Fogelsville News

Another phone scam attempt has struck a Lower Macungie home, this time threatening "serious legal action" and a police visit if money wasn't paid.

A 2012 Chevrolet Cruz that was stuck going up an Upper Milford hill during Tuesday morning's snowfall was struck by a car coming down the hill, police said.

Reading Eagle State police at Fogelsville are looking for a man who assaulted and attempted to rob a Kutztown man at gunpoint Tuesday in a Bieber Tourways bus terminal near Allentown.

By Jack Tobias A man inside the Bieber Bus Terminal in Wescosville Tuesday morning defied a gunman's demand for money, and the gunman hit him with the gun's handle before fleeing in a vehicle without taking any money, police said.

State police at Fogelsville released information about two car crashes Friday -- an afternoon crash in Lower Macungie and a morning mishap in Upper Milford.

Four people were injured in a two-vehicle crash Saturday afternoon near the Buckeye Tavern in Lower Macungie.

By Jack Tobias Phone scams that demand money and threaten violence to family members have struck the Lehigh Valley, with at least two recently reported.

The Fogelsville Dam, which sits along Hassadahl Road off Route 100 at Fogelsville Dam Park, has been a thorn in the side of township supervisors in recent years.

Police have cited a Wawa in Wescosville for its fourth false alarm in the last 12 months.

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The practice, which has an office in Lower Macungie, tells police 'numerous' phony payroll checks were cashed at township Walmart.

In an act that might make Ebenezer Scrooge proud, someone cut 40 strands of Christmas lights outside a residence in Lower Macungie's Farmington Hills development, police said.

A 90-year-old Wescosville woman was hurt and later cited with a traffic violation Monday after her car struck a full-size van in a work zone on S. Krocks Road in Lower Macungie while trying to go around it, police said.

Pennsylvania State Police are again calling for any witnesses to a suspected hit-and-run that left a Bethlehem man dead.

An 18-year-old Macungie man suffered a "major injury" Monday afternoon in a head-on crash involving two SUVs on Kernsville Road east of the Leather Corner Post Hotel in Lowhill Township, police said.

State police are investigating a case in which someone "fraudulently deposited" money into the bank account of a Lower Macungie resident then made a withdrawal from the account, leaving it with a negative balance.

Upper Macungie Police say a Fogelsville woman left a township supermarket without paying for her purchases, and then drove home under the influence.

Another month, another warning from Upper Macungie police for residents to lock up their vehicles.

A 36-year-old Bethlehem man wearing a reflective safety vest and dark-colored clothes was killed Friday night in a hit-and-run crash on Route 222 southbound near Kressler Road in Lower Macungie, state police at Fogelsville said.

Numerous tools and electrical equipment belonging to a Bethlehem electrical contractor were stolen last weekend from the Upper Macungie construction site of the future Ocean Spray facility, police said.