Jose Louis Torres was sentenced Monday in Lehigh County Court in connection with a string of burglaries in 2010 and 2011, including one in Orefield.
Scott Michael Haas, whose car collided with a Parkland school bus, pleads guilty Monday to a DUI. Police had said he had the prescription drug methadone in his system.
Nicolle Balliet, 20, whose dad is a former volunteer fire chief, was sentenced Monday to 7.5 months to 23 months in jail.
Charles Shumanis is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 18 in Lehigh County Court.
The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is providing portable radios worth more than $16,000 to Greenawalds Fire Company.
The following information was supplied by South Whitehall Police in court records. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
D.A.R.E. Officer Keith Heffelfinger had served in the South Whitehall police department since 1985.
State Police at Fogelsville say Allentown driver could not stop in time.
A Bath motorist who flipped his vehicle on Route 22 last week in South Whitehall was charged with drunken driving, state police say.
Someone broke into a South Whitehall home, ransacked it and stole nine pit bull puppies, township police say.
The following information was supplied by South Whitehall police. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
The Berks County Coroner said Austin T. Zalik, 21, a Navy midshipman and Parkland High School graduate, had apparently fallen asleep when the deadly crash occurred Aug. 3, according to published reports.
The following information was provided by South Whitehall police.
A dramatic April 2011 home invasion case in South Whitehall is headed to Lehigh County Court, following testimony at a preliminary hearing Thursday.
George Washington of Allentown had been charged along with his brother in more than 100 burglaries in five counties, including several in South Whitehall.
South Whitehall police had brought the charges against Brad Washburn after finding him asleep in a parked car with heroin on his lap.
The following information was supplied by South Whitehall police.
South Whitehall Police Chief Tom Toth told commissioners on Wednesday that the township's National Night Out this month was a success.
Westbound Interstate 78 is closed at Lehigh Street because of a multi-car crash that left one person dead.
Friend of cop-killer George Hitcho leads police on high-speed chase from Freemansburg to South Whitehall, according to court records. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Police are investigating the stabbing death of a 36-year-old Whitehall man early Saturday at Olympic Circle apartments.
An Allentown woman has been accused of cashing bad checks from a South Whitehall employment agency, according to court documents. Charges do not indicate a conviction.
He knew as a teen that firefighting was what he wanted to do.
Two tractor trailers crashed and one caught fire causing the closure of I-78 east in Upper Macungie Township on Monday morning. One person died in the accident.
Austin Zalik, 21, a junior at the U.S. Naval Academy and a Parkland grad, was killed in a crash on Interstate 78 in Berks County Friday.
Jonathan Nunez, 20, of Allentown is charged with killing Kimberly Cardona, whose body was found July 5 along Lanze Lane in Salisbury Township.
Cory Praschyk and Nicolle Balliet had been charged with causing or attempting to cause fires in South Whitehall, Upper Macungie and North Whitehall, according to court records.
Lower Moreland police took Mikael Rafael Coles Jr. into custody over the weekend, South Whitehall police said. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
Bill and Dotty Yanett are seeking refuge at a South Whitehall hotel.
South Whitehall police responded to a number of incidents from Feb. 1 to Feb. 7.
Three cases were reported last week.
Anyone with information is asked to call state police.
Ice dislodged from tractor trailer on Route 22
Items stolen include music devices, GPS systems.