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Dorney Park Owner Had 2012 Record-High Revenue
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom's parent company said Tuesday that the company had a record year in 2012, with Dorney Park and four of its other parks "leading the way." Related story: Dorney Park...
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Deadly Pa. Flu Season Killed 9 in Lehigh Valley
More people have died of the flu in Pennsylvania this season than any other flu season since 2003, when the state began tracking cases, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reported Tuesday. Also,...
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Parkland Could Cut Staff, Raise Taxes To Help Balance Budget
The Parkland School Board approved a $145.7 million preliminary budget for the 2013-2014 school year at its Tuesday meeting. Although the preliminary budget includes a 5.82 percent tax increase,...
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Lehigh County Sheriff Sale Properties Listed for Feb. 22
Dozens of properties are on the list for Friday's monthly Lehigh County Sheriff's sale. The list includes an opening bid and a total of back taxes owed on each property. Sales are held starting at 10...
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Iron Pigs Spring Training Starts March 12
The IronPigs 2013 spring schedule gets under way March 12 against Buffalo at the Carpenter Complex in Clearwater, Fla. Overall, the IronPigs will play 15 games this spring. Seven of the 15 games will...
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Now Hiring: Home Depot's 4 Lehigh Valley Stores
Home Depot is filling more than 80,000 seasonal positions to assist customers during the company's busiest selling season. This year, the home improvement retailer is hiring 10,000 more spring...
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Penn Friends Held Vigil For Parkland Grad Ayra Singh
Friends and family held a vigil last week in tribute to Parkland High School graduate Ayra Singh, 20, of Allentown who died Feb. 8 in the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Singh, who was in...
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Forensics Center Groundbreaking Thursday
Gov. Tom Corbett and Pennsylvania EMS Director Joseph Schmider will join in a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday for a new Joint Operations and Medico-Legal Forensics Center in South Whitehall. The...
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Criminals Owe $2 Billion to Pa. Victims & Courts, Report Says
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Christine Horner remembers — 5:23 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2006. She was driving on a main road in Chester County, in a brand-new SUV she bought a few...
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Pit Bull Attack: Help Needed to Pay $3,000 Vet Bill
A fund has been established to help cover $3,000 in emergency veterinary care needed to save a cockapoo named Oreo attacked by a pit bull in Salisbury Township, Lehigh County. Oreo underwent four hours...
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Parkland School Board OKs 9 Hires, 3 Retirements
The Parkland School Board approved hires, resignations, retirements and status changes at its meeting Tuesday. Hires Colleen C. Schleicher, of Breinigsville, as a full-time teaching assistant at...
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Oops, U.S. Luge Team Sleds Fell Off Truck
Pennsylvania state police at the Bethlehem barracks are trying to locate sleds used by the U.S. Luge Team after the equipment fell off a truck and was picked up by someone on Feb. 15. The team, based...
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$10M Cetronia Ambulance Center Construction to Begin
Governor Tom Corbett helped break ground Thursday for a new Cetronia Joint Operations Facility. The 75,000 square foot facility -- formally known as the Cetronia Ambulance and Lehigh County Joint...
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450-Unit Luxury Apartment/Retail Complex Proposed
A developer has proposed building a 450-unit luxury apartment and retail complex on fields at Cetronia and Schantz roads in South Whitehall and Upper Macungie townships. KRE, of Bridgewater, N.J.,...
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Is this Philadelphia Phillies Team Too Old To Win?
They may not be like the 1983 team dubbed "The Wheeze Kids." But the Philadelphia Phillies squad that takes the field Saturday to start a month's worth of spring training games before Opening Day is...
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Watch Out for Icy Spots Tonight Into Saturday
The Lehigh Valley including South Whitehall is under a winter weather advisory for light freezing rain from 7 p.m. tonight until 10 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. WFMZ says...
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Rutz Farm Development Could Get 90 Homes
Residents who live near The Hills, the proposed housing development on the former Rutz farm, are concerned about increased traffic on Walbert Avenue and nearby roads in South Whitehall. Neighbors...
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