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Former Lehigh Valley deacon gets decades in prison for taking child to New York for sex

A former deacon from Macungie will spend 30 years in federal prison for taking a minor to New York for sex, authorities said Monday.

The Northampton County Courthouse in Easton. (Cameron Hart/The Morning Call)

The Hersheypark main entrance in 2021. (Thomas Hengge/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)

9-year-old girl who died after incident in Hersheypark wave pool is identified

Aleksander Fedoryszak-Schroer, 3, plays as chickens roam Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in the backyard of their Forks Township home. The township says chickens aren’t allowed as pets, but Karolina Fedoryszak, Aleksander’s mother, insists she received verbal permission in 2019. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Lehigh Valley woman wins her fight to save her backyard chickens from township law

Children play and cool off in spraying water Monday, June 23, 2025, at Roosevelt Park in Allentown.(April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

‘Dangerous heat’ returns to the Lehigh Valley: What to expect

Andrea Samson stands with an ambulance. Samson, 30, of New Jersey is in need of a kidney donation. (Juliette Samson/Contributed photo)

An EMT and Lafayette grad needs a third kidney transplant. Here’s how you may be able to help

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The sidewalk is buckled along the base of trees on the 400 block of Willow Road in Hellertown. Some residents are upset after they recently received letters from the zoning officer telling them they need to plant or replace shade trees in accordance with a 40-year-old borough law. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

A Lehigh Valley borough is telling residents they have to plant or replace shade trees. They’re not happy.

In the last two weeks, about 90 residents have received one of two letters informing them they need to replace old trees along Willow Road and elsewhere or plant a seedling in places lacking a shade tree.

Sports

Pocono Mountain’s Nate Cruz dribbles against Malvern Prep’s Cooper Romanczak on Sunday, July 27, 2025, during the A-Town Throwdown basketball tournament at Executive Education Academy Charter School in Allentown. (Oliver Lois Economidis/The Morning Call)

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Rock band Third Eye Blind headlines Musikfest on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025, in Bethlehem. (Kylie Spinelli)

Musikfest 2025: 28 years after their first blockbuster album, Third Eye Blind still drawing crowds

“We try to do things like almost like being DJs and we kind of try to mix ourselves as a live band and weave in different things back and forth is kind of the idea. So that's how I'm looking...