Larry Holmes to join Allentown Rescue Mission’s drive-thru food drive at Josh Early Candies
By Jai Smith
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Shankweiler’s Drive-In to show Godzilla Minus Zero on release weekend
Shankweiler's Drive-In Theatre will show "Godzilla Minus Zero" on Friday, Nov. 6, Saturday, Nov. 7 and Sunday, Nov. 8, the film's North American release weekend, the theater said in an Instagram post.
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Stroudsburg rally to back Jane Doe in Cornell case
An "I Am Jane Doe" rally from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, outside the Monroe County Courthouse will show support for the former Cornell University student whose sexual assault allegations are now under a state special prosecutor's investigation.
By Jai Smith
Thieves are stealing radar sensors from behind Honda emblems in Bethlehem, police say
Bethlehem police said Thursday that thieves have been stealing radar sensors from behind the Honda emblem on newer Honda vehicles, most often in Center City.
By Jai Smith
Palmer Township church donates Bethlehem’s Christmas tree; crew cuts it Nov. 4
A tree from the grounds of Bethel Memorial Baptist Church at 715 Chestnut Lane will be Bethlehem's city Christmas tree this year, with a rigging crew due about 7 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, to cut it down.
By Jai Smith
WDIY brings its “Hollywood” Squares game show back to Easton’s State Theatre on Oct. 27
WDIY 88.1 FM is bringing back its Lehigh Valley "Hollywood" Squares, a live game show fundraiser with local leaders in the celebrity squares, from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the State Theatre Center for the Arts, 453 Northampton St.
By Jai Smith
Allentown council livestream outage tied to global PHP software flaw
The city said in a notice that "a widespread technical issue affecting Granicus" caused the council's livestream service to go offline. It said the meeting would go ahead as scheduled and that it planned to post a recording as soon as streaming returned.
By Jai Smith
Disabled artists, city and LANTA leaders to talk art and access at Bethlehem library Saturday
The library's event page lists Janine Santoro, the city's director of equity and inclusion, as its contact. Santoro organized a panel at the library in July 2025 as the city marked the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and raised its first Disability Pride flag, and three of Saturday's speakers were listed as panelists then.
By Jai Smith
School cellphone ban heads to Shapiro’s desk after 47-3 Pa. Senate vote
Only three of the Lehigh Valley's 17 school districts, Allentown, Easton Area and Whitehall-Coplay, have posted rules barring phones during the school day in every grade. The rest would have to change theirs by the 2027-28 school year.
By Jai Smith
Pharmacy tech who sat on a Pa. township board charged with stealing nearly 90,000 opioid pills
Alyssa R. McDowell, 34, a pharmacy technician at Sheffield Pharmacy, took 80,926 oxycodone pills and 8,744 hydrocodone pills between January 2022 and May 2026, investigators allege, according to the attorney general's office. The 89,670 pills work out to about 1,700 a month over that span, based on the office's figures.
By Jai Smith