A large fire that began in an Allentown row home and spread to two other buildings prompted one resident to cautiously jump out of a second-floor window, authorities said.Crews were called to the three-alarm blaze on the 1500 block of Liberty Street around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, Allentown Fire Capt. John Christopher said.A resident tried to escape the flames by jumping from ...

UPDATE: Joby Bauer has been found safe.**Original story below***A search has been launched for a Lehigh Valley man who police say may be endangered.Joby Bauer, of Slatington, was last seen on the 1300 block of West Court Street in Allentown, borough police said on Friday, Aug. 19.He stands six feet and one-inch tall weighing 160 pounds and is known to frequent the Lehigh ...

A box truck rear-ended a school bus in Hamburg, WFMZ reports.The school bus carrying three summer campers was hit by the box truck on South Fourth Street at Hawk Ridge Drive around 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 19, the outlet says.Though the driver and children were taken to a hospital for evaluation, no serious injuries were reported in the crash, according to the outlet.Click here for more ...

A Pennsylvania man convicted of first-degree murder in the strangulation death of the woman with whom he shared a home was sentenced to life in prison, authorities said.Daniel Proffitt, 48, of Oxford, was found guilty but mentally ill in July 2021 on charges of murder and strangulation for his role in the 2018 killing of 64-year-old Anna Johnson, Chester County District Attorney Deb ...

A beloved educator in Montgomery County has died.Cosimo Fiorino, the assistant principal of Abington Senior High School, died on Wednesday, Aug. 17 at the age of 56, his obituary says."It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the passing of Abington Senior High School Assistant Principal, Mr. Cosimo Fiorino, a longtime member of our Abington School District family," the school ...

A fight on a basketball court in eastern Pennsylvania left a victim paralyzed after he was shot by another player, authorities said.Esthan E. Estrada, 22, of East Stroudsburg, was jailed on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses, in connection with the shooting at the Tannersville Learning Center on June 6, Pocono Township police said.The squabble ...

Police in Bucks County are seeking the public's help in finding a possibly confused missing man.Adam Smith, 39, was last seen around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11 in the area of Front Street and Park Avenue, Quakertown police said.Police described Smith as being six feet tall weighing approximately 200 pounds. He is known to have shoulder-length brown hair and a beard and was ...

A Philadelphia man on parole is facing new charges after he was busted with a loaded gun and drugs in Delaware County, authorities said.Officers stopped Faheem Wynn, 28, on MacDade Boulevard near Oak Lane around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, because he was driving with a fake registration placard, Darby Township police said.During questioning with Wynn and his female passenger, ...

A now-deceased man has been identified as the suspect who killed a 26-year-old woman 34 years ago in Berks County, authorities said.With new advances in genetic genealogy, investigators were able to identify Scott Grim, who died of natural causes at the age of 58 in 2018, as the man who beat and strangled Anna Jean Kane to death and dumped her body alongside Ontelaunee Trail Road ...

Six people attending a gun show were arrested after they lied on their paperwork to buy firearms, authorities said.The following people were nabbed at the Eagle Arms Gun Show at the Morgantown Center from Tuesday, July 26 through Thursday, Aug. 11, according to Caernarvon Township police:Davette Anderson, 55Shadeed Morgan, 42Devon Warren, 31Stephen Knight Jr., 26Cheissa Robinson, ...