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EASTON – Facing surprising backlash, the Easton Area School Board will address concerns raised over a community health clinic that will operate at Paxinosa Elementary School once schoolwide renovations are completed. After the joint venture with Easton Hospital was excitedly announced this week,...

Mike Luciano Jr. pumps his fist in the air, yells and laughs maniacally, as he imitates a video game character. Strange? Yes. Popular? Definitely. A YouTube video of Luciano reenacting the taunting postures of characters from "Super Smash Bros." has been viewed 524,000 times. In total, videos of...

HUNTINGDON — A former president of a county bar association has been convicted of using forged documents to pose as an estate lawyer for a decade even though she didn't have a law license.Kimberly Kitchen was convicted Thursday on charges of forgery, unauthorized practice of law and felony records...

As Lehigh County commissioners wrestle over how to upgrade Cedarbrook's South Whitehall Township facility, they'll first need to figure out how large the nursing home should be in the years ahead.It's a multi-million dollar question they'll grapple with at a 6 p.m. Monday public meeting. A facility...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A plainclothes narcotics officer killed in a shootout at a Maryland police station was remembered Friday for his infectious smile and devotion to his job and the people around him. Prince George's County Detective Jacai Colson was killed March 13 after a man fired at...

The Morning Call is among five Pennsylvania media companies asking a judge to deny Attorney General Kathleen Kane's request to file a secret motion claiming she is a victim of "selective and vindictive prosecution."Kane filed the request in her Montgomery County perjury and obstruction case March...

Just as it appeared the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority was about to clear its final hurdle to close its land sale for the $335 million FedEx Ground project, a new obstacle is rising.A landowner in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, is challenging the authority's right to condemn private land...

Death certificates for victims of fatal heroin overdoses in Lycoming County are now being marked as homicides rather than accidents under Coroner Chuck Kiessling.The change might not directly affect criminal casework, but Kiessling said it will garner greater attention for what many medical and...

UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP — At the urging of athletics groups and residents, Upper Macungie Township will explore the feasibility of building a community center. But the supervisors' stipulation that it must break even in operational costs could be a difficult feat — at least initially.Supervisors...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Jared Schumacher is among the hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans who routinely use electronic devices to text, listen to music or do other tasks as they walk outdoors.But if a "distracted walking" measure recently proposed by a state assemblywoman eventually becomes law,...