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Eagles are losing WR Jahan Dotson and DE Jaelan Phillips

March 9, 2026 at 5:52 pm

ISIS inspired Bucks County teens to throw IEDs at New York protest, NYPD says

Ibraham Kayumi, 19, and Emir Balat, 18, both of Bucks County, were radicalized by ISIS and bent on destruction, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday.

The suspects in the attempted bombing during a protest near Gracie Mansion are pictured in federal custody leaving the NYPD's 26th Precinct stationhouse in Manhattan on Monday, March 9, 2026. (Barry Williams/ New York Daily News)

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson makes a 36-yard catch over Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Tyson Campbell in the third quarter of a 28-23 Eagles victory on Nov. 3, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. (Getty Images)

Eagles are losing WR Jahan Dotson and DE Jaelan Phillips

Main Street in Bethlehem bustles with people Monday, March 9, 2026, after a news conference at Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe in the city unveiling that the area was nominated in USA Today’s 10Best Main Street competition for 2026. It won in 2025. The news conference also promoted the Our Star Shines All Year Round initiative designed to convince travelers to visit Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

How you can help Bethlehem once again have the ‘Best Main Street’ in America

Lehigh Carbon Community College’s Fowler Education Center is seen on the main campus.

Lehigh Carbon Community College closure stretches into 2nd week after IT ‘disruption’

Matthew Thompson, 43, of Bethlehem was reported missing Feb. 15, 2026. Police say he was found dead Sunday, March 8, 2026, near the Mount Pocono Municipal Wastewater Treatment Facility. (Photo courtesy of Bethlehem Police)

Bethlehem man missing for weeks found dead in Poconos, police say

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2 Bucks County teens arrested after IED tossed at New York City protest
2 Bucks County teens arrested after IED tossed at New York City protest
Pa. state police trooper shot and killed in Chester County [Updated]
Pa. state police trooper shot and killed in Chester County [Updated]
Bethlehem man missing for weeks found dead in Poconos, police say
Bethlehem man missing for weeks found dead in Poconos, police say
Lehigh Valley food safety report: Rodents in kitchen and storage areas, moldy vegetables, loose garbage
Lehigh Valley food safety report: Rodents in kitchen and storage areas, moldy vegetables, loose garbage
Lehigh Carbon Community College closure stretches into 2nd week after IT ‘disruption’
Lehigh Carbon Community College closure stretches into 2nd week after IT ‘disruption’
PIAA wrestling championships: 2 from Lehigh Valley make history with 4th state titles
PIAA wrestling championships: 2 from Lehigh Valley make history with 4th state titles
Eagles are losing WR Jahan Dotson and DE Jaelan Phillips
Eagles are losing WR Jahan Dotson and DE Jaelan Phillips
ISIS inspired Bucks County teens to throw IEDs at New York protest, NYPD says
ISIS inspired Bucks County teens to throw IEDs at New York protest, NYPD says
Police seize more than $100,000 worth of cocaine and other drugs, charge 2 in Lehigh Valley investigation
Police seize more than $100,000 worth of cocaine and other drugs, charge 2 in Lehigh Valley investigation
Whitehall Mall Wawa announces grand opening date. Get your free coffee and T-shirts
Whitehall Mall Wawa announces grand opening date. Get your free coffee and T-shirts

Local News

Brianna Lasko of Lovely by Brianna casts the first vote as Kelly Ronalds, general manager of Historic Hotel Bethlehem, watches Monday, March 9, 2026, during a news conference at Schropp Dry Goods Shoppe in Bethlehem unveiling that Main Street in Bethlehem was nominated in USA Today’s 10Best Main Street competition for 2026. It won in 2025 in an effort led by the hotel’s marketing team. The news conference also introduced the Our Star Shines All Year Round marketing campaign to encourage travelers to visit the city. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Vote for Bethlehem’s Main Street to be USA Today’s #1 Main Street in America | PHOTOS

