Jai Smith is the founder and editor-in-chief of Lehigh Daily, an independent, reader-funded news outlet covering Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania. Since launching it in June 2024, he has reported on Lehigh Valley government, development and community life, and he shoots the photos and video and builds the site himself. He has spoken on Lenfest Institute panels about local news, appeared on WHYY, and works with Free Press on Pennsylvania legislation to fund local journalism. He lives in Bethlehem.
Sheila McDonald, 46, of Pittsburgh, was responsible for securing the Electronic Benefit Transfer cards created and mailed by the office, with access to recipients’ dates of birth and Social Security numbers, according to a joint news release. The release said 48 cards she activated were used more than 270 times for $20,558.61 in benefits, or about $428 a card.
The team's opening-week fan events are all in Philadelphia, and none of the bars on its 76ers Bar Network page is in the Lehigh Valley. Closer to home, the downtown Allentown bar and two restaurant chains are marking the start of the season.
Crumbl's store list shows 1,050 locations today, down from 1,106 in a copy of the page the Internet Archive saved Jan. 7. In that time, 79 stores came off the list and 23 were added.
The study found Bethlehem's two- and three-person fire crews leave the department short of the firefighters a serious building fire demands, and three trucks run with no officer in charge. Its staffing plan would cost about $3.1 million a year. The city has not said which parts it will pursue.
The loss does not count toward the Patriot League title. Lehigh is alone in first place at 4-0, a game ahead of Richmond and Colgate in the league standings, and still plays both. The league champion earns an automatic bid to the FCS playoffs. Lehigh plays next on Oct. 24 at Villanova.
"While we get back up and running, we're happy to offer 10% off your in-store purchase, up to $10," the Carlisle-based chain said in a video it posted on Facebook Friday. The video tells shoppers to ask the cashier to apply the discount at checkout.
The Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard built both Candymonium and Goliath, the coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia. Six Flags said it temporarily closed nine similar coasters at six of its other parks after Monday's death, and Georgia investigators have not said what caused it.
Axel Suarez Vidal, 25, was also convicted of three counts of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and seven counts of recklessly endangering another person, District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan's office said in a release Friday. He faces a possible sentence of 44 to 88 years in state prison.
The clinic, which the office calls its fourth annual, is run with Lehigh Valley Health Network and comes about two weeks before the health network's own free drive-thru clinics in the Lehigh Valley. It also doubles as an open house for the office that investigates county deaths.
The office said the panel comes as the county has seen several recent homicide cases connected to domestic violence, though its announcement Friday did not name them.