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Allentown City Council takes steps to help homeless as mayor defends planned Jordan Creek camp eviction

Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk said developer Nat Hyman's lawsuit against the city was not a factor in the decision to evacuate the camp.

A homeless resident at Jordan Meadows Park on Friday, May 2, 2025, in Allentown. City Council has passed several measures intended to aid displaced residents of the homeless encampment, which the city is disbanding due to flooding concerns.
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John Sise with the bicycle he was riding when he hit a tree root in the ground and was thrown over the handlebars. (Photo courtesy of John Sise)

Opinion: Bicycle wreck along Lehigh Valley trail offers lesson in human decency

Lehigh Street is flooded in the area of the South Mall in Salisbury Township, near the Allentown border, Wednesday evening, Aug. 13, 2025, after storms moved through the area. Several vehicles got stuck in the high water. (Courtesy of Salisbury Township Police)

Severe storms move across Lehigh Valley, with more than 2,000 power outages; flash flooding on major Allentown area road

Hotel Bethlehem staff, local officials and business owners celebrate Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, after the hotel was named the best historic hotel for the fifth year in a row in USA Today’s 10Best Historic Hotel competition. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

Hotel Bethlehem named Best Historic Hotel for 5th straight year. See what iconic hotels it beat out for the top honors

Route 22 was closed between Center Street and Nazareth Pike following a crash Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. A dump truck involved in the crash spilled asphalt onto the highway. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)

Route 22 reopens in Northampton County after crash dumps asphalt onto highway

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Man admits to fraud scheme to sell fake Jason Kelce memorabilia

A Philadelphia man has admitted to orchestrating a 2024 fraud scheme to sell fake Jason Kelce-signed memorabilia, originally valued at an estimated $200,000, and he awaits his fate from a judge.

Sports

Emmaus High School’s Richmond-bound defensive lineman Robert Edwards III practices Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Emmaus. Finishing the regular season last year at 10-3, the Green Hornets reached the District 11 6A championship game before losing to Parkland. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)

Emmaus football preview: Expectations high for the Green Hornets in 2025

Emmaus football made a memorable run to the district finals last year and now hopes it can get over the hump.

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Opera singer Grace Lerew will perform with the Allentown Band on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025, and Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, in Allentown. (Photo courtesy Sarah Kappes)

‘Something for everyone’: Upcoming Allentown performances feature trained opera singer, civilian concert band

The Allentown Band will perform opera and Broadway favorites at two shows this week, featuring Parkland graduate and opera singer Grace Lerew.

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Browse political cartoons for the week of Aug. 11

View Town Square/Opinion cartoons for the week of Aug. 11, 2025.

Crime and Public Safety

South Whitehall man who raped child will spend up to 40 years in prison

Jeffrey Morris, 39, took hundreds of photos and videos of the abuse.

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FILE – Options to use the Zelle payments network are seen on a mobile banking app in New York, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

NY attorney general sues Zelle’s parent company after Trump administration drops similar case

NY AG Letitia James alleges the company failed to protect Zelle users from fraud.

Pennsylvania News

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Pa. Senate GOP passes flat budget, transit funding that Dems say is a no-go as standoff continues

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National News

FLE – In this Aug. 14, 1935, file photo President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security bill in Washington. Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112. In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world. But Social Security does not have death records for millions of people with birth dates stretching back as far as 1869, according to a report by the agencys inspector general. The first old-age monthly benefit check was paid in 1940, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt had signed the Social Security Act in 1935. (AP Photo, File)

Today in History: August 14, FDR signs Social Security Act

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, ensuring income for elderly...

Allentown

Prominent Allentown church and nonprofit breaks ground on $7 million child care, learning facility

A prominent Allentown church and nonprofit broke ground Tuesday morning on a new $7.2 million...

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Nightcrawler: Chicago performs during Musikfest on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025, at the Windcreek Steel Stage in Bethlehem. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

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