Manager of Lehigh Valley borough forced out after ‘Heil Hitler’ comment

The manager used the term “Heil Hitler” during a moment of frustration in a meeting with the mayor and a borough staff member.

Glenn Eckhart is no longer Catasauqua borough manager after council voted to dismiss him Monday night. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Bomb threat prompts evacuation at Allen High School; teen charged

Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts looks to pass during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)

Eagles are not being punished for handling of Jalen Hurts’ blood clots, AP source says

The Giant store, 4655 Perkiomen Ave., Exeter Township, Berks County. (DONNA ROVINS – MEDIANEWS GROUP)

The Giant Co. website and app are back online following cybersecurity incident

Slate Belt Holdings, a partnership between Talen Energy and River Pointe Logistics, included this map as part of its preliminary land development plans sent to Upper Mount Bethel Township on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. This proposed hyperscale campus layout includes 29 data center buildings and reflects previous plans sent to the township as part of two validity challenges filed against its zoning ordinance. (Slate Belt Holdings)

‘They’re on notice’: Upper Mount Bethel board gives supervisors 60 days to take action on data center regulation

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Philadelphia 76ers guard Jaylen Brown, left, celebrates a three-point basket with teammate guard Tyrese Maxey, right, as New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown looks on, center, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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With intricate props, realistic sets, and professional special effects, accompanied by live actors and actresses enhancing the scenes, The Bates Motel, Haunted Hayride, and Haunted Trail remain among the best Halloween attractions in the nation, year after year. People travel from all over to get scared out of their wits there. (COURTESY OF ARASAPHA FARM)

Lehigh Valley Ghost Guide: Haunted houses, corn mazes and more Halloween fun

From haunted houses to not-so-scary family festivals, find all the ways to celebrate Halloween in our annual Ghost Guide.

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Here’s how a Lehigh Valley town could get $50 million if it approves updated data center plans

New plans submitted in Upper Mount Bethel detail what developers want in a deal that would give the township $50 million for approving data center plans.

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Northampton County Executive Tara Zrinski speaks Wednesday, June 24, 2026, during her first State of the County address at the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem. Zrinski unveiled a plan for a Gracedale nursing home campus, with a new 700-bed skilled nursing facility, dialysis center, workforce housing and retail area. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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A store displays a sign accepting Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases for groceries on Oct. 30, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/TNS)

Employee stole EBT cards from Lehigh County recipients, exchanged $20,000 in benefits for drugs and cash, DA says

A Lehigh County Assistance Office employee unlawfully used EBT cards to take more than $20,000...

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Summer Van Tassell bottles perfume at home in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026. It’s work she hopes AI will not be able to do in the future. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Survey: Concern about AI growing in Silicon Valley, even among tech workers

The vast majority of techies surveyed were concerned that AI would widen inequality and threaten...

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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) attends a press conference after an NFL football game against Jacksonville Jaguars in London, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

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Rescue workers shovel the slurry, wet coal waste, away to a lorry, 28 hours after it had slipped down the man-made mountain of coal waste and engulfed the Pantglas Junior School, and some houses, in Aberfan, Wales, Oct. 22, 1966. (AP Photo)

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