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Update: Be ready for heat index values up to 100 degrees until Wednesday evening
On Wednesday at 3:02 a.m. an updated excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service in effect until 8 p.m. for Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. The weather service adds, "Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 100 degrees." "Heat related illnesses increase significantly during...
Lehigh Valley builders are trying to keep up with housing demand. How are they doing?
Coming into this year, the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission estimated that the area had a housing shortage of about 9,000 units. Midway into 2024, the LVPC reported that of the new development in the Valley, there were 3,512 housing units, including 1,042 single-family homes, 373 townhouse units, 1,953 apartments and 66 manufactured homes. When compared to 2023, it looks like the region is on ...
PA Coroner Seeks Next Of Kin For Belvidere Woman
Shirley J. Smith, 77, of Belvidere, broke her right femur in a fall and died from complications at St. Luke's University Hospital in Bethlehem, said the Lehigh County Coroner's Office. Her death was ruled an accident. Anyone who can contact her family is asked to call the Coroner's Office at...
WV woman dies week after Monroe Co. golf cart accident
MIDDLE SMITH TWP., Pa. -- A 35-year-old from West Virginia is dead following a golf cart accident in Monroe Co. that happened a week earlier. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office reports Brenna Abbinanti, of Mount Clare, WV, was pronounced dead Friday, July 12. The incident happened on July 6. The...
Tree blocks road in South Whitehall, thousands remain without power in Lehigh Valley, Bucks
S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - A storm left a trail of damage in some parts of the Lehigh Valley Tuesday. A large tree snapped and collapsed, blocking both lanes of traffic at Dorney Park and Cedar Brook roads in South Whitehall. There are thousands of customers without power Tuesday night,...
Lehigh Township: St. Nicholas has extra ‘Daniel’ tickets
St. Nicholas Catholic Church, 1152 Oak Road, has three extra tickets to see “Daniel,” scheduled for 3 p.m. July 20 at Sight and Sound in Lancaster. For details, call 610-533-0673. ***. Lehigh Township Historical Society will be holding an open house 1-4 p.m. July 21 at the historical...
Update: Heat index values up to 106 degrees foreseen until Wednesday evening
An updated excessive heat warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 3:30 p.m. in effect until Wednesday at 8 p.m. for Berks, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks counties. The weather service adds, "Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 106 degrees." "Heat related illnesses increase...
Lehigh Valley under excessive heat warning through Wednesday morning as ‘dangerously hot conditions’ return
The Lehigh Valley will have another few days of “dangerously hot conditions,” as temperatures reach into the 90s again this week. The National Weather Service placed the region under an excessive heat warning through Wednesday morning. Heat index values are expected to reach 102 degrees Monday and 104 on Tuesday. Lehigh and Northampton counties are under an excessive heat watch Wednesday as ...
A Lehigh Valley community bought a fire-damaged mansion for $1. What are its plans?
In November 2021, flames gutted a portion of a $6.4 million Salisbury Township mansion that had just been sold to a group of unidentified out-of-town investors. It has remained vacant since then. A tarp covers one side of the house left exposed from where a turret once was. That area took the brunt of the fire damage, though the rest of the house sustained smoke and water damage. The landscape ...
'Everything must go!': Fashion retailer closing only Lehigh Valley store
WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - A destination for clothing, footwear and accessories is set to end operations later this month in Lehigh County. Ardene, a fashion retailer with more than 250 stores worldwide, will close its only Lehigh Valley store on July 28 at the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall Township, according to storefront signage.
Woman dead after falling from golf cart in Monroe County
A West Virginia woman died Friday after she was injured when she fell out of a golf cart about a week earlier in Monroe County. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said in a news release Monday that Brenna Abbinanti, 35, of Mount Clare, West Virginia, was pronounced dead about 9:45 p.m. Friday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg. Abbinanti was a passenger in a golf cart when she fell out ...
How Saquon Barkley plans to soar with Eagles following Giants stretch: ‘Everything I want to accomplish is still there’
PHILADELPHIA - Saquon Barkley arrived at his old high school field in Lehigh County, Pa., with a pair of slippers on his feet, golf clubs in his trunk, and the type of levity that comes only from deliverance. The Philadelphia Eagles' newly signed running back, hosting a youth camp at...
Pa. man that carjacked a mother at daycare and threatened to kill her gets prison sentence
A Lehigh County man was sentenced to at least 17 years in prison in the 2022 carjacking of a mother who was dropping her child off at daycare, Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan announced Friday. Javier Rosado, 43, was convicted on May 8, 2024 by a Lehigh County...
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