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Electricity restored to 82K PPL customers across Pa. Met-Ed says lights will be on soon.
Three days of powerful storms cut power to thousands of properties in the Lehigh Valley this week. And the heat was unrelenting before finally becoming seasonable Thursday. A representative of PPL Electric Utilities said Thursday the company had restored power to some 82,000 customers across its Pennsylvania territory since Monday. As of Thursday afternoon, PPL reported 2,268 outages among 1,524,524 customers in 18 counties, including 399 outages in Lehigh County paired with 53 in Northampton County. The Allentown-based utility on Wednesday reported just more than 1,000 outages in Lehigh and Northampton. PPL services 29 counties.
Some flights canceled at Lehigh Valley airport from global Microsoft outage
Three flights at Lehigh Valley International Airport were canceled Friday morning amid widespread technology outages around the world. Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority spokesperson Colin Riccobon said Friday morning that three Allegiant flights were canceled and one American Airlines flight was delayed at the airport. He encouraged those with later Friday flights...
Allentown conducting truck-mounted spray operation, after West Nile virus detected in Lehigh County
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown will conduct a truck-mounted spray operation Wednesday, after West Nile virus was detected in Lehigh County. Between 8:15 and 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, a truck-mounted Ultra-Low Volume spray operation (Aqua Duet Water-Based Dual-Action Adulticide) will be conducted in response to high counts of Culex mosquitoes and positive West Nile virus collections, according to a Facebook post by the city.
LCCC gets grant to expand adult literacy program
N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. -- A Lehigh County school is getting money to expand its adult literacy program. Lehigh Carbon Community College was granted $84,000 from the Pennsylvania Department of Education to train and support volunteer tutors who teach adults. It was one of five schools in the state to...
'In and out in 10 minutes’: Chain offering stay-in-your-car oil changes opens 1st Lehigh Valley shop
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - A rapidly growing chain offering “fast, friendly” oil changes is now welcoming customers in Lehigh County. Take 5 Oil Change, offering full-service oil changes while customers stay in their vehicles, opened its first Lehigh Valley location a couple of weeks ago at 2603 Mickley Ave. in Whitehall Township.
10 most expensive homes sold in Lehigh County, July 8-14
A house in Allentown that sold for $1.1 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lehigh County in the past week. In total, 129 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $362,805, or $210 per square foot.
$2.9M Lower Saucon house tops July 1-7 list of most expensive sold in Lehigh Valley
A house in Lower Saucon Township that sold for $2,880,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Northampton County in the most recent week of available deed transactions. The property at 1806 Apple Tree Lane, was built in 1974 and have a living area of...
This Lehigh Valley community is spraying for mosquitoes after West Nile is found
Weather permitting, Allentown officials announced spraying for mosquitoes was planned for Wednesday night to combat the spread of West Nile virus. The city on social media said the spray operation was being “conducted in response to high counts of Culex mosquitoes and positive West Nile virus collections.”. Ultra-low volume...
Flash flood warning issued for part of Pennsylvania until Wednesday night
On Wednesday at 7:18 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning in effect until 11:30 p.m. for Carbon, Lehigh, Monroe and Northampton counties. "At 7:18 p.m., Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly," says the weather service. "Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other drainage and low-lying areas."
Realtors' association expresses opposition to possible deed transfer tax referendum
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council deferred action on a bill that would authorize the Lehigh County Board of Elections to place a referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot asking voters to amend the home rule charter to delete the deed transfer tax from the section which regulates the tax rate.
Bethlehem man drowns in Lehigh River while tubing with co-workers, coroner says
A 35-year-old Bethlehem man died Monday afternoon from drowning while tubing in the Lehigh River near the Allentown waterfront, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office reported. Antwan D. Daring was pronounced dead at 4:01 p.m. at St. Luke’s Hospital-Allentown, about an hour after the incident off the 600 block of Waterfront Drive, the coroner’s office said in a Tuesday morning news release.
Wanted man allegedly flees police
Williamsport, Pa. — A man wanted out of Lehigh County allegedly took off from police when they tried to take him into custody. Deputy Joshua Wolfe of the Lycoming County Sheriff's office said he was notified last month that Julian Enrique Davila, 24, had an arrest warrant and was in the Williamsport, according to charges. Wolfe made contact with Davila in the 50 block of Willow Street on June 15 around midnight, but Davila reportedly fled on foot. Wolfe gave chase and caught him two blocks later. Davila, Allentown, was charged with fleeing police and evading arrest. He previously served 10 days in jail in Lehigh County for the same charges, court records show. Docket sheet
1K homes still without power in Lehigh Valley. NWS again issues heat advisory.
Many homes in the Lehigh Valley are still without power after barreling storm winds rolled through the region overnight Tuesday, causing damage. PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Outage Map calculates about 1,000 households in Lehigh County were still without power as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. About 70 Northampton County PPL customers had no power at that time.
'We heard a loud crash': Storm leaves trail of damage in parts of Lehigh Valley
S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - Dave Billowitch said he was at his daughter's field hockey game when a storm quickly moved through his South Whitehall Township neighborhood at Chew and Adams streets Tuesday night. "I got a call from my son saying a huge tree just fell down, knocked down...
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