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MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. — Kohl's Corp. issued a weak annual revenue forecast Thursday after posting a 20 percent drop in fourth-quarter profits. The department store chain also said it plans to close 18 stores as it meets the needs of its online customers. Kohl's said it will announce the specific...

UPPER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP – It only seems fitting, with the Lehigh Valley becoming known as a major beverage manufacturer and harboring a plentiful water supply, that something should be done to help people in Flint, Mich., who have been dealing with a health crisis over lead-contaminated water.Something...

Zooks! D’Oh! Sufferin Succotash! Either one of those cartoon catch phrases can sum up voters’ increasingly disparate view of state government and its politicians. Two out of three registered voters — 67 percent — now believe the state is “on the wrong track,” according to a Franklin & Marshall...

They may be the front-runners in the race for president, but that does not necessarily make them popular in Pennsylvania.Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump hold leads in their respective parties among likely voters in the April 26 primary, according to a Franklin & Marshall College Poll made public...

Incumbent Democratic Auditor General Eugene DePasquale locked up key endorsements Thursday for his re-election campaign from some unlikley people: Business-centric Republicans. And that could make it a lot harder for the state GOP-backed challenger — Northampton County Executive John Brown — to...

It's probably not a coincidence: The flu vaccine is a good match to the strains of the virus now circulating, and the flu season thus far has been relatively mild nationally. The overall effectiveness of the vaccine is 59 percent, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

A bipartisan measure from Pennsylvania’s two senators now awaits President Barack Obama’s signature after a final vote on the proposal to better protect federal prison guards. The legislation, which cleared the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, was drafted in response to the 2013 killing...

ALLEN TOWNSHIP — Allen Township officials have taken steps to make sure that industrial development in the region will not result in truck-traffic gridlock on their primary roads.The Board of Supervisors moved to officially prohibit truck traffic in four corridors in the township:• Savage Road...

A new poll shows Donald Trump continues to lead among Pennsylvania Republican primary voters, but that his competitors have seen their support shift. The survey by Franklin & Marshall College released Thursday shows Trump, the billionaire real-estate mogul, leading at 22 percent, which is similar...

The severe storms that rolled through the region last night were certainly not typical of February. This time of year we're used to snow, sleet, and freezing rain instead of thunder, lightning, heavy rain, hail and gusting winds. So what actually led to this nasty weather pattern?  For those who...