The Express-Times

Former ArtsQuest marketing director Kim Plyler no longer with organization
The Express-Times – 37 mins ago

ArtsQuest Vice President of Advancement Kassie Hilgert declined to elaborate on Plyler's status. Full Story »
Texting while driving ban approved by Pennsylvania House Transportation Committee
The Express-Times – 52 mins ago

The legislation would ban texting by all drivers and prohibit drivers younger than 18 from using hand-held cell phones when they're behind the wheel. Full Story »
Bethlehem police shut down East Fourth Street after Ezequiel De Jesus's funeral
The Express-Times – 2 hrs 52 mins ago

Hundreds of people gathered in the street in front of Holy Infancy Church after the funeral then moved to Howard Street to continue to mourn. Full Story »
Nighttime paving on Routes 22, 145 in Whitehall Township
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 11:04 am ET

Work will stretch from 9 o'clock tonight until 5 a.m. Wednesday on the highway and ramps. Full Story »
Carbon County man shot in face during argument
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 10:48 am ET

Pennsylvania State Police have charged Brian Hines, 35, of Brodheadsville, with attempted homicide and related offenses. Full Story »
Bethlehem Area School District doesn't have enough cash for needed repairs
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 10:18 am ET

Some work will have to be done now, but finances are too tight to allow all the work, which would cost $6.9 million, to be completed. Full Story »
Questions on Major League Baseball will be answered tonight at Blair Academy
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 9:48 am ET

Mike Weiner, of Oxford Township, who is executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, is leading this week's Society of Skeptics lecture. Full Story »
Larry Holmes to attend charity sports auction at Wilkes University
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 8:21 am ET

Items to be auctioned include boxing gloves signed by the champ. Full Story »
Five Questions: Jeff Jackson talks about the Warren County-based Soldier Support Project
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 5:03 am ET

He helps send care packages to deployed troops and veterans. Full Story »
Officials announce plans for National High School Sports museum in Easton
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 12:37 am ET

Robert Ferraro Sr., CEO of the National High School Coaches Association, says he is optimistic that money for the museum can be raised privately. Full Story »
Steven Parkansky sworn in as new police chief in Wilson Borough
The Express-Times – Tue Nov 10, 12:33 am ET

The former Easton Police Department lieutenant will succeed Richard Nace, who announced his retirement in June. Full Story »
Crayola hires new finance chief
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 7:18 pm ET

The company also named a new domestic sales leader. Full Story »
Easton City Council unanimously approves $5 million Sollman settlement
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 6:34 pm ET

Carin's Sollman's 2007 suit led to a two-year legal battle after her husband, Jesse Sollman, was shot and killed by a fellow police officer in 2005 inside Easton's police station. Full Story »
Bangor proposes 15 percent tax hike
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 6:03 pm ET

The $2.45 million spending plan calls for a 2-mill real estate tax increase to 15 mills. Full Story »
Phillipsburg man sexually assaulted five girls, authorities say
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 5:54 pm ET

Mauricio Arguedas, 27, is in Warren County jail in lieu of $300,000 bail. Full Story »
Hackettstown M&M's factory harnessing solar power
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 5:48 pm ET

The 28,000-panel array, the largest of its kind in New Jersey, helps promote environmental and economic goals, officials say. Full Story »
Bethlehem Health Bureau to hold vaccine clinic for Bethlehem Area School District students
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 4:48 pm ET

H1N1 vaccine and seasonal flu mist will be available to healthy public and parochial school students in grades K-12. Full Story »
Lehigh Valley home sales rise 30 percent in October
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 3:03 pm ET

The increase coincides with significant price drops. Full Story »
Bethlehem police allege Ubaldo Lopez-Ortiz stabbed Ezequiel De Jesus during fight - UPDATE
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:33 pm ET

The alleged murderer told police he thought Ezequiel De Jesus reached for a gun during a fight in the Marvine-Pembroke public housing development, so Lopez-Ortiz stabbed him in the chest. Full Story »
Monroe County woman files federal lawsuit against Family YMCA of Easton, Phillipsburg and Vicinity
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:19 pm ET

Rachel Alvarez claims she was subjected to racially discriminatory comments during her employment there, records say. Full Story »
Borders to close local Waldenbooks stores
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:18 pm ET

The company will focus on its more profitable superstores. Full Story »
Warren County to relocate library branch in Independence Township
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:09 pm ET

Replacing what had been a farm market, the proposed branch building would mark the first new branch location in nearly 15 years. Full Story »
Beltway sniper John Allen Muhammad set for execution on Tuesday in Virginia
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:03 pm ET

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to block the sentence of death for the ringleader of a 2002 murder spree. Full Story »
Civic Theatre of Allentown uses Dr. Seuss for literacy program at Central Elementary School
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 2:03 pm ET

The program, taught by local educator JoAnn Wilchek Basist, is funded by the United Way's Women's Leadership Initiative Full Story »
Bangor Postmaster Gregory Schlegel waives hearing on luring, harassment charges
The Express-Times – Mon Nov 9, 11:48 am ET

He was arrested Oct. 21 on charges he attempted to lure three young into his car and asked two women for drugs. His attorney, Mark Minotti, said he hopes to dispose of the charges in Northampton County Court. Full Story »