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The Lehigh Valley could get some much-needed rain later this week while temperatures reach the lower 50s. The…

SCRANTON — After tabling it earlier this month, Lackawanna County commissioners unanimously approved Wednesday a 2026 county budget…

The cause of a fire at the West Side Hotel on Dec. 10 is still under investigation, according…

Scranton City Council overturned the Historical Architecture Review Board’s rejection of a fence that developer Don Mammano installed…

Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone…

Berks Family Business Alliance, a special program of the Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, recently hosted experts in human…

Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PA The interior of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg is shown. HARRISBURG —…

The former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue and his wife have been sentenced in federal court…

Bethlehem residents will see no hike in property taxes under a $112 million 2026 budget approved by City…

Remember the days before GPS, when people used to print out directions to unfamiliar locations? Remember jokes about…

The number jumped off the page and must have landed like a gut-punch to anyone who calls the…

Dec. 20 • Berks County Genealogical Society open house, GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington St., Reading,…

Rain, warmup expected Thursday and Friday