Ex-attorney sentenced for $2.7M investment fraud scheme

A former attorney who bilked law clients out of more than $2.7 million in an investment fraud scheme has been sentenced to nearly seven years in federal prison.

Former Lehigh University student admits poisoning roommate

Yukai Yang, former Lehigh University student on Monday admitted poisoning his roommate's food and drink with a heavy metal substance.

Youth, 17, shot and killed near Bethlehem park

The Lehigh County coroner's office said 17-year-old Aiden Toussaint of Whitehall Township was shot at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday near Bethlehem's Saucon Park.

Police: Man who fired at store employee after refusing to wear mask captured during shootout

Authorities say a man wanted for shooting at a Bethlehem cigar store employee after he stole two cigars when he was asked to leave the store for refusing to wear a mask, was later arrested during a shootout with police in Slatington.

Woman found along Pennsylvania highway in 1987 identified

State police say the body of a woman found more than three decades ago along an eastern Pennsylvania highway has been identified, but investigators still don’t know how she ended up there.

Allentown diocese removes priest for allegedly taking photos of high school wrestlers

An Allentown diocese has removed a priest from ministry after officials say he was caught taking photographs of high school wrestlers without their knowledge.

23 dogs rescued from filthy conditions in Northampton County

Twenty-three dogs, including five one-week-old puppies, have been rescued from filthy living conditions in Northampton County.

Police: Woman left child alone in Pennsylvania hotel so she could gamble

Police went to the Wind Creek Casino in Bethlehem around 4 a.m. Saturday after the girl was found wandering alone in the casino’s hotel lobby.

Bethlehem man gets 30 years for allegedly punching pregnant girlfriend in stomach

A man who has fathered 15 children with 14 women is now headed to prison for allegedly punching his girlfriend in the stomach while she was nine months pregnant with their baby.

Man, 38, killed in accident at Bethlehem demolition site

Authorities say a New Jersey man working at a demolition site in Pennsylvania was killed in a workplace accident.

2 killed in crash involving wrong-way driver on Route 378 in Bethlehem

Authorities say a car going the wrong way on a Pennsylvania highway crashed head-on into another vehicle, sparking a fiery crash that left two people dead.