NORTHAMPTON COUNTY

Nearly 40 students and staff at the Lehigh Valley Academy Regional Charter School in Northampton County were taken to area hospitals, officials said, after what emergency responders called a “mass casualty” event Friday afternoon.

Police in Easton Township are searching for the suspect who shot a teenager during a fireworks show in Northampton County. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the story.

Gunfire interrupted a fireworks display in the Lehigh Valley Sunday night, sending panic among a crowd gathered to celebrate Easton’s Heritage Day.

Police in Easton, Pa. said a 16-year-old boy was shot blocks away from a fireworks display, sending crowds scrambling for cover Sunday night.

Police have identified and are searching for an “armed and dangerous” suspect in a botched drug deal that led to a robbery and deadly shooting outside a Northampton County Target store last year.

Community members in Hellertown, Pennsylvania, came together Sunday to remember two sisters, ages 10 and 15, who were killed in a house fire on Friday. They spoke with NBC10’s Brian Sheehan who has the latest on the investigation.

NBC10 reporter Steven Fisher has the details of a devastating fire that killed two girls in Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

A fire destroyed a shopping center in Washington Township, Northampton County. NBC10’s Steven Fisher shows us how the community is helping business owners who lost everything.

Lehigh and Northampton counties currently have the highest increase of COVID cases per 100,000 people in Pennsylvania. The Lehigh Valley is now increasing testing site hours as a result. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has the details.

The places where COVID-19 cases are rising fastest in Pennsylvania do not include the counties with the biggest cities. Instead, the Lehigh Valley’s Northampton and Lehigh counties are the epicenters for the highest new case counts.

The federal government plans to open a new COVID-19 testing facility in Philadelphia. Thursday’s opening comes as the city deals with a surge in cases. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk spoke with the health commissioner about the testing site.

As coronavirus cases rise after the holiday in the Philadelphia area, local districts are transitioning to virtual learning. NBC10’s Deanna Durante reports on the consequences of the omicron variant.

Several families were seen walking along Bethehem’s decorated streets to soak in the town’s famous Christmas atmosphere and traditions. NBC10 News Photographer Jim Friedman spoke to some of the families on why they frequent the Lehigh Valley town every holiday.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) announced Thursday that “835” will become the new area code for Lehigh, Berks, Delaware, Chester, and Northampton counties, and a portion of Montgomery County once the current “610” and “484” telephone numbers are exhausted in early 2023.

How does 835 sound? A new area code is coming to the Lehigh Valley and parts of the Philly suburbs in early 2023.

A school bus was partially submerged in the Bushkill Creek in Easton, Northampton County, Monday morning after it crashed. NBC10 is working to gather details about what happened.

A woman was abducted after being driven off the road near QVC’s fulfillment center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning, the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office said. The woman was later found and a man, who police say had been stalking her, was arrested. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has the details.

NBC10’s Steven Fisher reports from just outside the QVC Bethlehem fulfillment center Tuesday morning after a man allegedly forcefully abducted a woman and drove her toward New York City.

A woman was abducted after being driven off the road near QVC’s fulfillment center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Tuesday morning, the Northampton County District Attorney’s Office said.

A deadly shootout in broad daylight outside the Target in Easton, Pennsylvania, left customers and workers shaken up. NBC10’s Danny Freeman has the latest from the scene.