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A new place for holiday deals opened Friday. Art Mart, is located in the 800 block of Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown.

Construction crews work on Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem in July 2008. An Allentown woman is seeking more than $50,000 from the Alvin H. Butz Inc.

Robin Wassum of Saylorsburg figured that by waiting 14 hours through a chilly night to be first in line at the box office when tickets for country music superstar Keith Urban 's Sept.

The expo, which started Friday, have pinball fans a chance to play on 150 different machines as well as meet other collectors and parts vendors.

A Pennsylvania man is being held in a Vermont prison on kidnapping charges stemming from what police say was an effort to collect a drug debt.

Three men were charged with beating and robbing a man of his wallet last night in Allentown, city police said.

Bethlehem Township police dropped theft charges against two college students who refused to leave a tip at a Lehigh Valley restaurant for what they said was lousy service.

A union leader in Pennsylvania has resigned after being criticized for threatening legal action over an aspiring Eagle Scout's volunteer project.

Share + Nov 23, 2009 12:29 pm US/Central ALLENTOWN, Pa. 1 of 1 Jon Gosselin's lawyer says a marathon arbitration hearing went so well that Jon and Kate Gosselin could be divorced by the end of the year.

A 31-year-old Allentown man showed up at the city's police station this morning with a stab wound in his right forearm.

According to police scanner reports a 5-foot 8-inch tall man wearing all black robbed a store at gunpoint this evening.

The death of a 65-year-old man found in his Allentown home Tuesday has been ruled a homicide, according to the Lehigh County coroner's office.

An Allentown man, armed with a brick, beat a 65-year-old man to death in his Park Street home Tuesday morning and stole cash, authorities said this morning at a news conference.

Police and the coroner say they are investigating the death of a 14-month-old child in Allentown.

The Boy Scouts' motto is: Be prepared. Who knew it meant preparing to defend themselves against purple-shirted union thuggery over community service? Kids, pay attention.

A three-alarm fire in Allentown heavily damaged two row homes and filled the neighborhood with smoke for more than two hours Wednesday.

A firefighter was injured and two homes were severely damaged in a smoky blaze that broke out in two row homes at the corner of N. Penn and Greenleaf streets in Allentown around 8:30 this morning.

Alex Cercado, 32, was killed early Tuesday at home. Police re-interview witnesses.

Police are investigating the deadly shooting of a man in Allentown. He was found dead inside a house at 816 North 5th Street around 3:40 Tuesday morning.

A Carbon County man sentenced to death after a jury convicted him of murdering two people in a botched Allentown robbery has been granted a new trial after a judge ruled the prosecutor biased a jury with ''improper and highly prejudicial'' statements.

Firefighters used every fire truck in Allentown to wage battle against a three-alarm fire that spread through two row homes in the 900 block of Penn Street this morning.

An Allentown man with a history of alcohol-related arrests faces charges after allegedly entering his former brother-in-law's Northampton home, grabbing a 10-year-old boy off the street and sexually assaulting him.

A Vermont man who stole a tour bus, went for a three-state joy ride and posted a video of it on YouTube, admits he did it but said he's not guilty.

President Barack Obama will travel to Pennsylvania and other states next month after hosting a White House forum on creating jobs.

A robber struck a woman in the head with a gun and stole money from her her purse this morning before fleeing on foot.

The Pines Dinner Theatre has raised the curtain at 448 N. 17th St. in Allentown.

Bob Shoudt of Pennsylvania celebrates being named the winner of the Slider Showdown on Saturday afternoon at the Roy Rogers on Md.

Civic Theatre of Allentown has launched a children's literacy program, funded by the United Way's Women's Leadership Initiative , at Allentown's Central Elementary School .

As a judge set bail Friday for 10 defendants connected to the state House Republican caucus, political observers said the latest charges provide partisan balance to Attorney General Tom Corbett's ongoing corruption probe that should work to his advantage as he campaigns for governor.

OF THE MORNING CALLsaid they are confident in the revenue projections, each time pointing to the August letter from state revenue officials.''They have no new estimates from the Gaming Control Board November 10, 2009 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski balanced his 2010 budget with outdated casino revenue projections that could leave the city with a ...

A worker on a tree-cutting crew is the victim of a fatal accident in Allentown. Police say a 26-year-old worker died when part of a tree fell on him Wednesday afternoon.

A fire badly damaged the Allentown law offices of Eidelman and Crossley early Tuesday, and a city fire marshal said he believes the blaze was intentionally set.

Fire officials say a fire at a law office in Allentown has been ruled arson. Officials say the fire went to three alarms yesterday morning before being brought under control.

A former Allentown woman who sold personal information from Lehigh Valley residents that was used to purchase penis enlargements and breast implants for accomplices has admitted her role in the conspiracy.

ALLENTOWN Burglars caught with stolen TV near victim's house, police say An Allentown man was carrying off a $1,500 flat-screen TV on Friday morning when police arrested him and a boy near the TV owner's home, police said.

ALLENTOWN, Pa.: A Pennsylvania man has pleaded guilty to accidentally starting a fire that killed his bedridden mother by using a lighter to get a cat to come out of hiding.

Firefighters are on the scene of a fire and a three-story house on Hamilton Street in downtown Allentown this morning.

Allentown Police have caught two men who they say are responsible for a bank robbery.

Two men have been accused of robbing the KNBT bank in south Allentown on Saturday.

In all the world of hip-hop, who but Sean Kingston would be able to appear on "Live! With Regis and Kelly" without losing all street cred? Kingston made the appearance this morning, two days before his scheduled show Friday at Crocodile Rock CafA© in Allentown.

A tussle between two men early Friday in a convenience store parking lot ended with one man being stabbed and a woman shot in the shoulder, Allentown police said.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 6:06 pm US/Eastern MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press Writer An appeals court has ruled Pennsylvania State Police botched a prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.

Bethlehem police place yellow flags in the area where Ezequiel De Jesus III was found dead early this morning in the 1300 block of Hilton Street, which faces Howard Street.

Share + Nov 6, 2009 7:30 am US/Eastern BETHLEHEM, Pa. Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania are trying to find out who killed a man who was found stabbed to death in the backyard of a Bethlehem home.

A plume of thick, black smoke seen over Buck Boyle Park in Allentown around noon time was an apparent case of arson.

A 24-year-old Allentown man was found stabbed to death early this morning in a rear yard of the Marvine-Pembroke public housing project, marking the first homicide in the city in more than two years.

A 26-year-old man helping to cut down a tree on Allentown's east side was injured fatally this afternoon when a heavy tree limb fell on his head, authorities said.

An engineering firm hired by Texas A&M University to study its tentlike athletic complex says the facility wasn't built to withstand the maximum winds prescribed by the building code.

With 82% of the city's precincts reporting their results, the Democrat holds a 3-1 lead over his Republican opponent, Tony Phillips.

Police seek relatives of a homeless woman found dead Friday, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office .

An Allentown man avoided a trial by pleading guilty to third-degree murder Monday for his role in a 2006 melee that killed his wife.

The woman found dead Friday afternoon in a wooded area of Allentown has been identified as Carol Widner, an apparently homeless woman who has lived in the Stroudsburg area, the Lehigh County coroner's office reported this evening.

Fan-filmed video footage of MOONSPELL 's October 17, 2009 performance at The Sterling Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania can be viewed below.

The body of a woman discovered in Allentown about 4:30 this afternoon will be the subject of an autopsy at noon Saturday, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office.