Police were on the scene of an incident Monday night in Allentown. It's believed this one may have been deadly. It happened in the area of North Law and Liberty streets. Emergency officials say the call came in around 10:30 p.m. It's believed at least one person was killed in the incident. Bullet holes were seen through one of the homes on Liberty Street.
A Carbon County eating establishment that has been serving up meals for 18 years will close permanently. Boulevard Drive-in and Family Restaurant's Facebook page cites COVID and a Route 443 road project as reasons for its closing. The post did not say what date the restaurant will close its doors. The post says information about what to do with unused gift cards will be released in the near future.
The family behind a popular Lehigh County restaurant forced to vacate its longstanding spot earlier this summer is beginning a new chapter at a nearby location. Katie’s Family Restaurant in late July held its last day of business at 6397 Route 309 in Heidelberg Township amid a landlord-tenant dispute. The restaurant’s new version, Katie’s Country Kitchen, is expected to open by the end of September at Routes 309 and 100 in Heidelberg Township at an end unit of the Star Plaza strip mall.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will be in the Lehigh Valley this Saturday for a Harris-Walz campaign event targeting Latino voters. Emhoff will meet with “Pennsylvania Latino leaders and community members” in Allentown. The exact time and location of the visit has not yet been disclosed. Emhoff also visited Allentown in 2022 with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, part of a “listening tour” where the two heard about how public schools were recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
President Biden supported Vice President Harris on the campaign trail in Pittsburgh Monday as she makes an appeal to union workers in rust belt states. Biden took a shot at former President Trump while back his vice president. "In regards to picket lines, he'd rather cross one than join one. But I have no problem walking the picket line, nor does Kamala," the President said. The President's appearance marks the first time he's campaigned alongside the Vice President since the Democrat National Convention, and his exit from the race.
Florida Congresswoman Laurel Lee is a member of the House task force looking into the attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump. She describes her visit to the Butler, Pennsylvania site where the assassination attempt occurred. "We had the opportunity to actually walk around the site and I will say it is all the more inexplicable when you see it because it's a small area, it's a small area and we actually got up on the roof where the shooter was that day and got a perspective just how close he was able to get to President Trump," Lee says. Though the FBI hasn't identified a motive for the shooting or if there were any other conspirators, the agency did say 20-year-old Thomas Crooks became hyper-focused on former President Trump's rally as a target of opportunity.
Pennsylvania is looking for the owners of $20 million. The money is coming from Delaware as part of the settlement over the MoneyGram un-cashed check case, but state officials say it will be difficult to find the owners of the money. The Supreme Court ruled against Delaware in the case last year. Now, Pennsylvania's treasurer says they need to find the people who are owed some of the money. Treasurer Stacy Garrity says the information on the un-cashed checks is limited, so they are hoping people have receipts. If not, she says it may take some time to connect people with their cash. You can see if you are owed any money at the treasurer's unclaimed property website.
Anyone traveling over the Delaware River in the near future should listen closely. Tolls on the Ben Franklin, Betsy Ross, Commodore Barry and Walt Whitman bridges went up September 1st. It's now $6 for passenger vehicles. This marks the first increase in more than a dozen years.
The report of two New Jersey residents' deaths from West Nile virus has prompted a warning from state health officials. The deaths of two older adults reported Friday are among the six cases of the virus confirmed in North and Central Jersey this year. They're in addition to the two reported on Middlesex and Union Counties earlier this summer. State health officials say people need to prevent catching the virus by wearing protective clothing and using insect repellent when going outside where mosquitoes might be present.