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Allentown fight over car bumper ends in fatal shooting; brother charged with homicide

Bethlehem’s Route 22 data center to face public comment
Residents can comment on the data center proposed at 2184 Industrial Drive, along Route 22, when it goes before the Bethlehem Planning Commission at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Town Hall Rotunda, 10 E. Church St.
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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.

Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pa., closes after 58 years; owners’ plan has yet to reach council
Neshaminy Mall closed for good Saturday after 58 years, and the owners who plan to tear down about half of it have yet to bring a redevelopment plan to Bensalem Township Council.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.




