Don Cunningham was leading in his fight for a second term as Lehigh County executive Tuesday, capturing about 51 percent of the vote to Republican challenger Scott Ott's 48 percent, early results showed.

Some folks in Upper Milfordthink it's time to consider hiring one trash hauler to serve the entire township rather than the six that currently do the work.

The Federal Election Commission said Thursday that a conservative political group can use Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter 's campaign donor list to inform givers that the senator has promised to return money to those upset by his switch.

Readers in the UK and US have emailed the BBC in their thousands reacting to the release and subsequent jubilant welcome given to the Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi on his return to Libya.

STARS OF BETHLEHEM Musikfest 's Star of Bethlehem contest is down to the final eight -- no, make that 10.

Police seized more than two pounds of marijuana with an estimated street value of $10,000 and arrested two Pennsylvania men after a traffic stop by township police, Somerset County Prosecutor Wayne Forrest said.

Nancy Coletti, of Asbury, N.J., performs during the 2008 Stars of Bethlehem competition.

House fires in Lower Milford Township and Catasauqua kept firefighters busy on Wednesday.

Lehigh County Executive Don Cunningham has some competition. Republican Scott Ott, of Zionsville, has thrown his hat in the ring for the county executive's seat.

Two Kane borough Republican officials say veteran U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania was looking out for his own political future by switching his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.