city police officers were assaulted in incidents over the weekend, court records say.

Each of the four candidates running for Northampton County judge has his or her own policies when it comes to campaign contributions.

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation crews are scheduled to perform work on the following Northampton County roads between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the days specified below, according to travel advisories.

Northampton County Department of Corrections officials are looking for a man who allegedly failed to return to the work release facility Thursday night.

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

A federal lawsuit filed by Northampton County Councilman Ron Angle, claiming he was wrongly fired from his radio talk show, has been dismissed, according to court records.

Four-year-old Rowan Watchmaker looks on as her mother is injected with the H1N1 virus vaccine at a clinic in Ottawa, Canada on Monday.

Northampton County Council on Thursday eliminated two part-time assistant district attorney positions in favor of a pair of full-time prosecutors to help shoulder an increasing caseload.

Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin on Monday ripped her Democratic opponent for the state Supreme Court, saying his acceptance of $1 million from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers is "pay-to-play" politics, even though she concedes she received $100,000 from the same group.

Anticipating a major cut in state funding, the Northampton Area Public Library in July eliminated its Friday hours.

The first-ever lawsuit between Northampton County's executive and council has ended.

A district judge threw out charges against two men accused of beating and slashing the face of a third man after the victim refused to testify against his attackers.

Thinking she would survive a shot to the face, Tacarra Ward wrote an emotional statement she wanted to read to Andrew Freeman when he was sentenced for her injuries.

As the Bangor postmaster drove around checking collection boxes Tuesday afternoon, he was also looking for sex and propositioned two women and tried to lure three girls into his car, he allegedly told police.

A northeastern Pennsylvania postmaster has been charged with trying to coax three girls and two women into his car.