Bethlehem News

A 16-year-old Bethlehem boy who accidentally shot a friend while playing with a gun pleaded guilty this morning to three misdemeanor charges.

The Bethlehem Fire Department was called out tonight to fight a fire in apartment townhouses on the west side of the city, police said.

If you're frustrated by poor service at a restaurant, think twice before you decide to not tip.

Two residents criticized the city's proposed $71.6 million budget for next year as city council unanimously introduced it Tuesday.

Auditor General Jack Wagner is calling for the state to ban swaps after a probe found the Bethlehem Area School District lost at least $10.2 million on the deals.

The Lehigh Valley Dual Language Charter School hopes to open its doors to 250 kindergarten through fourth-grade students next fall.

HANOVER TOWNSHIP Lehigh County Bethlehem motorcyclist killed when he runs into tree A 30-year-old Bethlehem man was killed Sunday night in a motorcycle accident at an intersection on Willowbrook Road in Hanover Township, Lehigh County.

A Philadelphia man has been ordered to stand trial in a botched home invasion robbery in eastern Pennsylvania that left a Florida man dead more than two years ago.

November 16, 2009, 06:10 PM - IDG News Service - A pair of startups, including one led by a former top SAP executive, are betting that SAP customers want more flexible ways to purchase consulting services and find answers to problems.

A 24-year-old city man has been charged with killing Ezequiel De Jesus III during a fight Wednesday night in the Marvine-Pembroke housing development, police said.

Bethlehem Police Department's deputy commissioner has accepted the force's top spot, which opened up after the current commissioner was named Northampton County's next sheriff.

This group gathered to honor the memory of Ezequiel De Jesus III. The outrage was predictable.

Julio Lopez said during testimony at a preliminary hearing Friday that he knew his girlfriend's estranged husband stockpiled cash from his drug dealing operation and dreamed of taking it from him.

A former youth baseball coach from Pennsylvania will spend at least six years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted sexual assault of one of his players.

Trying to win favor for New Bethany Ministries' proposed social services center on East Fourth Street, board President Bob Wilkins presented the center's plans to various neighborhood groups.

Bethlehem Police Commissioner Randy Miller is the choice to be the next Northampton County Sheriff and could accept the job as early as tomorrow, according to sources.

A man who admitted to police he used a blackened banana to threaten clerks as he robbed a Bethlehem bank will face charges in Lehigh County Court after giving up his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.

ALLENTOWN Police: Woman threatened officers and attacked medic A Bethlehem woman damaged two Allentown police vehicles, head-butted a medic and threatened to kill the officers who arrested her after a motel fracas last week, according to the police arrest affidavit.

Francis Weiss never thought growing up on a farm in Lehigh County would eventually lead to an adventure in Germany.

A 30-year-old Bethlehem man was arrested today on drug charges for allegedly making cocaine purchases for a confidential informant working with the state police.