Former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his first Lehigh Valley campaign stop of the 2024 campaign tonight in North Whitehall Township. A 7pm rally is scheduled outside the Schnecksville Fire Hall on Old Packhouse Road in Schnecksville. Doors will open at 3 p.m. Tickets are free and still available at www.donaldjtrump.com. There’s a limit of two tickets per cell phone number. Some local roads will be closed before, during and/or after the event. Among them: Route 22 in both directions; Route 309 both directions to the area of Route 873 and Old Packhouse Road in Schnecksville.
Thousands are expected to attend former President Donald Trump's campaign stop in Schnecksville tonight. It's an outdoor event and Accu-Weather's Joe Lundberg says if you're going, dress warmly. "The RealFeel temperatures will be in the 40s, so you're going to have to dress warmly. Once that sun disappears, it'll feel real chilly, real fast," Lundberg says. Some morning rain should be long gone by the time the gates open for the rally at 3pm.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is also a member of the Biden-Harris 2024 National Advisory Board, says former President Trump's Pennsylvania stops Saturday serve as a reminder his record and agenda are too dangerous for the Keystone State. Shapiro says, "This weekend, Donald Trump is coming to our Commonwealth to continue pushing his extreme agenda to control women's bodies and take away Pennsylvanians's freedoms."
President Joe Biden will visit three Pennsylvania cities next week. According to the White House, Biden will visit Scranton on Tuesday, April 16, and Wednesday, April 17. He will then travel to the Pittsburgh area later on Wednesday and after returning briefly to Washington, Biden will return to the Keystone State and visit Philadelphia on Thursday, April 18.
An 84-year-old Weisenberg Township woman has been identified as the person killed in a Thursday afternoon crash in Lynn Township. Helen Werley was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Schochary and Kistler Valley roads. Pennsylvania State Police Fogelsville and the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office are still investigating.
The borough of West Reading has received the 2024 Governor's Award for Local Government Excellence. It's given by the state Department of Community and Economic Development to recognize municipalities who strengthen their communities and better serve residents. West Reading officials were honored Wednesday for their response to the explosion of a R.M. Palmer chocolate factory last March. Officials say the local leaders and the volunteer fire department responded quickly and efficiently to put out the fire and rescue victims. The blast, which was believed to have been caused by a natural gas leak, killed seven people.
With more then 50 aftershocks felt throughout New Jersey since last Friday's earthquake, the Federal Government is now sending more renounces to the area to study those aftershocks. The United States Geological Survey is sending what they're calling Aftershock Kits to New Jersey to better document where, and how strong those aftershocks are. Those eight kits will record motion, and frequency's that will then be transmitted back in real time to the National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado. The USGS forecasts there's still a 12% chance of a magnitude 3 or greater aftershock within the next week.