Interstate 80 fatal accident no longer considered a hit-and-run - UPDATE
Police say new details suggest only two vehicles were involved, not three as initially reported. A Tuesday evening accident on Interstate 80 that left an East Stroudsburg motorcyclist dead is no...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michael Ballard could go to trial in March for four Northampton murders
Ballard told Northampton County Judge Edward Smith that he understood he could face the death penalty. View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotosMichael Eric Ballard, insert, could stand trial as early...
View ArticleEaston man wanted for not returning to Northampton County Community Corrections
Search for James Carl Dilts comes five days after an alleged stabbing by a different prisoner on work release. Northampton County Department of Corrections officials are searching for an Easton man...
View ArticleMissing inmate returns to Northampton County Community Corrections
James Carl Dilts, 45, of Easton, returned at 1:50 a.m. to the Community Corrections facility, officials said. He was last seen at 3:30 p.m. Saturday. A Northampton County Corrections inmate who had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kiffle Kitchen Bakery to mark 25th anniversary with customer appreciation days
Patrons will get complimentary cupcakes and coffee, plus a 25 percent discount, in late October. View full sizeExpress-Times Photo | BRUCE WINTERKiffles cool on racks waiting to be packaged at The...
View ArticleBethlehem man, 71, injured in four-vehicle accident in Allen Township
Gilliard Richard was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg with an unknown injury after the Monday evening crash. A 71-year-old Bethlehem man suffered an unknown injury Monday when he was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
District Attorney John Morganelli to talk about police shooting, the Brad...
A news conference is scheduled for 2 o'clock today. View full sizePhoto Courtesy of Facebook.comOfficials are investigating an accusation that former Bangor Area High School teacher's aide and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Northampton County's most consistent voters honored at ceremony
More than 100 people were indicted into the Pennsylvania Voter Hall of Fame this week. See a PHOTO GALLERY. If it's the first Tuesday of November, Anthony Tylus is going to vote. The 93-year-old West...
View ArticleNorthampton man claims robbery was actually 'suicide by cop' attempt
Mark Suranofsky walked into a Turkey Hill store on Nov. 1 with a 14-inch kitchen knife. When Mark Suranofsky walked into a Turkey Hill store with a 14-inch kitchen knife, police saw an armed man...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Northampton County corrections officer fired in wake of steroid charges
Brian Potance Jr., of Hellertown, had been suspended without pay once he was charged. View full sizePhoto Courtesy of the Northampton County Attorney General's officeBrian Potance Jr.A Northampton...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Stoffa proposes Northampton County budget with no tax increase
Some members of county council are complaining that tapping into surplus funds to avoid an 18.5 percent hike is irresponsible. View full sizeThomas DietrichNorthampton County's proposed 2011 budget...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moore Township man killed when car crashes into tree
Jessie Kocher, 37, of West Beersville Road, was pronounced dead at the crash site, police said. View full sizeA Moore Township man was killed this morning when his car crashed into a tree on Grouse...
View ArticleNorthampton County Coroner rules Moore Township car crash death accidental
Jessie Kocher died during a single-vehicle accident in Moore Township. The Northampton County coroner has ruled that the death of a Moore Township man in a weekend crash was accidental.Coroner Zachary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Northampton County executive plans to recommend that council proceed with...
John Stoffa believes the 100-bed facility is the more prudent choice than a larger center in Bethlehem Township with the county facing a 'dire budget.' View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo | BILL...
View ArticleClik here to view.
News comments: Use of surplus funds makes sense for Northampton County
Reader patrickallen writes, 'I understand the surplus is meant as a rainy day fund but that rainy day has arrived over the last few years.' Express-Times File PhotoNorthampton County Executive John...
View ArticleCatasauqua man convicted of robbing Northampton bank on second visit
Muffley, of the 1100 block of Front Street in Catasauqua, will be sentenced Nov. 5 for robbery and related charges. It wasn't a crime that William J. Muffley visited his regular Wachovia bank branch...
View ArticleLower Saucon Township man on trial for allegedly slashing fellow prison inmate
Jacob Matthew Christine, of Lower Saucon Township, is facing attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges. Jury selection started this morning in the case of a Northampton County Prison inmate...
View ArticleDaniel Rice, convicted robber, testifies in Jacob Christine's prison slashing...
Christine, of Lower Saucon Township, is accused of slashing Thomas Misero's neck during a fight in a jail cell. The defense rested today and closiung arguments are scheduled for Thursday. Bank robber...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lower Saucon Township man convicted of aggravated assault in prison slashing
Jacob Christine, 21, was acquitted of attempted homicide in the case. His sentencing is scheduled next month. Christine was in prison for a 2007 shooting. View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotoJacob...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Easton man charged with Moore Township burglary may be connected to other thefts
One of Jeffrey Rompilla's alleged co-conspirators told police she, Rompilla and two other men had been involved in other break-ins around the Lehigh Valley, according to an affidavit of probable...
View Article
