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Bomb hoaxes at Trexler Middle School prompt students’ arrests: Allentown police
Monday’s bomb threat came less than a week after another hoax, according to Allentown police.
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SUV rolls over on Allentown street during state police chase
The driver — only identified Friday as a 51-year-old man from Bethlehem — was taken to a local hospital after the crash, authorities said.
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Zach Cole-Borghi says he won't resign, calls drug accusations 'clearly political'
Lehigh County Commissioner Zach Cole-Borghi is the only defendant in an alleged interstate marijuana ring whom authorities have publicly identified. He made his first public comments since being arrested Aug. 28 at his job at Bethlehem City Hall.
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Controller calls for changes in Lehigh County’s child-advocate program
The controller's report — published in mid-July — says the Guardian ad Litem program in Lehigh County lacks centralization, oversight and consistency in billing and compensation. That undermines "public trust in child welfare proceedings," he said.
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Whitehall dad’s conviction in baby-killing case vacated; he’ll be a free man in weeks
The case against Matthew Wolfe relied heavily on the expert testimony of Dr. Debra Esernio-Jenssen, the former Lehigh Valley Health Network physician being sued for alleged medical child abuse misdiagnoses. With her credibility under scrutiny, prosecutors agreed to cut years off Wolf's sentence.
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