Northampton County News Archives

Northampton County Department of Corrections officials are looking for a man who allegedly failed to return to the work release facility Thursday night.

Northampton County needs a treatment center for low-risk offenders who don't have to be housed 24/7 at the main prison.

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.

Four-year-old Rowan Watchmaker looks on as her mother is injected with the H1N1 virus vaccine at a clinic in Ottawa, Canada on Monday.

Northampton County Council on Thursday eliminated two part-time assistant district attorney positions in favor of a pair of full-time prosecutors to help shoulder an increasing caseload.

Superior Court Judge Joan Orie Melvin on Monday ripped her Democratic opponent for the state Supreme Court, saying his acceptance of $1 million from the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers is "pay-to-play" politics, even though she concedes she received $100,000 from the same group.

Anticipating a major cut in state funding, the Northampton Area Public Library in July eliminated its Friday hours.

The first-ever lawsuit between Northampton County's executive and council has ended.

A district judge threw out charges against two men accused of beating and slashing the face of a third man after the victim refused to testify against his attackers.

Thinking she would survive a shot to the face, Tacarra Ward wrote an emotional statement she wanted to read to Andrew Freeman when he was sentenced for her injuries.

As the Bangor postmaster drove around checking collection boxes Tuesday afternoon, he was also looking for sex and propositioned two women and tried to lure three girls into his car, he allegedly told police.

A northeastern Pennsylvania postmaster has been charged with trying to coax three girls and two women into his car.

Lafayette College will purchase the former Hubcap and Wheel Store, ending the second of two legal fights its embattled owner faced.

Prosecutors in eastern Pennsylvania have ruled out seeking the death penalty in the trial of a man accused of killing a former friend last summer.

Police with the Northampton County Drug Task Force have rounded up 11 suspected drug dealers since Thursday in the Nazareth and Northampton areas of the county.

Taunts, sniping and squabbling aren't uncommon at Northampton County Council meetings, but with five of the council's nine seats being contested on Election Day , some candidates see a chance to start changing that.

The two state Superior Court judges running for a spot on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court both have extensive experience with the law and in the courtroom.

Firefighters were battling flames between the raindrops Saturday afternoon in Northampton County.

Share + Oct 17, 2009 10:23 am US/Eastern EASTON, Pa. An eastern Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison for the death of a friend whom authorities say he shot while he was drunk and playing with a gun.

The Hubcap Store of Route 22 in Easton is empty after long last. The Hubcap and Wheel Store off Route 22 in Easton is finally cleaned up and secure.

Saucon Valley teachers have won the right to picket on Walnut Street in front of Saucon Valley Elementary School, and on nearby Polk Valley Road.

An Allentown man was sober and respectful today as he admitted to showing up drunk last month to a hearing in Northampton County Court.

Two Easton-area residents were arrested today after a drug raid of two Ferry Street homes led by the Easton Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police Special Emergency Response Team, according to a news release.

Northampton County may not have a new sheriff until the end of this year, or possibly the beginning of 2010.

An estranged husband swiped at his wife's fiance with a machete before the fiance bludgeoned the former husband with a pickax, according to testimony Tuesday.

Members of the 4-H LeatherCrafters are learning an art form which could soon be lost.

Amore farm in Bath is one of 16 farms, the Penn State Cooperative Extension in Northampton County sponsored during a farm tour this weekend.

The Harrisburg law firm defending Williams Township in a tax lawsuit filed by a group of residents does not have a conflict of interest, a judge ruled Monday.

About a half-dozen Northampton County young people are working to save a nearly lost art.

The Allentown man who allegedly showed up drunk last month to a hearing on his drunken-driving case has pleaded guilty to the original charge.

A mother who led police on a more than 100 mph chase on Route 33 with two children in the back seat got sentenced to house arrest today.

Authorities are looking for a woman who walked away from work release Wednesday afternoon in Northampton County.

Michael Lister Sr. is accused in the shooting death of Tracie Raisner. Riley Yates Of The Morning Call , October 8, 2009 A jury deliberated just 40 minutes this afternoon before deciding on a first-degree murder conviction for an Easton man who gunned down his ex-girlfriend after she dropped their son off for a visit.

A man who stole from a Palmer Township deli was given up to five years in state prison by a judge who said his criminal record is so bad he shouldn't be paroled early.

Want to know how Northampton County plans to spend your money next year? County council has released its schedule of public budget hearings for the next two months: Oct.

Northampton County's president judge is running this fall for retention of her third 10-year term, according to a news release.

It's not something you see every day: Prosecutors in Northampton County won a conviction against an Easton man accused of driving drunk, but are demanding a new trial nonetheless.

About 2,200 people work for Northampton County; 60 of them are full- and part-time deputy sheriffs.

The Northampton County Open Gate Farm Tour will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday and next Sunday, with 16 sites offering tours, demonstrations and products.

A fire Thursday morning displaced 37 residents from two buildings at the Mickley Run Apartments complex on Mickley Road, according to the township fire chief and the American Red Cross.