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Update: Allentown road closures in place for Trump rally. Here’s a list.
Allentown will begin road closures Monday evening to prepare for former President Donald Trump’s rally Tuesday at the PPL Center. Traffic disruptions are expected to last into Tuesday night, after the rally, city officials and state police said. Starting at 5 p.m. Monday, Seventh Street from Linden to Walnut and Hamilton will be closed. At 8 a.m. Tuesday, the street closures will be expanded ...
Body Found in Hunterdon County River: Prosecutor
A body was found in a river in Hunterdon County on Sunday, Oct. 27, authorities said.At 5:15 p.m., the Holland Township Police Department responded to a report of a body found in the Musconetcong River, the Hunterdon County Prosecutor's Office said.. A fisherman reported finding the body in a …
Actor Martin Sheen is coming to Allentown the same day as Trump
Actor Martin Sheen will hold a press conference Tuesday in Allentown two blocks away from where former President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak. Sheen will advocate against voting for Trump, the Republican nominee for president of the United States. A news release says he’ll discuss Trump’s controversial remarks over the weekend at Madison Square Garden, where one of Trump’s supporters called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.”
Lehigh Valley food safety reports: expired milk, tepid rice, dirty fryer
Here are the food safety inspection reports from Lehigh and Northampton counties, conducted the week of Oct. 13. Each week, we highlight the inspection reports provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The department performs the inspections in many areas, while some municipalities such as Allentown and Bethlehem conduct their own inspections. All establishments are ...
1 hurt in shooting near Allentown college football stadium, cops say
One person was injured in a shooting Friday near a college football stadium in Allentown, city police said. The gunfire began around 9 p.m. in the vicinity of Scotty Wood Stadium and Muhlenberg College, in the 2400 block of West Liberty Street. However, city police said the incident did not occur on campus.
Pennsylvania man shot, killed by police
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) — Authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a Pennsylvania man dead. The shooting happened around midday Sunday in the Willow Grove section of Upper Moreland Township, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Willow Grove is about five miles north of Philadelphia city limits. Two Upper Moreland police officers […]
Department mourns after crash kills Pennsylvania police officer
The Phoenixville Police Department in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is mourning the loss of an officer this week. The department said Officer Arthur "Art" Scena IV was killed in a crash on Sunday."It is with deep sorrow and heavy hearts that the Phoenixville Police Department must announce that we lost one of our own last night," the department said on Facebook on Monday.The department said the crash occurred in Warminster, Bucks County. More details on that crash were not immediately available.Scena was a native of Elkins Park who graduated from Cheltenham High School and Montgomery County Community College before attending the county police academy in 2010.He joined the department in 2019 after working as a corrections officer in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, and previously was an officer in the Philadelphia Housing Authority police and the Chester Police Department.Scena leaves behind a wife, step-daughter and daughter. A memorial fund in his name is set up with the Phoenixville Federal Bank and Trust and at an online fundraising website.
Generator stolen from South Jersey Halloween light display, cops say
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Gloucester) — Police are looking for the person who stole a generator from the Glow Halloween light show in broad daylight Friday morning. Security video posted by Washington Township police captured a man wheeling the generator valued at $5,000 toward his blue Chevrolet Avalanche pickup on the grounds of the light show. The video showed he also stopped at a Wawa store after the theft.
Suspect in custody after traffic stop leads to multiple weapons seized in Bucks County
A routine traffic stop in Bucks County over the weekend ended with multiple weapons being seized and a suspect in custody.Bensalem police released body-cam footage of the encounter. In the video, viewers can see the windows of the pulled-over vehicle were tinted, and the officer was unable to see anything inside.So, as a precaution, police say the officer remained behind the car.The responding officer repeatedly ordered the man inside to open the windows, but the driver did not comply. Authorities say the disagreement went on for more than 10 minutes.Police Commissioner William McVey explained to Action News what happened next."Once...
Controversy and conspiracies dominate Pennsylvania school district after extremist takeover
This story was produced as part of Spotlight PA’s new Berks Bureau, an effort to revitalize independent, nonpartisan investigative and public-service journalism in Berks County. To support this effort or sign up for updates, learn more here. The takeover of the Oley Valley school board began in 2021. And with it came incident after incident of controversy […]
Disposal of political flyers being investigated by USPS
BRODHEADSVILLE, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — An investigation is underway into the disposal of mail, much of it political flyers, into the trash in the Poconos. The alleged suspect wore a United States Postal Service uniform. The suspect was spotted by a security guard at a shopping plaza in Brodheadsville. The USPS is investigating the mail […]
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