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Allentown woman wanted for vehicular homicide while DUI in Pa. Turnpike I-476 wrong-way crash, DA says

April 10, 2026 at 2:58 pm

Allentown woman wanted for vehicular homicide while DUI in Pa. Turnpike I-476 wrong-way crash, DA says

An Allentown woman is wanted on charges of vehicular homicide while DUI in a wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike I-476 in Lehigh County in March 2025.

Onanyeli Rosario-Mesa, 25, of Allentown is charged with vehicular homicide while DUI in a fatal wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension (I-476) in April 2025. (Courtesy of the Lehigh County DA)

People listen during a town hall meeting on a proposed data center Thursday, April 9, 2026, at Bangor Middle School in Lower Mount Bethel Township. Developers Peron Development and J.G. Petrucci Co. Inc. have proposed a data center campus at the intersection of Martins Creek Belvidere Highway and Gravel Hill Road. Residents are concerned about how the proposal would impact the rural township.(Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

‘We don’t want it’: Lower Mount Bethel residents raise concerns about data center proposal at town hall

Lehigh University senior Kira Miller holds a sign with an empty plastic jug, known as a BORG, drawn on it Monday, April 6, 2026, during a public demonstration against racism at the university in Bethlehem. Students say racist messages were found drawn on two bottles found on or near the campus in recent months, and they were calling on leadership to address it. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lehigh students demand action after racist slogans, imagery collide with university’s party scene

A glass of beer sits in the seating area Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in Whitehall Township. (Emma Reed/The Morning Call)

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The Sunoco station at Main Street and Union Boulevard in Bethlehem sells regular gas for $4.19 a gallon and diesel for $5.89 a gallon Thursday, April 2, 2026. The average price in the Lehigh Valley has surpassed $4 per gallon as gas prices nationwide surge to their highest levels since 2022 amid the Iran war. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Lehigh Valley gas prices jump 9 cents in week, but one Pennsylvania county has gas below $4. See the latest numbers.

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