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CRIME & SAFETY
In Allentown, overcrowding and rule-breaking in city parks causes police to ‘spin our wheels’
Parks in Allentown have seen increases in overcrowding, littering, illegal swimming and alcohol consumption, issues that city residents, police and others are urging Allentown City Council to take action to address. During a meeting Wednesday, city officials identified six parks — Canal Park, Fountain Park, Jordan Park, Trout Creek Park, Lehigh Parkway and Bucky Boyle Park — as having the most ...
Police: Man arrested, officers seize drugs after investigation in Allentown
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Police in Allentown say they arrested a man and seized suspected fentanyl and ecstasy pills after an investigation. Tyrone Fowler, 50, of Philadelphia, faces charges of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance, according to a news release from the Allentown Police Department.
Search continues for man who went missing in Delaware River
Police and rescue workers are still trying to find a man who witnesses said may have drowned Saturday afternoon in the Delaware River. Dive teams and rescuers in boats searched the area near the Easton wastewater plant, where multiple witnesses saw the man disappear under water around 4 p.m. Saturday, according to Pennsylvania Water Rescue Chief Branden Bachman.
Horses unharmed in devastating barn fire at Willow Brook Farms equestrian facility
ALLEN TWP., Pa. — A two-story bank barn at Willow Brook Farms was destroyed by a fire that was so hot, it felled the barn’s silo before the rest of the wooden structure burned down to its concrete basement Saturday. Donovan Smith, assistant superintendent for the adjacent Willow...
Local teen dies after falling off truck last month
LYNN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A 16-year-old boy has died from his injuries after an accident involving a pickup truck. Pennsylvania State Police said Tucker Wessner died almost a month after falling from a Toyota Tundra pickup truck in Lynn Township. Back on June 24, Wessner and another teen were riding...
Philadelphia Woman To Face Trial for Murder of Wrightstown Township Man After Evidence Heard
A Philadelphia woman has been bound over for trial in the murder of a Wrightstown Township man after a preliminary hearing in Bucks County, officials reported Thursday. Meghan Macklin, aged 46, is accused of the October killing of 72-year-old Richard Scott MacFarland at his residence located at 55 Apple Hill Road. The case progressed after compelling video and photographic evidence alongside law enforcement testimonies were presented in court, hinting at a lethal crescendo in what has been described as a sometimes friendly though volatile relationship between Macklin and the deceased.
Overnight fire destroys barn in Northampton County
Firefighters were still responding Saturday afternoon after a barn fire broke out overnight in Northampton County. The initial reports for the fire occurred at around 12:18 a.m. on Saturday at 20 Arena Drive in Allen Township, according to a Northampton County dispatcher. Emergency responders cleared from the scene at around 6 a.m. with no injuries reported, the dispatcher added. By around ...
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