A man is pleading guilty following a fatal shooting in Northampton County. The shooting happened in June of 2022, when 77-year-old William Strunk shot and killed Michael Powers inside Powers' Lehigh Township home. Strunk has pled guilty to third degree murder charges and is scheduled to be sentenced in January.
Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a string of car break-ins in Northampton County. Officials say that on Sunday, nine or more vehicles were broken into in the area of Spy Glass Road and Walnut Street in Bath Borough. Another vehicle was stolen but was later recovered. Residents are urged to remove valuable belongings from vehicles and to ensure that car doors are always locked. Anyone with information on any of the break-ins is asked to contact police.
A local college gets the green light for a building project. The Allentown Zoning Hearing Board on Monday granted a variance for Muhlenberg College to begin a three-story, 35,000-square-foot building expansion to the J. Conrad and Hazel J. Seegers Union student center on its Chew Street campus. The new facilities will include a welcome center, student career planning and counseling resources, alumni engagement, student clubs and organizations, and an event space. The expansion is Seeger Union's fourth since it was built in 1963.
Pennsylvania has begun a tense recount in the state's Senate race, where incumbent Sen. Bob Casey and his Republican challenger Dave McCormick are under half a percentage point apart. RNC chair Michael Whatley says the recount is a waste of taxpayer money and he's confident the recount won't change anything. "Average recounts generally shift 300-to-500 votes, so we're not going to see this overturned. Bob Casey should certainly save the taxpayers the money from going through this process," Whatley says. This comes as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirmed that all county boards of election cannot count misdated or undated ballots. GOP officials said that they are filing 12 lawsuits in Pennsylvania in an effort to protect McCormick's win. Senator Casey has not conceded despite calls from Republicans to do so.
The recount in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race is underway. Counties have until Wednesday to begin their recounts. The results must be reported to the Secretary of State's Office by November 27th. Republican Dave McCormick holds a lead of two-tenths-of-a-percent over incumbent Democrat Bob Casey. The recount started the same day the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that counties must stop counting mail-in ballots that don't have a correct handwritten date on the return envelope.
Attorneys for a man charged with killing four Idaho college students say their client's arrest in Monroe County was illegal. Bryan Kohberger is accused of stabbing four individuals to death in November of 2022 near the University of Idaho. He was arrested the following month at his parents' home in Chestnuthill Township. The defendant's lawyers say authorities entered the home without a proper warrant and spoke to their client before reading him his Miranda rights. Kohberger is expected to go to trial in the case next summer.
Accu-Weather's Joe Lundberg says the Lehigh Valley is in line for some much-needed rain tomorrow night. "It's going to be widespread for everybody and it could be very beneficial. At the very least, it should finally put to bed most of the fires, if not all of them, across the region," Lundberg says. Lundberg figures almost everybody will get at least a half-inch of rain and some areas could get more than an inch.
No injuries to report after a pair of small planes collided at Doylestown Airport Monday. It happened just after Noon yesterday afternoon and it's still not clear what led up to the accident. Emergency personnel quickly taped off the area as they investigated what took place.
Soon, New Jersey employers will have to post the salary of an open position when it's posted. Governor Phil Murphy has signed into law a bill mandating businesses with more than ten workers to disclose a compensation range and benefits for every position advertised. The law takes effect the middle of next year. New Jersey joins eight other states -- including New York -- that have similar laws on the books.