Vote for Bethlehem’s Main Street to be USA Today’s #1 Main Street in America

Sports

Bethlehem Christian’s Gabe Transue gets a rebound during a game against Northern Lehigh on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, at Northern Lehigh High School in Slatington. (Jonathan Broady/Special to The Morning Call)

PIAA boys basketball: This is the game Bethlehem Christian has been waiting for

Bethlehem Christian lost to Sankofa Freedom in the second round of last year's state tournament and has waited for a rematch for nearly a year

Things to Do

Rod Stewart performs Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at the PPL Center in Allentown. (Chris Knight/Special to The Morning Call)

From Rod Stewart to Sebastian Bach, here are the top acts performing in the Lehigh Valley in March

There's something for everyone this month in the Lehigh Valley.

Lehigh Valley Community Iftar | PHOTOS

The third annual Lehigh Valley Community Iftar was held on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at the Muslim Association of the Lehigh Valley in Whitehall Township. The iftar, centered on the theme of “pray for peace,” was organized by two Lehigh...
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Opinion

St Catherine’s Monastery, South Sinai, Egypt –– September 15–18, 2006 –– In the shadow of the rugged & remote Mount Sinai lies the world’s oldest continuously operating Christian monastery of St Catherine’s, established in the 6th century. However, the valley first rose to prominence in the 4th century when it was inhabited by hermits from throughout the Byzantine Empire who sought refuge in the wilderness near Mount Sinai. Father Justin (originally from El Paso) is director of the oldest functioning library in Christendom. It also claims to have the world’s richest collection of ancient manuscripts, after that of the Vatican. One of the library’s greatest early treasures is now the fifth–century Codex Syriacus, which is a palimpsest (a Syriac translation of the Bible overlaid with seventh–century text). Illuminated masterpieces from the eleventh and twelth centuries include a Book of Job, “Christian Topography” by Cosmas Indicopleustes and Climacus’ “Ladder of Paradise”. There is also a large collection of incunabula and early books (an English curiousity is a book with a newly–discovered 1716 inscription by Lord Burlington). St Catherine’s is now making moves to reclaim its greatest treasure, the Codex Sinaiticus, which has been in the British Library since 1933. The mid–fourth–century Codex Sinaiticus is the oldest surviving manuscript of the Bible, along with its contemporary, the Codex Vaticanus, in Rome. Photograph by Barry Iverson

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Crime and Public Safety

The NYPD Bomb Squad investigates an explosive device (inset) near Gracie Mansion on Saturday.

2 Bucks County teens arrested after IED tossed at New York City protest

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Iran war puts at risk key pipelines, terminals and refineries that supply the world with oil and gas

Oil and natural gas prices soared after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Pennsylvania News

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Pennsylvania high school basketball scores from Saturday, March 7

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National News

FILE – Oren and Tal Alexander speak at a panel at the Rockstars of Real Estate Event in New York., on Sept. 3, 2013. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision for DETAILS Magazine/AP Images, File)

Alexander brothers are convicted of sex trafficking in case that shocked real estate world

It follows testimony from 11 women who said they were sexually assaulted by them.

Allentown

Kevin Esterly, 52, who made national headlines in 201 when he flew to Mexico with a teen, now faces charges alleging he raped a girl at his home. (Courtesy Miami-Dade County Corrections Department)

Lehigh County dad who fled with girl to Mexico guilty in sex crime case, faces up to 87 years in prison

In a decisively quick verdict, a Lehigh County jury on Thursday found Kevin Esterly guilty...

Bethlehem Area

The Thai-style La Kang Chicken & Rice restaurant will close next week in Bethlehem. (Photo courtesy of Jam Maca-antal)

Thai chicken and rice restaurant in Lehigh Valley closing: ‘Grateful for all the love and support’

A Thai chicken and rice restaurant in Bethlehem is closing after roughly one year of...