The Lehigh County District Attorney will hold a press conference this morning on the shooting in Allentown last week that injured a child. D-A Gavin Holihan's office says the presser will be to announce "developments" in the case. An eleven-year-old boy was shot in the head last Thursday near North Nagle and Allen. He is expected to survive.
Department of Human Services employees in Northampton County are currently not planning to strike Friday, as union members are set to vote on a contract proposal later this week, according to Samantha Shewmaker, with SEIU Local 668. Shewmaker said bargaining discussions were held Monday. The DHS employees had threatened to strike. Several employees spent their lunch break last Thursday protesting the lack of staff and the low wages they say make it hard to work there. The workers have been negotiating with the county since last fall to try to get open positions filled.
Lower Saucon Township Council voted to create a new paid fire chief position. The township is currently serviced by a force of 65 volunteers that are led by a volunteer chief, Tyler Johnson.
We're waiting for more information about the child flown to the hospital after they went under the water at the Stroudsburg Borough Park Pool yesterday. No one is saying how old the child is, or what their condition is. Police were called to the pool just before 1 p.m. yesterday. Officers say the call came-in as a near-drowning.
Sheetz is coming to Lower Saucon Township. The township council voted yesterday to bring the convenience store to the Saucon Valley Square. In addition to hot food, snacks, and drinks, the location will also have twelve fueling stations. The store in Lower Saucon will be constructed at the site of the former Fulton Bank.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has made a major change in the sales of antlerless deer hunting licenses in an effort to avoid the fiasco that happened last year on the first day of sales. The Game Commission will only sell licenses on the first day, starting at 8 a.m. Monday, June 24, to the management units 1B, 2G and 3A. Licenses for the other 19 units in the state will go on sale at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 27. Units 2G and 3A are in the north central part of the state and 1B is in the northwest corner of the state. Last year when licenses for all 22 units went on sale the first day, it caused headaches for hunters because of long waits both online and at license issuing agents.
Pennsylvania's road managers are out with the first draft of their next master plan. PennDOT released its proposed transportation plan this week. It gives a rough outline of how the state wants to spend 29 billion-dollars over the next few years on roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects. The plan is not finalized, in fact PennDOT is asking for public comments.
A Danville teacher is climbing across Pennsylvania for a good cause. Van Wagner is on a journey he's calling "67 Trees on 67 Mountains in 67 Counties." The Danville Area High School agriculture teacher wants to climb to the highest point of every county in the Keystone State to raise awareness for Pennsylvania forests. Wagner has checked 46 counties off his list.
Pennsylvania children will soon be required to learn about 9/11 in school. A bill recently passed into law will give schools across the state resources for teaching students about the attacks. State Senator and bill sponsor Kristin Phillips-Hill says she is pleased to see Governor Josh Shapiro sign the bill as today's high school students and even some young teachers were not alive on 9/11. Items included in the curriculum will be the historical context of the attacks and United Flight 93.
Senator Bob Menendez's corruption trial resumes today after its pause for Juneteenth. The trial is in its sixth week. Tuesday. New Jersey's U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger testified he never believed Menendez asked him to do anything improper or unethical. After Sellinger's testimony, prosecutors used testimony of Menendez's former campaign manager -- Michael Soliman -- to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of Sellinger three years ago. Menendez and his wife are accused of accepting cash, gold bars and a Mercedes in exchange for political favors. The couple has denied any wrongdoing.