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Prison lifts lockdown; unsecured handgun prompted cell-to-cell search - UPDATE
'Nothing major was found in the shakedown,' Northampton County Director of Corrections Robert Meyers said. Express-Times File Photo | KELBY ANDERKONorthampton County Prison has been locked down since...
View ArticleNorthampton County Council votes against funding proposed bi-county health board
The 5-4 decision negates the Lehigh County Commissioners' 5-3 vote to fund it. A proposed bi-county health board will not be funded after a joint vote tonight by officials from Lehigh and Northampton...
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Snowy forecast prompts officials to delay Northampton County Court matters
Court will convene in the afternoon instead of as originally planned at 9 a.m. View full sizeAP PhotoNorthampton County Court matters will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday instead of at 9 a.m. as originally...
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Lehigh Township Planning Commission meets tonight to review contested solar...
A township zoners meeting planned for Thursday has been moved to Feb. 3. View full sizeBusiness Wire PhotoA business is looking to put solar arrays on Northampton County School District property in...
View ArticleKmart worker who stole from job gets five years of probation to pay restitution
James A. Brown Jr. admitted today to taking $10,000 in cash and merchandise. A Palmerton, Pa., man who admitted stealing $10,000 from a Lehigh Township Kmart was a decorated former firefighter who had...
View ArticleMan convicted of robbing bank compares sentencing judge to used car dealer,...
William Muffley was then sentenced to up to 23 years in state prison. It wasn't convicted robber William Muffley's best moment today when, as he maintained his innocence, he compared the Northampton...
View ArticleAuthorities bust two suspected meth labs in Northampton
Two people are expected to be charged with drug-related crimes later today and two young children were hospitalized as a precaution following the raid. Two people are in police custody after...
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Group looking to save Gracedale has more than enough signatures for referendum
The group still plans to circulate petitions this weekend. View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo | BILL ADAMSNorthampton County officials want to sell Gracedale nursing home. People who want the...
View ArticleTwo Northampton men accused of making methamphetamine
Authorities found materials inside Jeffrey Lee Miller Jr.'s and Timothy Allen Ames' homes, records say. Two Northampton men have been accused of cooking methamphetamine inside their homes.Jeffrey Lee...
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Dr. Martin Luther King's message remembered during ceremonies in Easton and...
Officials also unveiled the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial at Fourth and Union streets and Martin Luther King Drive in Allentown. While Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have A...
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Coalition for Alzheimer Families collects more signatures for Gracedale...
The group needs 19,600 valid signatures in order to put a referendum about Gracedale nursing home on the May primary ballot. Today was the deadline. View full sizeExpress-Times Photo | MATT...
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'Teen Mom' from Nazareth tries to file protection-from-abuse order today
Kailyn Lowry was previously featured on the MTV show '16 and Pregnant.' View full sizePhoto Courtesy MTVKailyn Lowry feeds her son, Issac, on the MTV show "16 and Pregnant."A Nazareth teenager...
View ArticlePalmer Township man who stole valves for scrap begs for later prison date
Kenneth W. Olswfski helped steal metal valves from A&B Stainless Valve Inc. in Nazareth. A Palmer Township man who stole more than $100,000 in valves from his former employer seemed shocked this...
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Northampton County Council fills 38 vacant positions, citing backlog of work
County Executive John Stoffa said the county still ended 2010 with 130 fewer employees, including 48 part-time employees. View full sizeExpress-Times File PhotoNorthampton County Council filled 38...
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Butterfly House, a transitional program for women leaving Northampton County...
County council agreed to help fund the nonprofit program planned to be housed in a South Side Easton church. View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo | KELBY ANDERKOThe goal of Butterfly House, planned...
View ArticleElection commission to meet Tuesday to review Gracedale referendum question
The meeting will be held at the county courthouse, in the third-floor training room. The Northampton County Election Commission is scheduled to meet at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to review the referendum...
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Michael Ballard to claim insanity in quadruple homicide case
The notice of the defense was filed in court today. View full sizeCourtesy PhotoMichael Eric Ballard's attorney filed notice today that he plans to use an insanity defense when the quadruple murder...
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Northampton County Controller Stephen Barron Jr. running for re-election
Barron, of Bethlehem, won the seat in 2007. Courtesy PhotoStephen Barron Northampton County Controller Stephen J. Barron Jr. today announced he will seek re-election in 2011. After four years in...
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Northampton County elections office trying to sort through more than 23,000...
The Northampton County Election Commission is scheduled to meet 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to review a possible ballot question asking county voters to prevent the sale of Gracedale for five years. View full...
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County executive halts $50K grant for Butterfly House in wake of questions...
Council voted 6-1 on Thursday to give the grant to the post-prison transitional facility. View full sizeExpress-Times File Photo | KELBY ANDERKOButterfly House intends to cut recidivism rates at...
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