A father's prank at laundromat nearly turned tragic when his toddler son briefly got stuck inside an active washing machine, authorities said.

After a spirited public hearing Tuesday night the North Whitehall Township Planning Commission recommended a conditional use of a wastewater treatment plant to be built near the KidsPeace campus to the Board of Supervisors.

Barbara Ehrenreich’s book “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America” has been approved by the Easton Area School Board to be used in classes at the high school.

Despite all the lamentations and litigation surrounding center-city Allentown’s arena project, another small step toward making the project a reality was taken in a third floor conference room in City Hall late Tuesday afternoon.

The Philadelphia firefighters union is seeking the resignation of the city's fire commissioner and two deputies in connection with the deaths of two firefighters in April.

Angry Macungie taxpayers want to make sure the borough’s police department continues to provide round-the-clock police coverage.