Lehigh County News

The Lehigh Valley Greenways Mini Grant Program awarded grants to 12 organizations and municipalities this year.

A new study released by the nonprofit group TRIP found that about a third of the Lehigh Valley's local roads are in poor condition. About 26% of Pennsylvania's local roads earned the same rating.

Christopher Fitzgerald was a former Lehigh County corrections officer and is the son of former Allentown Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald. He was the first Temple University officer killed in the line of duty.

School directors unanimously approved the $78.9 million budget at their Monday meeting.

The federal tax and spending bill, dubbed by President Donald Trump as the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” includes eliminating electric vehicle tax credits after this year. Advocates called on senators to put them back.

In addition to the Kline’s Island Sewer System, or KISS, regional wastewater plan, committee members advanced the Lehigh Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan to the full commission.

If later approved by state lawmakers, the minimum wage in Bethlehem in particular would jump to $11 and would be increased incrementally each year thereafter as part of State House Bill 1150, officials said Tuesday.

Police said Amir Sims-Watson, 17, opened fire on a group of pedestrians in Allentown before robbing a woman at gunpoint at Trexler Middle School. Two other teens are charged in the shooting.

With the Lehigh Valley under an extreme heat warning through Wednesday, area doctors are urging residents to keep hydrated and stay cool.

School directors voted 5-4 to remove Emily Gehman as school board president. School director Stephen Maund was subsequently elected to serve out the rest of Gehman's leadership term, which ends in December.

The fundraiser Friday benefits the Stoess family. U.S. Marine Corps veteran Joe Stoess, 42, is battling cancer.

South Whitehall Township's Board of Commissioners approved the 2023 budget after making minor changes to the draft budget at their meeting Wednesday.

3D-printed casts are now being made by and administered at St. Luke’s University Health Network. The waterproof plastic casts are an alternative to the plaster or fiberglass casts traditionally used.

Last month, Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) had 73,128 passengers passing through the airport, a 3.6% increase from November of last year.

Grant Wahl, sports reporter, died from aortic aneurysm covering the world cup. A doctor from Lehigh Valley Health Network explains the signs and symptoms of the condition.

Representatives from the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and elected officials from across the region gathered on Friday to celebrate that the team will be able to complete mandated stadium improvements in time for the start of next season.

A three-car crash in Lower Macungie almost exactly a year ago has now resulted in several charges including homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence.

The borough council is set to approve the budget in the December 19th meeting.

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, perhaps the most powerful politician ever from the Lehigh Valley, made his farewell address on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon.

Lehigh County Commissioner Bob Elbich — a longtime volunteer firefighter — offered a somber memorial speech during the last commissioner meeting of the year.

A website, Fallen Firefighters of New Tripoli, details the men's lives, contains their obituaries and displays several photos. Funeral services are set for Saturday.

Existing charter schools and parents of charter students say for years they've asked the school board to expand the number of students who may attend them.