Daniel Patrick Sheehan
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‘Pretty much my best friend’: Daughter recalls final conversation with mother before Lower Macungie woman’s murder
Prosecutors say Josef Raszler killed Stephanie Roof because he could not stand that she had moved on from their brief 2015 relationship. He has denied the charges. → Read More
After 70 years, a small-town mystery endures: Who killed Gail and Butchie Schultz?
Siblings Gail and Butchie Schultz were murdered 70 years ago near their Upper Nazareth Township home. No one has ever been brought to justice. → Read More
3 people killed in Route 33 crash identified, including teenage girl and Lehigh Valley man
Officials have identified the three people killed Wednesday in a five-vehicle wreck on Route 33 in Monroe County, including a Lehigh Valley man and a 14-year-old girl. → Read More
Lehigh DA to announce findings on Allentown police-involved shooting that killed Coplay man
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin will hold a news conference Thursday to announce his findings in a deadly officer-involved shooting in Allentown. → Read More
State police seek information about Lynn Township house fire
The state police fire marshal is seeking information about a Sunday morning house fire at 8307 Creamery Road in Lynn Township. → Read More
Funeral services for slain Temple police officer Christopher Fitzgerald announced
Funeral services for slain Temple University Police officer Christopher Fitzgerald, the son of former Allentown police chief Joel Fitzgerald, have been announced. → Read More
I-78 westbound in Lehigh County reopen after crash, fuel spill, but delays continue
A tractor-trailer jackknifed on westbound Interstate 78 and spilled fuel, blocking all lanes, Pennsylvania state police said. → Read More
Former Lehigh County commissioner, Olympic cyclist Marty Nothstein pleads guilty in stalking case
Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist and former Lehigh County Commissioner Marty Nothstein pleaded guilty Wednesday to a single count of defiant trespass, saying he entered his ex-girlfriend's home and tried to access her computer in March 2021. → Read More
Monroe County man pleads guilty to posing as dead father, stealing benefits
A Brodheadsville man concealed the death of his father to steal more than $204,000 in social security and retirement benefits, once disguising himself by whitening his hair and eyebrows to appear like a much older man, federal authorities said. → Read More
LVHN to build 144-bed behavioral hospital near its Muhlenberg campus
Lehigh Valley Health Network is teaming with Universal Health Services to build a 144-bed behavioral health hospital on Macada Road in Hanover Township, Northampton County. → Read More
Lower Saucon police seek man caught on camera in area of home burglaries
Lower Saucon Township police are seeking a man caught on camera in the area of two homes that were burglarized Monday. → Read More
Teen charged after posting apparent gun photo during Freedom High basketball game, Bethlehem Township police say
A teenage boy who posted an Instagram photo of himself at Freedom High School displaying what appeared ot be a handgun tucked in his waistband was charged with weapons offenses. → Read More
Men killed in Hamilton Boulevard crash involving tractor-trailer are identified
Two Reading men died in a Sunday afternoon crash on Hamilton Boulevard in Upper Macungie Township, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. → Read More
Northampton County creates major crimes task force to handle mass shootings and other complex cases
Northampton County District Attorney Terry Houck says a new major crimes task force will give law enforcement an edge in big investigations. → Read More
Lehigh County District Attorney Jim Martin says he won’t seek reelection
District Attorney Jim Martin, Lehigh County’s top law enforcement official for 25 years, says he won’t seek reelection. → Read More
Lehigh Valley man indicted in scheme to defraud Pa. Turnpike of $1 million in tolls with fake E-ZPass units
Sergio Jara of Allentown scammed the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission out of more than $1 million in tolls by creating phony E-ZPass transponders, authorities say. → Read More
Emmaus man fatally injured at work site, coroner reports
Nicholas A. Varec, 36, of Emmaus, was injured Wednesday at a job site Mountain View Drive in Lehigh Township and died at a hospital. → Read More
Well-known lawyer is returning to Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office
Gavin P. Holihan will take over Jan. 9 as Lehigh County's first assistant district attorney. He was an assistant district attorney from 1992 to 1997. → Read More
A New Year surprise: St. Luke’s first baby of 2023 arrived three weeks early
Hunter Russell is one of those couldn’t-wait babies. He was due Jan. 23. He decided to show up at 3:54 a.m. Sunday, just shy of four hours into the new year, at St. Luke's University Health Network's Allentown campus. → Read More
Allentown Diocese to hold special memorial Mass on Thursday for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Bishop Alfred Schlert will lead a Vespers service at the Cathedral of St. Cathaeine of Siena on Wednesday and preside at a memorial Mass for Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday. → Read More