Bethlehem News

Police in Hellertown, Bethlehem and Freemansburg reported Thursday at least 38 cars had a window shot out by someone wielding a BB gun.

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.

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.

Easton police have arrested a man who allegedly stabbed a bar patron early Saturday morning at Club Beyond .

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.

Progress in replacing two bridges on the same road near the Bethlehem-Hellertown border is at a standstill as government officials work to find funding.

Republican Joan Orie Melvin has been elected to Pennsylvania's highest court. The 53-year-old Melvin beat 54-year-old Jack Panella in the general election Tuesday that will change the partisan balance of the seven-justice Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

The two favorites for Northampton County judge easily won seats, and Republican Craig Dally took the third slot handily as voters picked a trio of seats on the county bench Tuesday.

Police say Lloyd Virgil Barclay on Sept. 2 robbed the KNBT bank on Broad Street in Bethlehem.

Pennsylvania voters will be awarding a hotly contested open seat on the state Supreme Court and filling a half-dozen vacancies on the Superior and Commonwealth courts.

Two city police officers were assaulted in incidents over the weekend, court records say.

Some Bethlehem residents were without power for a few hours this morning after a problem at the Westgate substation.

An expert on post-industrial cities warned Wednesday that developing an inclusive performing arts campus like SteelStacks at the former Bethlehem Steel Corp.

The front entrance of Club Beyond on Lehns Court in Downtown Easton. Police are investigating a stabbing they say occurred within the bar early Saturday morning.

Governor Ed Rendell joined government and community leaders in Bethlehem this morning to break ground on the ArtsQuest Center for Performing Arts at SteelStacks .

Police say a 42-year-old city woman stole jewelry, cash and household items from a number of area homes in the last month.

The redevelopment of the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. site will continue next month when ArtsQuest starts construction on its SteelStacks performing arts center.

A federal lawsuit filed by Northampton County Councilman Ron Angle, claiming he was wrongly fired from his radio talk show, has been dismissed, according to court records.

As part of a plan to add more parking near Main and West Church streets, the city Tuesday converted six parallel parking spots in front of the Moravian Book Shop into 14 angled spots.

Seven Lehigh Valley residents shared their struggles with health care during a rally Monday for national health care reform.