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Allentown city and school officials plead for end to Allen High bomb threats: ‘Knock it off’

After three bomb threats at Allen High School in three days, the Allentown mayor joined school officials in calling on students and parents to act responsibly.

Police respond Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, to the third bomb threat in a week at Allen High School. Allentown police said a 15-year-old and a 16-year-old were charged with a felony of making terroristic threats in the Wednesday threat. The district said the two teens were not district students, and it is working with police to make sure proper legal action is taken. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

South Whitehall police car.

Man, 31, dies in South Whitehall motorcycle crash

Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg on July 26, 2023. (Amanda Berg/For Spotlight PA)

After Parkland lawsuit, Pa. tightens loophole that let school boards, local agencies vote on items without advance notice

Allen High School evacuates Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026. Thursday morning there was another bomb threat, the third such instance in as many days. As of about noon the city police and fire departments were at the school investigating. A bomb threat was made Tuesday and Wednesday at the school, prompting evacuations. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

Allen High School has 3rd bomb threat this week; teens charged in 2nd threat [Updated]

A new Franklin & Marshall College poll shows President Donald Trump’s approval rating remains low as support for Democratic candidates is rising. (BILL UHRICH/READING EAGLE)

PA poll: Trump approval remains low, Democrats surging as election nears

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Allentown city and school officials plead for end to Allen High bomb threats: ‘Knock it off’
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Sports

The 1996 Parkland football team, which will be honored Friday night prior to the Trojans game against Whitehall, went 13-1 and was the program’s first EPC and District 11 championship team. (Contributed photo / Rich Sniscak)

Lehigh Valley football: One of Parkland’s past championship teams to be honored while current Trojans go for their crown

The 1996 Parkland football team began an era of excellence for the Trojans

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Things to Do

Here Come The Mummies perform Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, at Musikfest Café in Bethlehem. (Contributed photo)

They’re 5,000 years old, and they still rock. Here Come The Mummies are coming to the Lehigh Valley

Here Come The Mummies' Mummy Cass previews the band's Musikfest Cafe performance.

Things to do this weekend in Lehigh Valley: Walk with witches and explore local restaurants
Lehigh Valley Ghost Guide: Haunted houses, corn mazes and more Halloween fun
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Data center

A woman holds up a sign Thursday, July 9, 2026, during a South Whitehall Township Planning Commission meeting involving the Project Atlas data center proposal in the auditorium of Springhouse Middle School in South Whitehall Township. Project Atlas has drawn concerns from township residents due to its potential impacts to the nearby Parkland High School and surrounding community. (Jon Chiu/The Morning Call)

Parkland joins opposition against data center across from high school; a ‘ticking time bomb,’ member says

The Parkland School Board unanimously approved a resolution opposing a hyperscale data center proposal for a site across the street from Parkland High School.

‘They’re on notice’: Upper Mount Bethel board gives supervisors 60 days to take action on data center regulation
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Allentown rowhome fire aftermath | PHOTOS
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Opinion

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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Local News

Instructor Asha Serra helps beginner student Corinne Cook make a bowl on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, during a Wheelthrowing For Beginners To Advanced 8-week class at ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL in Bethlehem. Beginner students learn how to throw bowls, cylinders and plates on the pottery wheel, then expand into mugs, larger bowls and vases. For advanced students, a goal or a challenge will be discussed and then guidance will be provided to help achieve their goal. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Hands on the wheel, making pottery at ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL | PHOTOS

Hands on the wheel, making pottery at ArtsQuest Creative Factory powered by PPL

Pa. lawmakers approve school cell phone ban but punt on skill games, data centers
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Crime and Public Safety

A city-commissioned study suggested Bethlehem could construct a fire station in the southeast portion of the city and add firefighters, even though it did not have to do so. (APRIL GAMIZ / THE MORNING CALL)

Is Bethlehem Fire Department understaffed? What a new city review found

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Pennsylvania News

Lehigh County employees Janet Reilly and Andrea Lerner demonstrate how ballots are opened and sorted Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, during the county voter registration office’s first open house, at the government center in Allentown. The open house gave the public a look at where mail-in ballots are opened, processed and counted and the tabulation equipment used during elections, and learn more about how the equipment operates and how the election process comes together. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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National News

FILE – In this photo taken from video released by the Moscow City Court Press Service, Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen accused of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine against Russia stands in a glass cage during a court session in the Moscow City court in Moscow, Russia, Oct. 7, 2024. (Moscow City Court Press Service via AP, File)

Sister of American held in Russia says he didn’t know he was being released until he saw US flag

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Allentown

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