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Following confirmation of two coronavirus cases–one in a high school student on Sept. 18 and another in a high school faculty member yesterday–Saucon Valley School District superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced Saturday that he has ordered the temporary closure of Saucon Valley High School.
Police say a traffic stop made Monday night in Hellertown led to the discovery of nearly $9,000 in medication and cosmetics that were allegedly stolen from an area CVS store.
A week after a student tested positive, a second case of coronavirus has been confirmed at Saucon Valley High School, district superintendent Dr. Craig Butler announced in an email to parents Friday.
The head of the state Republican Party raised the possibility that the GOP-controlled legislature could choose a slate of presidential electors to cast the state’s votes for Donald Trump, regardless of which candidate a majority of Pennsylvania voters select.
Federal authorities are investigating “reports of potential issues with a small number of mail-in ballots at the Luzerne County Board of Elections” that one official labeled “troubling.”
A Harrisburg man was cited for careless driving, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast, after allegedly causing an accident when he merged from the shoulder of I-78 west and struck another vehicle.
A Riegelsville man suffered a suspected serious injury in a crash on Rt. 33 in Bethlehem Township Thursday afternoon, according to Pennsylvania State Police at Belfast.
A resident has thanked the Borough of Hellertown for its Hometown Heroes banner program, which allows citizens to display photos of local veterans on utility poles throughout town.
“When in the course of human events” in Hellertown it becomes necessary to commemorate the end of an era that few remember, we give pause to contemplate the 100th anniversary of the piece of the fabled Thomas Iron Works which ended in 1920.
St. Luke’s Cancer Center announced this week that it has introduced an innovative pre-treatment option, SpaceOAR Hydrogel, for prostate cancer patients.
A Schwenskville, Montgomery County man is accused of using his truck to assault state police officers who were attempting to stop him for vehicle code violations early Sunday.
Upper Bucks County continues to be plagued by sporadic thefts of presidential campaign signs, according to reports from Pennsylvania State Police at Dublin, who patrol much of the area.
A Milford Township, Bucks County couple were sentenced Monday to jail time for concocting a scheme to buy and sell stolen items out of their Q-Mart-based business.
John J. Long Jr., 88, of Hellertown, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020 at Good Shepherd Specialty Hospital, Bethlehem. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
If you’re planning a Halloween costume party or trip to a haunted house or a traditional Trick-or-Treat night in your community, hold up. The Centers for Disease Control wants you to rethink those activities, due to their potential to spread the novel coronavirus.
A coyote appeared perfectly content in the warm sunshine and tall grass of a Lower Saucon Township field Tuesday afternoon.
The Springfield Township Police Department is giving members of the community a chance to publicly show their support for local police officers through their “We Support Our Local Police” yard sign fundraiser.
A well-established Saucon Valley business recently closed, apparently due to the heavy economic toll the coronavirus pandemic had taken on its bottom line.
Richland Township Police are asking for the public’s help with identifying a man who they say assaulted a 16-year-old boy who has special needs in the Walmart Supercenter on Rt. 309 Saturday.
A Hellertown borough man is charged with raping a child under the age of 13, according to local police and court records.
On Sunday, Quakertown Community School District superintendent Bill Harner announced that a student who also attends Upper Bucks County Technical School had tested positive for the coronavirus.
A case of the coronavirus was confirmed at Saucon Valley High School earlier this weekend, superintendent Dr. Craig Butler said in an email that was sent to parents Friday evening.
Former Hellertown resident and all-time leading point scorer for the Saucon Valley High School men’s basketball team, Marc Holum, was recently named the assistant coach for the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) men’s basketball team.
Nearly 20 businesses with locations in the Center Valley lifestyle center will be participating in a job fair on Monday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A Hellertown borough woman was recently cited for retail theft in Richland Township, township police announced in a Crimewatch post Friday.
Members of a parents’ group in the Southern Lehigh School District are planning to express their dissatisfaction with the manner in which education there has resumed amid the coronavirus pandemic at a rally in Upper Saucon Township Sunday.
Marian B. (Dimmig) Heft, 101, formerly of Springtown, died Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Fountain Hill. Arrangements are by the Heintzelman Funeral Home Inc., Hellertown.
If you’re someone who transports large amounts of concealed cash on I-78 through Lower Saucon Township, be aware that Pennsylvania State Police on patrol in the area may consider that a red flag for possible involvement in criminal activity.
If you’re looking for the convenience of receiving a COVID-19 test close to home, expanded COVID-19 testing at CVS stores–including the CVS in Coopersburg–may be something of interest to you.
The COVID-19 infection rate in Northampton County has spiked to an unsustainable level in recent days, increasing the threat of an outbreak, according to current data analyzed by the coronavirus monitoring site CovidActNow.org.
Saucon Valley Karate Academy, located at 46 W. Water Street in Hellertown, is going to look a little different this fall thanks to the borough’s Facade Improvement Funding program.
The Beauty of Dogs is a dog training business located in Fountain Hill. Owner Rebecca Gamez uses a humane, emotion-based training method called “Training Between the Ears” to help reduce anxiety and improve behavior in the pets with whom she works.
As Election Day draws closer, signs for both the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates continue to disappear from yards throughout the region.
