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NORRISTOWN — Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli questioned opponent Josh Shapiro's pledge to bring integrity to Harrisburg as attorney general, accusing Shapiro of violating his own standards as Montgomery County commissioner. Shapiro has voted to award county business to companies...

The contentious 2016 election cycle is playing out in Pennsylvania against a backdrop of shifting attitudes on health issues, according to a new Muhlenberg College poll. Consider obesity: While obesity has long been viewed as personal failing — and still is by many — a growing number of state residents...

With the U.S. Senate on a break from session in Washington, Democrats and liberal activists are targeting Republican Sen. Pat Toomey on his home turf over his opposition to considering the president's Supreme Court nominee.On Monday, demonstrators waved signs outside Toomey's office in Salisbury...

Alvin H. Butz Inc. has almost two centuries of experience in construction, but building the PPL Center arena in downtown Allentown posed some of its most daunting challenges.Given a two-year deadline to build an 10,000-seat arena the size of a full city block, the Butz company had to deal with...

State regulators have approved a new round of programs to help PPL Utilities' customers cut energy usage.Most of the new twists in the $307.5 million program are aimed at business customers, including a demand-response plan that allows commercial customers to sign up for rate incentives in exchange...

As William Penn's colony expanded to the north and west in the early 1700s, the American frontier draped across the Lehigh Valley.The first settlers here came for the natural resources, trapping furs and farming the land. Their fledgling economy soon attracted others to trade in what couldn't be...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Health authorities say a Pennsylvania dairy that supplies raw milk around the country has been linked to two cases of listeriosis, one of them fatal.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says one person in California and one in Florida became infected from raw milk...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission may ban drones over 1.5 million acres of state game lands after reports of the unmanned craft near an eagle's nest and others interfering with migrating waterfowl.LNP (http://bit.ly/1pEKV8H ) reports the commission may give preliminary approval...

A historic Montgomery County theater will present a special sensory-friendly showing of the Disney hit "Zootopia" on Tuesday, inspired by a Berks County man whose story about his job interview at Dorney Park went viral.The Grand Theater, 252 Main St., East Greenville, is requiring guests interested...

BETHLEHEM — They fill the hallway between classes, some giggling in pairs and others tapping their smartphones as they lumber toward their next class. The crowd of teens in T-shirts and jeans is punctuated by a few in leotards and others with large instrument cases slung over their shoulders. Some...