Allentown Area

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk held his Allentown State of the City event at the Renaissance Hotel on Thursday afternoon.

Nineteen of the club's 24 members are visually impaired, but that is not stopping them from striving to be "as vibrant as any club" of the international service organization.

Tyler Hubbard, who with partner Brian Kelly as Florida Georgia Line had more than 20 No. 1 hits, will perform on Aug. 31.

Styx and REO Speedwagon will perform on the fair's first night Aug. 30.

The nonprofit Allentown Film Festival will screen dozens of short and feature films at Nineteenth Street Theatre, the boutique Theatre514, Allentown Art Museum and Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.

Under the proposal, history would be taught in themes instead of chronologically. ASD Board Director Phoebe Harris called it "woke" and opposes the change.

Initial vaccine doses for people 6 months and older and booster shots for people 5 years and older now will be available at all Lehigh Valley Physician Group primary care practices.

Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic, is an official sister city of the City of Allentown following the adoption of an ordinance by the city Wednesday.

Allentown City Council elected previous president Daryl Hendricks as the council president while outgoing president Cynthia Mota was elected to the vice president position

Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin will not be seeking reelection after nearly 25 years in the office