Breast cancer hats get sisters kicked out of King of Prussia Mall
The three sisters were shopping for funeral dresses after their mother died last week after battling the disease. Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing...
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New Jersey eyes multistate slot machine jackpots
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Doug Harbach said the proposal has neither been brought up by casinos nor discussed by the board. Vito Valentinetti reacts in May 2009 with his wife, Mary...
View ArticleMan allegedly flees Phillipsburg police, jumps into Lehigh River in Easton -...
The 23-year-old suspect was wanted on a simple assault charge out of Allentown, according to authorities. A man allegedly fled Phillipsburg police early this morning, crossed the free bridge into...
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Thunderstorms slam Oklahoma City area, funeral for 9-year-old victim set for...
Early estimates indicate the tornado caused more than $2 billion of damage in Moore, Okla. View full sizeA funeral is planned today for 9-year-old Antonia Candelaria, one of the victim's of Monday's...
View ArticleHome sales climb, mortgage rates do, too
The median price of a home sold in April was $271,600, the highest level on government records going back to 1993. Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008...
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Matthew Royer, college student missing for a week, found unharmed
State troopers say they won't comment further on the case. They say Royer's family has asked for privacy. View full sizeMatthew R. RoyerPhoto courtesy Pennsylvania State PolicePennsylvania State...
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Lehigh Valley businesses recognized by Gov. Tom Corbett
They received accolades at a ceremony today in Hershey, Pa. View full sizePennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, center, stands with a group of colleagues during a news conference in January.AP Fle Photo...
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Interstate-78 lane closures near toll bridge lifted for Memorial Day weekend
Toll bridge will lift the restrictions 5 a.m. Friday The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission announced that it will lift construction-related lane closures on Interstate-78 for the Memorial...
View ArticlePPL customers to see new charge on electric bills starting in July
The average increase will be about 20 cents per month, according to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Residents serviced by PPL will on average see a 20 cent-per-month increase on their...
View ArticleBoy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and...
View ArticleConnecticut jewelry store kidnapping, robbery leads to Lehigh Valley arrests
A similar robbery in December spanned Bethlehem and South Whitehall Township. Four Lehigh Valley men trailed two Connecticut jewelry store employees for a month before kidnapping them and using them...
View ArticleInterstate 5 bridge collapses in Washington state; people, vehicles in water
Crowds of people lined the shore watching rescuers after the four-lane span fell into the Skagit River. The Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River at Mount Vernon collapsed this evening, dumping...
View ArticleCicadas emerging in New Jersey
People with sunny, shade-free yards will likely get the first wave of cicadas. Vote in the news poll. Have you seen any cicadas by you yet?New Jersey's invasion of cicadas has started in the wake of...
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Hobby Lobby challenges health care law's provision for morning-after pill...
Arts-and-crafts chain says businesses should be allowed to seek exceptions if it violates their religious beliefs. View full sizeCustomers are seen at a Hobby Lobby store in Denver on Wednesday.AP...
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Habitat Lehigh Valley seeking female veterans for blitz build
The blitz build is scheduled from Aug. 13-24 at Habitat's site on James Street in Bethlehem. View full sizeHabitat Lehigh Valley is bringing back its Women Blitz Blind this year and is especially...
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Bail hearing this morning for Phila. couple charged with killing 8-month-old
The Schaibles are charged in the death of their baby son, Brandon. View full sizeCatherine, left, and Herbert Schaible arrive to turn themselves in at police headquarters in Philadelphia on Wednesday,...
View ArticleIt's official: Jersey shore open for business
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie cuts a ribbon at Seaside Heights. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie cut a ribbon to symbolically reopen the state’s shore for the summer season, seven months after being...
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IRS boss who invoked Fifth Amendment removed from post
Lois Lerner was put on administrative leave Thursday, said Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and two congressional aides. View full sizeLois Lerner listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on...
View ArticleNew Jersey athletic director fired for putting dog waste on ex-wife's car has...
The Haddon Township Board of Education previously stripped Alan Carr and an administrative law judge upheld the ruling. New Jersey’s education commissioner has overturned the firing of a high school...
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Pennsylvania Game Commission reports second bald eagle shot this month
Bald eagles are classified as threatened in the state. They're no longer on the federal endangered species list. View full sizeThis adult bald eagle is currently being treated at the Emerald Coast...
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