Northampton County News

Former heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes has won a legal round in a towing dispute at his eastern Pennsylvania restaurant.

Tonight, council followed through, voting 7-1 for solicitor Phil Lauer to sue Stoffa to halt a non-emergency transportation contract at Gracedale nursing home.

Northampton County Sheriff Randall Miller is asking county council for permission to hire six deputies to help handle the workload in several areas.

Rich Wilkins has some nice things to say about the Democrats he doesn't favor in tomorrow's primary, and I'll say something nice about two of the Republicans.

A borough man is dead following a shooting Monday night at a house on S. Main Street in Nazareth, Northampton County Coroner Zach Lysek said.

Tuesday, May 21 is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you run into poll problems, you can contact the Northampton County voter registration office at 610-559-3055. This year's races in Easton include: Five candidates hoping to become the city's new district judge .

A large line of federal housing assistance applicants forms in Phillipsburg in August 2011, before local Section 8 providers shuttered their waiting lists due to the federal sequester.

The caller demanded a $2,500 ransom. However, the woman later found out her father was safe.

Tuesday, May 21 is primary election day in Pennsylvania. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Poll Problems? Contact the Northampton County voter registration office at 610-559-3055 or the Lehigh County voter registration office at 610-782-3194 if you live in West Bethlehem.

Firefighters were called to Easton Hospital late Saturday night after a faulty elevator motor caused a small fire, according to a supervisor at the Northampton County Communications Center.

James Black is serving five to 10 years in state prison after a drunken driving crash that an attorney says Riverview Golf and Country Club made possible.

A home at 4504 Stephanie Drive in Lower Nazareth Township houses two autistic men and four caregivers as part of the Bethlehem-based Resources for Human Development.

A drunken Easton man cursed at police, urinated on a Northampton County booking center table and threatened a district judge today, according to court records.

Although it's been two years since Northampton County voters chose to keep Gracedale from being sold, the county-owned nursing home remains a hot issue.

Wilson police say they received a call around 3:30 Saturday morning from a passing motorist who informed dispatch that he observed what appeared to be a young boy in the Courthouse Credit parking lot on the 1600 block of Butler St.

Detective Sgt. Andy Kehm, of the Bethlehem Police Department, speaks about law enforcement response.

Nearly two decades ago, Francisco G. "Papalo" Miranda disappeared the night several witnesses saw him flee from the fatal stabbing of a Bethlehem man.

Construction on Northampton County's new human services building will start next week, with the building's completion expected by the end of March.

A man called one of the commonwealth's 10-most-wanted fugitives has been sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison in the stabbing death of a man during a game of dominoes nearly two decades ago in eastern Pennsylvania.

John Callahan will endorse J. William Reynolds for Mayor of Bethlehem this afternoon at 4:00PM at Payrow Plaza.