An Allentown man is under arrest for allegedly stabbing his co-worker Tuesday night inside a Trader Joe’s warehouse in East Allen Township. State police say Cristian Burgos Vasquez got into an argument with his co-worker about 7 o'clock Tuesday night and stabbed the man several times. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.
An Allentown mother is facing charges for the death of her infant earlier this year. Police said 24-year-old Megan Ramsey left the 13-month-old unsupervised in a bathtub with running water. The child was found unresponsive and taken to the hospital, where they died about a month later. Ramsey is charged with involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of a child.
Bethlehem police are investigating a stabbing. Authorities say one person was stabbed last night on the 6600 block of Atlantic Street. The victim's condition is not known at this time.
The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday night to adopt the county's 2025 budget with no property tax increase. The $553 million spending plan maintains the current tax rate of 3.78 mills.
Monday marked the last day to register for next month's election. Muhlenberg College professor Chris Borick says the most recent numbers available suggest Republicans in Pennsylvania are cutting into the Democrats' voter registration advantage. "The Democrats have held a registration advantage in Pennsylvania for decades. Over the last few years, however, we've seen that advantage that Democrats have become less robust," Borick says. More than 4.2 million Democrats registered to vote in Pennsylvania in 2020. That number is down to 3.9 million this year. Meanwhile, there were 3.5 million registered Republicans in 2020, now, the party has more than 3.6 million.
More than 10 percent of voters in Pennsylvania have already voted. The Secretary of State says a million people in the Commonwealth have already cast their ballot. That's a combination of early voting, and voting by mail. The state says 60 percent of those votes are from Democrats, and 30 percent are from Republicans. That's a jump from four years ago. Nationally, election managers say nearly 25 million people have voted early.
There are now rules for driverless cars in Pennsylvania, even if there aren't driverless cars just yet. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation yesterday said it has adopted rules for highly automated vehicles. The regulations are intended to stay ahead of driverless technology. PennDOT says it's been working on the new rules since at least 2018, and says the driverless car companies and tech firms played a role in drafting the new rules for the road.
There are now charges for the man who the State Police say pulled a gun on a northeastern Pennsylvania state lawmaker. Prosecutors in Lackawanna County yesterday filed charges against 24-year-old Austin Augustine. The State Police say he pulled a gun on State Senator Marty Flynn last week. Flynn told investigators that he was trying to merge onto I-81 when it happened. Flynn says there's no way Augustine would have known he was a lawmaker. Prosecutors are moving ahead with terroristic threats and recklessly endangering another person charges.
Floss Stingel is the woman who voiced the iconic 'Watch the Tram Car Please' message heard thousands of times a day on the Wildwood boardwalk. Now, Stingel is suing, claiming she has never been paid for her work while others are making money off of it. "The man I was dating at the time worked for the company that owned the tram cars and I just spoke into a recorder and it's been used ever since," Stingel says. She says the straw that broke the camel's back happened when boardwalk stores began selling plush tram cars that played her voice and that message. Stingel is suing the City of Wildwood, the Wildwood Business Improvement District, Wildwoods Boardwalk Special Improvement District, Wildwood Historical Society and George F. Boyer Museum, Morey’s Piers & Beachfront Waterparks, and St. George’s Stores.