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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fight involving a powerful Philadelphia union leader accused of breaking the nose of a non-union contractor at a worksite last month is under investigation.The Pennsylvania Attorney General's office took the case involving John Dougherty on Tuesday, after it was referred to...

The road to the U.S. Open golf championship will make a rare pass through the Lehigh Valley this spring. Silver Creek Country Club in Hellertown will host a U.S. Open local qualifier in May, part of the two-stage process to setting the field for the U.S. Open at Oakmont. Moselem Springs in Fleetwood...

BETHLEHEM — Bethlehem police have arrested a 58-year-old man they said is a serial semen squirter with a criminal history dating back several decades for the same offenses. Michael Kevin Morris was nabbed in Easton on Wednesday, police said. Morris was brought to Bethlehem to face arraignment on...

WHITEHALL — A spate of heroin overdoses in the Lehigh Valley has sparked officials to organize a town hall meeting Wednesday at Whitehall High School.The meeting, hosted by Rep. Daniel McNeill, D-Lehigh, will focus on how and why children get involved in drug use, how to identify children who are...

SOUTH WHITEHALL — In a sign of the changing demographics of Parkland School District, the school board Tuesday approved an agreement with Community Services for Children to start a program to help at-risk pre-schoolers be ready to learn when they start kindergarten.The program called Pre-K Counts...

Despite hearing an additional three hours of testimony and resident comments Tuesday night, the Palmer Township Board of Supervisors have yet to make a decision on the 312-unit Palmer Point apartment complex. Tuesday night's hearing was a continuation of a Jan. 26 hearing which lasted about three-and-a-half...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — A man has been charged with abusing the corpse of a Philadelphia woman found dead on the side of a central Pennsylvania road on Valentine's Day.Police say 59-year-old Robert Moir met 35-year-old Corinne Pena in the Philadelphia area and brought her back to the State College...

Lehigh Valley Congressman Charlie Dent is endorsing Republican presidential candidate John Kasich, describing the Ohio governor as someone who could build consensus in Washington. "Too many people feel that their voices are being drowned out by constant bickering and obstructionism in Washington,”...

ALLENTOWN – Citing that the Allentown School District is in "financial distress," two Allentown taxpayers have filed a lawsuit alleging it is illegal for the district to pay the teachers union president's salary and are requesting the union reimburse the district at least $1.3 million.Former school...

HARRISBURG – Governor Tom Wolf recently learned he has a treatable form of prostate cancer. The governor released the following statement and he will hold a brief availability this morning."Frances and I recently learned I have prostate cancer that was thankfully detected early. My doctors made...