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“It was despicable what those punks did”

The South Park Boxing Club got knocked down with the heaviest of blows, but resiliently gathered itself, got to one knee, took a deep breath and then rose to both feet. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Categories: Pennsylvania A 25-year-old Lehigh Township woman died in Allentown early Sunday morning after she was struck by a car, Lehigh County Coroner Scott Grim said. via Easton Express-Times

Lehigh Valley volunteers will be working to keep Pennsylvania beautiful this weekend. via WFMZ

Less than a week before the Pennsylvania primary and Hillary Clinton gets some campaigning help from family and a big time TV star. via WFMZ

“We must have five or six companies of different types showing very strong interest in that building”

CenterPoint Commerce and Trade Park East get new flex structures. JENKINS TWP. Home sales may be facing a headwind, but demand for the right kind of commercial property is promising enough in Northeastern ... via Times Leader

“Give Bill Clinton a tax cut and borrow from the Saudis to pay for it”

During a campaign stop in Jim Thorpe on Sunday, Bill Clinton promised that his wife would provide the nation ''more broadly shared prosperity'' as president than he was able to do. via MergeDigital

“They just want this country to go in a different direction.”

Bill Clinton took a swipe at remarks about small-town voters made by his wife's rival for the Democratic presidential nomination while trumpeting her credentials with a little more than a week left until the ... via Cbs3.com

Two people from New York were taken to the hospital Thursday after an 18-year-old Kunkletown man lost control of his car and hit them, said police. via Easton Express-Times

“We're no longer a tiny, little voice trying to fight against giant corporate greed. We're a force to be reckoned with and this fight has just begun.”

Express-Times Photo JOE GILL Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Vice Chairman James Cawley addresses the crowd at an April 2 hearing about the PPL Corp. via Pennlive.com

Posted by Express-Times staff April 08, 2008 09:30AM The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation says to "expect significant delays" today on Route 22 East between Route 309 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike in ... via Easton Express-Times

“She feels so bad about signing the contract, but she just didn't think anyone cared”

A hand-carved 1909 carousel that graced a Luzerne County amusement park until 1984 has been put up for auction, but locals hope to raise money to keep it in northeast Pennsylvania. via Times Leader

The Brookings Institution, a non-partisan think tank in Washington, D.C., wrote a landmark report about Pennsylvania 's economy in 2003. via The Morning Call

The Lehigh Valley labor market, which weakened dramatically to start the year, failed to bounce back in February, according to numbers to be released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and ... via The Morning Call

Spring officially started March 20. But for the 275 revelers who packed into the Kempton Community Recreation Center, winter's not over until they say it's over.

And they said so -- as they have for 17 years -- on Sunday at the Winter Vanquish Festival rooted in German culture.

As the Walt Groller Orchestra played its farewell song, ''Thanks to All You People,'' the revelers, many of whom come year after year, booted winter out on its frosty behind.

About 50 fans of the orchestra -- groupies who follow Groller on trips to the Caribbean and Europe and to festivals near and far -- linked arms and romped on the ballroom floor, waving their signature white handkerchiefs. Read more

Barack Obama gets some star power to help push his campaign. Actress Kate Walsh is stumping for Obama today, making stops in several parts of eastern Pennsylvania. via WFMZ

Students will begin sitting down this week in classrooms across the state to take the much-hyped Pennsylvania System of School Assessment math and reading tests, but this year, the stakes are higher. via The Morning Call

With a fire growing in the laundry room on the floor below her, a 54-year-old Slatington woman managed to call 911 to report the blaze, but intense smoke prevented her from making it out alive Friday, fire officials said.

Cynthia Wells was found on the floor of her second-floor bedroom, near the window firefighters used to remove her, authorities said. She was pronounced dead outside her two-story home at 242 S. Second St. and was later identified by the Lehigh County coroner's office.

''The smoke was blowing everywhere,'' said Slatington Fire Chief Keith Weaver. ''There was possibly zero visibility in that house. There was no way she was going to find her way through it.'' Read more

“I have to talk to her before I answer that question”

Posed that question Friday, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton laughed at first - and then came up with an answer. via WPVI-TV Philadelphia

It's always a special night for us here at TV Watchers when we can flip to the Pennsylvania Cable Network to see The Morning Call's very own John Micek steal the spotlight on the Journalists Roundtable . via The Morning Call