Pennsylvania State Police nab four suspected heroin dealers leaving NASCAR...
Police say the group had about 500 packets of heroin and a large amount of cash in a vehicle pulled over Sunday for a traffic infraction. Four heroin dealers were arrested Sunday during a traffic stop...
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Lehigh Valley ad campaign springs up along Route 22 and elsewhere
The promotion is the work of the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corp. and Adams Outdoor Advertising. View full sizeOne of the billboards in the ad campaign compares the Lehigh Valley economy to...
View ArticleSaggy pants ban on boardwalk approved by New Jersey town
Wildwood Police Chief Steven Long said his officers will respond appropriately when they see violations. Hindsight will soon be punishable by a $25 fine in this Jersey Shore resort.Wildwood passed a...
View ArticleWeather experts expect minor flooding on Delaware River, tributaries
In addition to rain, strong storms starting today could potentially bring wind, hail and tornadoes, the National Weather Service reports. Some weather experts say the Delaware River and smaller...
View ArticleLung transplant recovery begins for 10-year-old at Children's Hospital of...
Sarah Murnaghan came through the procedure well and doctors are 'very pleased' with her prognosis. A 10-year-old girl ailing with cystic fibrosis was recovering from a transplant of adult lungs made...
View ArticleStormy weather descends on region as flood watch to begin at 10 o'clock
Heavy winds and damaging hail are possible in embedded thunderstorms, forecasters say. Lines of heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms rumbled across Pennsylvania just after dawn this morning as the...
View ArticleBraden Airpark sale vote delayed for four months by the Lehigh-Northampton...
The board would need state and federal approvals to sell the Forks Township airport, so it was determined more time was needed. Supporters of Braden Airpark in Forks Township have four months to come...
View ArticleEaston man who fought Bethlehem police officers has schizophrenia,...
Milton Richner fought with officers after they tried to respond to him as he walked dangerously close to Route 378, authorities say. An Easton man who fought with Bethlehem police officers and tried...
View ArticleBethlehem man avoids prison for sexting photos to teenage boy
The 21-year-old Lafayette College student received three years of probation for sending sexually explicit images to a 14-year-old boy. A Bethlehem man who had inappropriate sexual contact with a boy...
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Pennsylvania Superior Court judge tapped to replace Joan Orie Melvin, sources...
The decision comes more than a month after the opening was created following the resignation from the bench of Joan Orie Melvin. View full sizePennsylvania Superior Court Judge Correale Stevens, seen...
View ArticleDeck collapses at Miami-area sports bar, injuring dozens
As many as 100 people were on the deck at Shucker's Bar & Grill as customers were watching the Miami Heat play the San Antonio Spurs. Authorities say an outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area...
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Warren County official warns against proposal to close behavioral health unit...
The Phillipsburg hospital provides the only inpatient behavioral health care option in Warren County. View full sizeSt. Luke's Hospital in PhillipsburgExpress-Times File Photo | STEPHEN FLOOD If St....
View ArticleNJ Transit bus arrives nearly two hours late in New York City; investigation...
The express bus didn't take its normal route, the Star-Ledger reports. New Jersey Transit is investigating why one of its bus drivers took a different route, making passengers nearly two hours late...
View ArticlePennsylvania-New Jersey power line focus of environmental groups' lawsuit -...
Also, the grandmother of the alleged East Orange prom queen killer says the 18-year is not a 'monster'; Hatfield Township, Pa., children are protected from a murder scene just a floor below; and...
View ArticleAtlantic City casinos told to partner up now for Internet gambling
The resort community toward the end of the year is slated to become the third state in the U.S. to have Internet gambling. Internet gambling isn't expected to start in New Jersey until about...
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Philadelphia building inspector who killed himself left behind video for family
In the video Ronald Wagenhoffer said 'It was my fault. I should have looked at those guys working, and I didn't.' View full sizeA building collapsed this morning at 22nd and Market streets in...
View ArticleNews groups identify America's worst charities - PM news links
Also see AP video on President Barack Obama's authorization to send weapons to Syrian rebels. Above the law: America's worst charities [cnn.com]On Beers and Brewing: Pennsylvania ranks among top in...
View ArticleRoseto mom purchased heroin in Easton with 17-year-old son in car, police say
The 55-year-old was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $10,000 bail. A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for June 25. Police say a Roseto woman was with her 17-year-old son in a car...
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Two members of million-dollar Lehigh Valley meth ring sent to state prison
Two members of a million-dollar Lehigh Valley meth ring were sent to state prison today. Four others in the case previously pleaded guilty to their involvement. View full sizeWilliam Lavenburg, of...
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Have you seen these people? - fugitives of the week June 15, 2013
Prosecutors in Hunterdon, Northampton and Warren counties are looking for these fugitives. View full sizeFrom left, Lloyd Jenrette, Joshua Fox and Christopher M. Petyo.Courtesy Photos Hunterdon County...
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