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In an office on Hamilton Street in 2002, the district attorneys of the five counties in the Allentown Catholic Diocese pored over files that contained allegations of sexual abuse by a number of priests. The files came from a secret archive that church law requires every diocese keep. Stored under...

The best journey takes you home. Home is where the heart is. Home sweet home. Sayings like these give credence to one of the most memorable movie quotes of all time: "There's no place like home." They also explain our interest in interesting homes. So today we start an occasional series profiling...

READING, Pa. (AP) — A coroner says a Pennsylvania infant who died suddenly in December had been poisoned and starved.The Berks County coroner issued those findings Thursday in the death of 3½-month-old Anthony Dinozzo-Snyder.Emergency crews found the boy unresponsive when they were called to a...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge has agreed to let the charity founded by convicted former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky dissolve.The Centre Daily Times (http://bit.ly/1pcHxky) reports a Centre County judge granted The Second Mile organization's request after a hearing on Thursday.

SALISBURY TOWNSHIP — Lester and Lillian Young started Salisbury's first youth baseball program in 1951 and ran it for more than a decade. Today their son George and some of the former ballplayers are organizing an effort to place a monument to the couple at the township's Laubach Park. George Young...

SALISBURY TOWNSHIP — In an effort to clarify and strengthen the rules for outdoor fires in Salisbury Township, the Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance Thursday that specifies restrictions and penalties for violations.Under the ordinance passed unanimously, outdoor burning is permitted...

Allen Township will seek to acquire a parcel from Northampton County that it was supposed to own before a developer went bankrupt.The nearly 5 acres on Kings Court, along the Dry Run Creek between Savage and Willowbrook roads, serves as a stormwater management area for Summerglen, a subdivision...

BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Planning Commission on Thursday pushed forward a pair of signature redevelopment projects aimed at re-imagining the gateway to the South Side.One project, a six-story office building tied to a public garage, would grow from the footprint of the former Southside Burger...

ALLENTOWN — With persuasive arguments and well-placed objections, the region's future lawyers wowed a Lehigh County courtroom packed with spectators Thursday night in the final Lehigh Valley round of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's mock trial competition.Teams from Nazareth Area High School...

ALLENTOWN — After more than six months without a contract, Allentown teachers now have a deal that will boost starting salaries to more than $46,000, continue to release the union president from teaching and protect teachers who have been assaulted by students.The school board approved the four-year...