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Lehigh Valley high school football live updates: Week 9

October 23, 2026 at 6:47 pm

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Nearly 120-year-old newsstand and stationery store closing in the Lehigh Valley. ‘I’ll miss the community’

Bray's News Agency is closing at the end of the year, owner Patti Bray told The Morning Call.

Harry Bray stands in front of the original Bray's store on Main Street in Bangor. Date unknown, scanned Feb. 12, 2000. (Pete Shaheen/The Morning Call)

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Lehigh Valley high school football live updates: Week 9

East Hills Middle School in the Bethlehem Area School District on June 27, 2019. (Kristen Harrison/The Morning Call)

Police respond to report of ‘explosion’ on Bethlehem Area school bus, find overheated battery [Updated]

The Northwestern Lehigh football takes the field during a September 2026 game at Tiger Stadium. Some Lehigh Valley school districts, including Northwestern Lehigh, have reassessed safety protocols for Friday night games over bad behavior by spectators. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Is Friday night high school football in jeopardy? Lehigh Valley schools confront safety issues

Musician Buddy Mondlock performs Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026, at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem. The music venue and nonprofit celebrated its 50th anniversary in March. The nonprofit is also raising money through a capital campaign to renovate and purchase its building from Dave Fry and Cindy Dinsmore, the venue’s co-founders. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

For 50 years, this Lehigh Valley venue has provided an intimate space for music artists. What’s in store for the next 50 years

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Is Friday night high school football in jeopardy? Lehigh Valley schools confront safety issues
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Police respond to report of ‘explosion’ on Bethlehem Area school bus, find overheated battery [Updated]
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Allentown city and school officials plead for end to Allen High bomb threats: ‘Knock it off’
Restaurant or retail store? Dozens turn out as Whitehall cheesesteak shop fights zoning violation
Restaurant or retail store? Dozens turn out as Whitehall cheesesteak shop fights zoning violation

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

EPC boys soccer: Freedom hands Emmaus first loss of season, advances to EPC championship game
With division in disarray, Eagles have hope amid the wreckage
Patriot League football: Lehigh looks to rebound from first loss at Villanova

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
Your guide to Lehigh Valley Halloween parades

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.

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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)

Opinion: Northampton County needs stronger leadership before higher taxes

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Local News

Marc Panepinto, a social studies teacher at Garnet Valley High School in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania, reminds students to put away their phones as he puts away his own during an April 2026 class. (Alejandro A Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Pa. students soon won’t be able to use cellphones in school. Here’s what to know about the ban

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Crime and Public Safety

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)

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

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Business

Sen. Susan Collins speaks to reporters following a campaign stop Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Trump, seeking to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins, exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffs

The changes take effect Oct. 30.

Expedia hired Mike Davis to train its sales team. But he’s not ready to do the job himself.
US designates helium as a critical material, citing its importance for semiconductors
Roblox shareholder sues CEO, directors over age verification disclosures

Pennsylvania News

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

A bill funding Pa. child advocacy centers by fining sex offenders passes with bipartisan support

Pennsylvania’s child advocacy centers work to make the criminal justice system less traumatic for children....

Polls showed Trump policies might chill mail voting. But early data in Pennsylvania is inconclusive.
Higher bills, greater risk of shutoff: Pa.’s largest electric company seeks new protections for customers who shop for suppliers
Bob Brooks drops out of only planned debate in PA 7 race for Congress, citing ‘deranged’ attacks from Ryan Mackenzie

National News

Pickup trucks are submerged along Highway 160 in South Fork, Colo., on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. (South Fork Fire Rescue via AP)

Rooftop rescues and evacuations as severe flooding soaks Four Corners region

More rain is in the forecast through at least Saturday.

Oregon man who killed school shooter says he regrets there were children he didn’t save
2 Massachusetts State troopers suspended with pay after reported rape at Martha’s Vineyard barracks
Jury convicts man of rape, murder 14 years after UNC student’s death

Allentown

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Lehigh County 911 dispatcher charged with raping girl, 12

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Allen High School evacuated after second bomb threat in 2 days
Allentown School District works to restore technology services after 3 days of outages
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