{"id":251181,"date":"2026-07-24T15:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251181\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T15:10:10","slug":"retired-emmaus-k-9-ronny-dies-lehigh-valley-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/251181\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired Emmaus K-9 Ronny dies \u2013 Lehigh Valley Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published July 24. 2026 10:34AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The Emmaus Police Department has announced the death of retired K-9 Ronny, who served the borough for seven years alongside handler Sgt. Murante.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">Ronny joined the department in May 2016 and worked in the community until his retirement in August 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">During his service, the police department said Ronny demonstrated loyalty, dedication and courage while helping keep residents and visitors safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">In a statement, the department described Ronny as more than a police dog, calling him a trusted partner, valued department member and ambassador to the community. Officials said his service and devotion will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__body\">The department extended condolences to Sgt. Murante, his family and all who worked with and knew Ronny.<\/p>\n<p>Ronny served the Emmaus Police Department for seven years alongside Sgt. Murante.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published July 24. 2026 10:34AM The Emmaus Police Department has announced the death of retired K-9 Ronny, who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-251181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}