Daniel Patrick Sheehan

Allentown Mayor Ray O'Connell came to 10th and Hamilton Saturday night after protesters repeatedly called his cell phone.

Video of Allentown police officer kneeling on man’s neck: Woman who took it says she was shocked, and George Floyd’s attorney weighs in

July 12, 2020 at 11:45 p.m.

The woman who shot a video outside St. Luke's Hospital-Sacred Heart in Allentown, Pa., that shows a police officer putting his knee on a man's head and neck during an...

Memorial Day travel forecast: Lonesome highways, desolate airports, empty hotels

May 22, 2020 at 8:24 p.m.

Getting out of town for Memorial Day weekend? Of course not. Nobody is, thanks to social distancing, business closures and the expert advice that people stay put. Bluntly, the unofficial...

Erin Stuber of Plain and Fancy Doughnuts had mixed feelings about cannabis. Cannabis Festival is coming to Renninger's Farmers Market in Kutztown April 18 and 19

Friday February 21, 2020

Kutztown Pennsylvania has high hopes for Cannabis Festival and its 10,000 visitors

March 2, 2020 at 6:39 p.m.

Among the enticements of the old farmer's market — the aromas of fastnachts and coffee, the cheerful cross-talk of clerks and customers — is a new attraction, an apple cider...

Investigators look through a home on the 600 block of North Fourth Street Thursday, June 20, 2019in connection with the shooting at the Deja Vu nightclub on Hamilton Street in Allentown the other night.

Allentown shooting: 10 wounded outside nightclub in likely gang violence

June 21, 2019 at 2:29 a.m.

Clubgoers were leaving the troubled Deja Vu nightclub on Hamilton Street in Allentown on a rather slow night early Thursday when at least three gunmen opened fire in a gang-related...

Watch the implosion of a Pennsylvania skyscraper, a landmark of the steel industry’s glory days

May 20, 2019 at 6:19 p.m.

Martin Tower vanished from the Lehigh Valley landscape Sunday, a poignant and fittingly spectacular end to the former world headquarters of Bethlehem Steel. As bystanders lined the streets of Bethlehem...

Turkey’s president asks US to extradite Monroe County cleric he blames for failed coup

June 12, 2018 at 2:31 a.m.

In the wake of Friday's deadly coup attempt in Turkey, that country's president quickly laid blame on Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric who has lived in exile in Monroe County...

Four from Penn State University at the center of the controversy regarding sexual abuse charges against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky (right) include: (top left) athletic director Tim Curley, senior vice president Gary Schultz, (bottom left) former head football coach Joe Paterno and former university president Graham Spanier.

Paterno hires lawyer, McQueary placed on administrative leave

August 19, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Assistant football coach Mike McQueary has been placed on administrative leave, and fired coach Joe Paterno has hired a lawyer, the latest steps in the unfolding Jerry Sandusky child abuse...

McQueary on leave; trustees to examine why Penn State failed

August 23, 2021 at 7:13 a.m.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State's new administration made its presence known Friday, benching a beleaguered coach and promising reform as a result of the child sex abuse scandal. Interim...

Penn State President Graham Spanier resigns in wake of scandal

August 19, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Bowing under the weight of an escalating child sex scandal that has engulfed Penn State, university President Graham Spanier stepped down late Wednesday. Spanier's departure ends his 15-year stint at...

Online outrage in Sandusky case targets Spanier, Paterno

August 19, 2019 at 9:26 a.m.

Student and alumni outrage over the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State is finding outlets across the web, from Facebook pages to online petitions demanding university President Graham Spanier and...

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