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SELINSGROVE-A Penn State sophomore claims he was so intoxicated he did not realize the banner at Susquehanna University he damaged attempting to rip it down proclaimed “Black Lives Matter.”. That is what Jack Henry O’Brien, 19, of East Stroudsburg, said when interviewed about the March 7 incident, Selinsgrove police...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — Fire heavily damaged a home in the Poconos. Crews were called to the home along Woodhaven Drive in Ross Township near Saylorsburg around 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. A woman was taken to the hospital after breathing in too much smoke. The cause of the fire...

A Monroe County who was badly injured in an accident has succumbed to his injuries, officials announced. Ryan Oskam, 30, of Kunkletown, got out of the moving car on the the 100 block of West Main Street in the borough of Bath, striking his head on the curb, Lehigh County Coroner Dani…

LEHIGH TWP., Pa. - A Stroudsburg man is being accused of shooting and killing another man in Northampton County last summer. William Arthur Strunk, 76, is charged with homicide, possession of an instrument of crime, and firearm not to be carried without a license, according to a news release from the Northampton County District Attorney's Office.

A Lehigh Valley man has a date with a Northampton County judge after authorities say he targeted somebody with a slingshot. The alleged victim walked into the Slate Belt Regional Police headquarters on Monday, March 20 to report that he had been struck in the back with a marble, the department wrote in a release.

A 76-year-old Monroe County man is accused of shooting to death a Lehigh Township man last year at the victim’s home. Police called for a welfare check on June 29 found Michael Austin Powers dead in his home in the 4500 block of Lower Three Mile Lane in Lehigh Township, authorities previously said.

State troopers have charged three people, all from Newark, for allegedly shooting and killing a man and then dumping his body near a wooded area off Interstate 80 in Warren County. 30-year-old Nishir Rios-Figueroa, 28-year-old Mustafa Manns, and 24-year-old William Dixon have been charged with murder, kidnapping, and other offenses.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 5 today highlighted highway and bridge construction projects that will start or continue this year in the six-county east central region. PennDOT anticipates more than $700 million worth of road and bridge projects will be under construction this year in its Engineering District...

The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau is looking for volunteers for its region-wide litter pick-up day on Saturday, April 22. The Pick Up the Poconos Spring Cleanup in honor of Earth Day will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. rain or shine at more than 20 locations across Wayne, Pike, Monroe and Carbon counties.

According to the Open Public Meetings Act, adequate notice of this special meeting has been sent to the New Jersey Herald. Notice has been posted in the Municipal Building, 443 Route 94, Fredon New Jersey and notices were sent to those requesting the same. ROLL CALL. FLAG SALUTE. Chairman will...

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ (Warren County) – A Sussex County man is facing DWI charges following a three-vehicle crash in Hackettstown on Thursday night, police said. On March 23, at around 7:47 p.m., police responded to Mountain Ave near East Ave for a reported head-on motor vehicle crash, police said. Through...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — State police arrested two people after they say a woman illegally purchased multiple guns for a convicted felon. According to Pennsylvania State Police, troopers started an investigation in 2021 for illegal purchases of guns or “straw purchases” within Monroe and Northampton counties. Troopers say during the investigation it was discovered Latias […]

STROUDSBURG — Falling in Reverse and always-vocal frontman Ronnie Radke add three new shows ahead of their summer tour, including a Apri

Northampton County Executive Lamont McClure has made his point, and it’s a valid one. Now, it’s time to move on. McClure correctly stated that the Lehigh Valley Planning Commission’s executive committee decision to move the LVPC headquarters to Allentown is a bad one. The new location, along the Lehigh River waterfront, will cost $120,000 more annually in rent than its current location near Lehigh Valley International Airport in Hanover Township, Lehigh County. “Your destination of choice, your cool location is just not good government,” McClure said, referring to the expenditure. Well stated. But McClure lost us when he indicated he had formed a committee to explore leaving the LVPC. Don’t make that threat. Cooperation between Lehigh and Northampton counties on regional planning is more crucial than ever given the proliferation of warehouses in the region, an issue McClure has been raising publicly for years now. This issue is exactly why we need a regional planning commission. A strong and united LVPC arguably represents our best shot at getting warehouses under control on a regional level. McClure also complained that the new location moves the headquarters farther away from the geographic center of the Lehigh Valley and getting to meetings will become more difficult for Northampton County’s commission members. That’s a stretch. The new headquarters would still be within five miles of the geographic center and a five-minute drive from the old headquarters. It shouldn’t create a real hardship for anyone. Still, we get McClure’s frustration, especially when it comes to the rent expenditure. But throwing out the idea of the county leaving the LVPC is only going to create animosity among Lehigh County members at a time when we need more unity between the two counties. We’d urge McClure to reconsider this tactic given what’s at stake with the warehouse boom in the Lehigh Valley.

Antisemitism incidents reached a record high across the nation last year, and the Lehigh Valley was not immune. Local occurrences — including offensive T-shirts, vandalism and a stranger’s comments toward children at an amusement park — contributed to surges in reports in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey in 2022, according to an annual report released last week by the Anti-Defamation League.

The following is a listing of all real estate transfers in Warren County reported from March 20 to March 27 There were 32 transactions posted during this time. During this period, the median sale for the area was a 1,624-square-foot home on Millbrook Road in Washington that sold for $330,000.

So many bowlers are looking for bucket-list moments. Shooting 300 is a mastery of one game. Shooting 800 requires the use of 30 frames or the 36 maximum shots. Usually, 800 is a nail-bitter during the final couple shots. Or not. Alex Herbst and Mike Klocek recently tossed the added...

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The Fairmont State (6-1) acrobatics & tumbling team defeated East Stroudsburg (1-4) 268.815-238.610 on senior day inside Joe Retton Arena in Fairmont, W.Va. The Fighting Falcons started strong from the jump and won the Compulsory event, 37.40-33.50. The pyramid heat team and the toss heat team...

MONROE COUNTY, Pa. — The 'Pick Up the Poconos' campaign has resulted in nearly 28,000 bags of trash being picked up around Wayne, Pike, Monroe, and Carbon counties over the years. Organizers are asking for searching for volunteers willing to grab some bags, gloves and get to work picking...

There are many words and phrases that could describe the Pocono-Northeast. One of these may be Veritas Vita. Used sometimes in a religious sense, it means The Truth, The Life. Recently, it was used in a novel by author Steve Berry, and it brought to light, a story line in that book. However, in this region, it may mean the many assets that portray our ability to think through positive elements that enable this region to verify its destiny of becoming major center for economic development with a life that thrives on talent, capability, human services, a place to be meaningful and independent as required.