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Man fatally shot during Lower Saucon police incident that prompted ‘shelter in place’ [Updated]

March 25, 2026 at 6:02 pm

Read the text messages: Lehigh commissioner sold drugs from Bethlehem City Hall, joked about county position, court docs allege

In one text message string, Zachary Cole-Borghi was arranging a drug deal while at a county commissioners meeting, according to court documents.

Bethlehem City Hall at 10 E. Church Street in 2017. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Man fatally shot during Lower Saucon police incident that prompted ‘shelter in place’ [Updated]

Lehigh County Commissioner Zach Cole-Borghi. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

DA: Lehigh County commissioner conducted ‘drug deals’ for nearly 2 years, one was during commissioners’ meeting

A Pennsylvania State Police vehicle parked in Center City Philadelphia. (Tom Gralish/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

Pa. state trooper was justified in deadly North Whitehall shooting, Lehigh County DA rules

Emmaus High School exterior, June 17, 2019. (Kristen Harrison/The Morning Call)

Loaded ‘ghost’ gun found at Emmaus High School; student faces charges in juvenile court, DA says [Updated]

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Local News

Quakertown High School students exit a Levy Bus Co. school bus at the high school on Monday, Nov. 1, 2004, in Quakertown. The district is considering an end to its longtime contract with Levy, and choose a new bus service provider. (Catherine Meredith/The Morning Call)

Quakertown mulls breakup with school bus provider after 99 years

Quakertown Community School District is set to vote Thursday on whether to switch school bus operators.

Sports

The Phillies’ Bryce Harper follows through on a double against Washington in a Feb. 26 spring training game in Clearwater. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

For ‘run it back’ rhetoric, Phillies start season with substantial change

Phillies open 2026 season Thursday at home against the Texas Rangers

Things to Do

Swiss heavy metal band Burning Witches will perform Thursday, March 26, 2026, at Sellersville Theater. (Napalm Records)

Swiss heavy metal band Burning Witches will put a spell on you at Sellersville Theater

Burning Witches is currently touring the U.S., and we had a chance to speak with founding member/guitarist Romana Kalkuhl about the band’s inspiration, line-up changes, latest album “Inquisition” and more.

Celebration of National Agriculture Day at Flint Hill Farm | PHOTOS

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Fatal 7-vehicle crash on Center Valley Parkway | PHOTOS
Lehigh Valley Tattoo Convention | PHOTOS
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Opinion

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Opinion: Lehigh County has more important things to do than make unfair, inaccurate fascism accusation

Opinion: It did not name President Donald Trump or the Republican Party, but let’s be...

Crime and Public Safety

Syriana Mediterranean Grill at 1916 Hanover Ave. in east Allentown opened in 2020. (Ryan Kneller/The Morning Call)

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Business

The sun has set behind the buildings of the banking district in Frankfurt, Germany, late Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Europe’s top central banker thinks businesses may be quicker to raise prices due to Iran war

The Iran war sent oil prices sharply higher, raising costs for fuel, travel and manufacturing.

Pennsylvania News

A sign announcing a Rite Aid closure is seen in York County. (Ed Mahon / Spotlight PA)

Why Pa. pharmacies keep closing and how lawmakers want to slow the trend, explained in 7 stats

State lawmakers have tried to rein in pharmacy benefit managers, the corporate middlemen frequently blamed...

National News

An Air Canada Express jet taxis past the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, as maintenance crews prepare to move the plane from the runway where it had collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Mangled plane in LaGuardia crash is towed from runway as most injured passengers leave hospital

Since Monday, much of the wreckage had remained on the tarmac.

Allentown

A screen capture from video shows suspects Yunior Peralta-Quintan and Miguel Angel Ovalles Ubri on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, during a shootout on North Seventh Street in Allentown, near the city’s Dominican Festival. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

2nd man sentenced in 2024 shootout near Dominican Festival after pleading guilty

The second man charged in a 2024 shootout near the Allentown Dominican Festival has pleaded...

Bethlehem Area

Samantha Harrison and son Bodey Price, 3, both of Bethlehem enjoy the festivities Saturday, March 14, 2026, during the 16th annual Parade of Shamrocks in downtown Bethlehem. The parade was presented by the Celtic Cultural Alliance and Historic Hotel Bethlehem. The St. Patrick’s Day celebration featured pipe bands, school marching bands and community groups, starting on Broad Street and ending under the Hill-To-Hill Bridge. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

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