Lehigh County News

A former Scranton woman arguing with her boyfriend in February as he drove on the Northeast Extension of the Turnpike allegedly jerked the steering wheel in anger and said, ''I hope you all [expletive] die,'' leading to a crash that killed the boyfriend and seriously injured her two children.

Disgraced Luzerne County Judge Mark A. Ciavarella has arrived at the Lehigh County Courthouse where he is expected to testify this morning as a hearing about alleged case-fixing resumes in Allentown.

A northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper has asked a judge to throw out a $3.5 million defamation verdict against it, claiming the case was fixed by two corrupt judges and a reputed mobster.

The coroner says a 30-year-old woman was killed in a crash with a tractor trailer in the area of Route 100 and Sauerkraut Lane in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County this morning.

William H. Evans, a 59-year-old Allentown man convicted of beating and raping three children 22 years ago, was released from state prison after a federal judge determined his constitutional rights were violated.

For 40,000 people in western Lehigh County , it was an alarming announcement: No watering lawns, no hosing cars, no topping off pools for the entire summer -- with no drought in sight.

Early scene reports indicate at least four people are hurt after a crash tonight on Route 222 in Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County.

The Lehigh County Coroner's Office is seeking the next of kin for an Allentown man who died today from natural causes.

Another action against the Almost Heaven kennel in Lehigh County has netted four more dogs and 18 cats, but no monkeys or horses were seized.

Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter has taken in five of the 250 dogs removed Tuesday from Almost Heaven Kennels LLC in Emmaus by Pennsylvania dog wardens.

Police and the coroner are investigating the death of a man in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

Firefighters are battling a three-alarm fire at a house in the 500 block of Beverly Drive in South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

Animal welfare officials, acting under a new law, moved in today and shut down a Lehigh County dog breeding kennel with a history of abuse and filthy conditions.

Jun 23, 2009 5:27 pm US/Eastern LEHIGH COUNTY, Pa. 1 of 1 The Humane Society and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture have rescued nearly 300 dogs from unsanitary conditions at a Lehigh County puppy mill.

NORTH WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - June 24, 2009 - -- A man was killed in a mishap involving a tree Wednesday afternoon in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County.

PennDOT says Route 309 in Coopersburg, Lehigh County is open again after being closed for a gas leak.

There was nothing heavenly about Almost Heaven Kennels in Emmaus, Lehigh County -- a kennel with a history of abuse.

A New Jersey man is dead after a highway crash that state police in eastern Pennsylvania are investigating as a case of road rage.

Animal welfare officials have seized 250 dogs from a breeder in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley who was accused of keeping animals in filthy conditions.

A deadly crash on Interstate 78 in Lehigh County late this morning was the result of road rage between two drivers, according to State Police.