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Both sides agree a court ruling ends a Lehigh Valley open records battle. That’s all they agree on.
A court ruling late last month in a long-running, expensive open records case has one side declaring victory, and the other acknowledging a loss and that the case is over. But nothing may be resolved yet.
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The Morning Call Readers’ Choice 2025 contest: It’s time to vote for the best of the Lehigh Valley
It's time for Readers' Choice 2025, The Morning Call’s annual reader-selected ‘best-of’ Lehigh Valley businesses!
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Saquon Barkley, Eagles win big at ESPYs
Saquon Barkley won for Best Play and Best NFL Player, and the Eagles won for Best Team at the ESPYs on Wednesday night
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How to beat the heat: Here are some of the best boating, kayaking spots in the Lehigh Valley region
Here are seven Lehigh Valley area spots where you can rent kayaks and canoes, or take your own for recreation.
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![People attend the Good Trouble Lives On rally Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Rose Garden in Bethlehem. The event was hosted by Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem, a chapter of the national Indivisible group, which organized similar events nationwide July 17 to respond to Trump administration policies. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-GoodTroubleRallyAndVigil-01")
Good Trouble Lives On protest at Rose Garden in Bethlehem | PHOTOS
Photos: A Good Trouble Lives On rally was held at the Rose Garden in Bethlehem, hosted by Indivisible Lehigh Valley Bethlehem as part of nationwide protests against Trump administration policies. -
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![Susan Bielucke shows her completed skull drawing to program presenter Meredith Sellers during a workshop presented by the Mutter Museum Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at the Whitehall Township Library. Participants worked off of four images from the Hyrtl Skull Collection and discussed how art and medicine can be used in complementary ways.(Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)]( "tmc-L-Library-Program27")
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![Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk and Reading Mayor Eddie Moran hold a joint news conference Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at Cedar Beach Pool in Allentown. Both mayors highlighted public safety concerns surrounding illegal swimming in natural waterways. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-IllegalSwimming-29")
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![Lehigh Valley IronPigs President and General Manager Kurt Landes presents boxing legend Larry Holmes and Easton Mayor Sal Panto Jr. with IronPigs jerseys Tuesday, July 8, 2025, during the reveal of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs’ Easton City Series uniforms to be worn Aug. 7 when the IronPigs host the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-EastonCitySeriesUniforms13-e1752011875783")
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![Keith Wolfe stands in front of the hundred-year-old converted Allentown home he owns Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Wolfe is restoring it, keeping historical elements, with plans to possibly turn the building into office space. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)]( "TMC-L-Lindenbuilding-19")
Opinion
Opinion: Using artificial intelligence may not eliminate biases
Opinion: Neural nets suffer from this problem; we cannot explain their decisions
Crime and Public Safety
Pa. court officials respond to Allentown mayor, say ICE has legal right to operate in Lehigh County Courthouse public areas
Court officials sent a statement in response to Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk's concerns regarding ICE...
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Best cocktail dresses for any special occasion
Sometimes referred to as the “party dress,” cocktail dresses are short to mid-length and are...
Business
7 ways to keep the summer spending craze under control
There’s still time to reign in expenses this summer.
Pennsylvania News
Big-dollar donors are helping fund fixes at the governor’s mansion. For now, we don’t know who they are.
The Shapiro administration has yet to say just how much repairing and upgrading the Harrisburg...
National News
Alan Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist who helped write ‘The Way We Were,’ dies at 99
Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett performed his material.
Allentown
Fox News late night host, comedian coming to PPL Center in Allentown
Fox News late-night host Greg Gutfeld, who once worked in the Lehigh Valley, is coming...
Bethlehem Area
Insomnia Cookies chain to open first Lehigh Valley location this week, with the potential for more to come
The wait is over. The Lehigh Valley's first Insomnia Cookies is opening.