Allentown fight over car bumper ends in fatal shooting; brother charged with homicide
By Jai Smith
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PeepsFest to return to SteelStacks in Bethlehem for 18th year
PeepsFest, the early New Year's countdown for families, will return to SteelStacks for its 18th year on Wednesday, Dec. 30, and Thursday, Dec. 31, ArtsQuest announced Wednesday.
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Pa. trooper sentenced to 5 to 10 years in child exploitation, AI deepfake case
A Pennsylvania State Police corporal who possessed child sexual abuse material and used state computers to create AI-generated pornography of women was sentenced Monday to five to 10 years in prison.
By Jai Smith
‘Pakistani’ vs. ‘Made in America’: GOP mailer draws racism charges in Lehigh Valley House race
A Pennsylvania Republican Party mailer calls Democrat Meriam Sabih's "Pakistani" playlist "radical" and sets it beside a "Made in America" playlist for Republican state Rep. Milou Mackenzie, days before their Tuesday, Nov. 3, rematch in the 131st state House district.
By Jai Smith
Nearly 60 antique dollhouses go on view at Bethlehem’s Kemerer Museum
Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites has put nearly 60 antique dollhouses, some up to 4 feet tall, and more than 6,000 miniatures on view in "Art of the Dollhouse," a new exhibition that opened Thursday at its Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts.
By Jai Smith
Bethlehem bowling fundraiser to seek $50,000 for Meals on Wheels meal subsidies
Meals on Wheels of the Greater Lehigh Valley will hold its annual Bountiful Bowl fundraiser Saturday, Nov. 7, at B Social, with a goal of raising $50,000 for its Meal Subsidy Program.
By Jai Smith
Slatington repairman Douglas Royer faces mandatory 25 years on misdemeanor photo charge
A Slatington man faces a mandatory 25 years in state prison if he is convicted of photographing a 10-year-old girl's buttocks while working on a Lower Macungie Township home's heating system, the Lehigh County district attorney's office said Thursday.
By Jai Smith
Press barred from George W. Bush talk on democracy at Lehigh
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Lehigh University is hosting former President George W. Bush for a talk on democracy Thursday evening, with journalists barred from the room...
By Adrian Stone
State Cafe & Grill reopens in downtown Easton eight months after fire flooded its basement
Downtown Easton’s State Cafe & Grill held its grand reopening Thursday, eight months after water from firefighters battling a nearby hotel fire flooded its basement and forced it to close.
Celtic Classic ends after 39 years as Bethlehem nonprofit shuts down
The Celtic Cultural Alliance, which has run Bethlehem's Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival since 1988, announced Wednesday that it is shutting down, making last month's festival the last.
By Jai Smith