In the ever-shifting nightclub scene, Sands Bethlehem Event Center’s Vision Bar is rebranding itself just 2 1/2 years after it opened — adding cirque performers every Saturday, free house-music parties every Friday, a dedicated dance floor and more in an effort to stay atop the...

Northampton County officials have settled a lawsuit by a former prison inmate who claimed he was assaulted by four corrections officers while strapped to a restraint chair.

Lower Macungie commissioners appear poised to include in next year's budget a $3.3 million Quarry Park improvement project that has rankled some who say it's too costly and would benefit a relatively small number of township residents.

A temporary homeless shelter will open in November to house people for the coldest months of the year, Allentown and Lehigh County officials announced Wednesday, although more funding is needed to make the center fully operational.

Long-suffering victims of flooding in Allentown's West End theater district may get some relief under a plan presented by city consultants.

In the same vein as the story of the tree falling in the woods comes the question: If they hold a public meeting and the public doesn't come, is it still a public meeting?

Worried about safety and student behavioral issues, bus drivers in the Easton Area School District are asking the school board to purchase video cameras for all school buses.

New York Giants running back Rashad Jennings is out of the lineup for a third consecutive game because of a sprained knee.

The free-agent season opens for business with the conclusion of the World Series but doesn't begin to pick up until the first 2 weeks of November.

The offseason free-agent period begins Thursday, and the Cubs appear on the verge of finalizing the first of what they hope are several impact acquisitions.

• Chicago Cubs look to Joe Maddon

After months of speculation, Pocono Raceway announced on Thursday morning that IndyCar racing will return to Long Pond in 2015 for a third consecutive year.

It strikes me as ironic that when I called Northampton County Executive John Brown to discuss concerns that he's overly secretive, he didn't call me back.

A sluggish recovery and unfilled jobs are headline issues that must be addressed, and quickly, by those who will lead the commonwealth in 2015.

Rand Paul, the heretofore libertarian senator from Kentucky, gave a foreign policy speech to Republican grandees in New York recently with a clear message: I'm not an isolationist like my dad.

The Obama administration on Thursday will publish new regulations intended to target for-profit career colleges that leave students with debts they cannot repay.

• Corinthian Colleges tells investors it is facing a criminal probe

In the dark days of the 2008 financial crisis, the Federal Reserve began buying tens of billions of dollars in bonds each month in a controversial, last-ditch effort to stimulate the economy.

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The buck stopped with Central Bucks School Superintendent David Weitzel.

Three Palmer Township police officers have been relieved of street duty pending an investigation into Friday's death of a man who was shot by police and had slit his own throat, authorities say.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffery has retired, prompting colleagues to call off an investigation into sexually explicit photos and videos he emailed to another state employee.

Having eyes in the sky is essential to the Eric Frein manhunt.

In rules meetings held during the summer throughout Pennsylvania, high school coaches and referees received a specific reminder about racism: "Officials are to take swift actions on any type of demeaning remarks or actions that may be related to the racial or ethnic background of any...