As the Super Bowl LX game day arrived on Feb. 8, the usual debate as to which football team would win the big game was overshadowed by a new topic of debate: which halftime show performance would viewers choose to watch? During this year’s Super...

“There will be kids who will get out of school and find that there’s no one at home. It’s very likely, almost inevitable, that there will be parents who get picked up [by Immigration and Customs Enforcement] at their place of business or in the...

On Nov. 5, United States citizens had the opportunity to cast their vote in the presidential election for the 47th president, as well as vote for other offices such as U.S. Senate, the House of Representatives, as well as local offices within their respective...

This previously ran in our February 2024 issue. “I remember just walking outside and just seeing everybody at the barricades. I was like, ‘wow.’ I didn’t realize how important it was until I was there.” This is how Emmaus High School junior...

Despite trading illegal drugs across the U.S. border and within Mexico, drug cartels have become Mexico’s fifth biggest employer, with nearly 200,000 members as of September 2023. According to Pillar College, gangs created “Cartel Tiktok,” a...

On June 24, the Supreme Court of the United States made the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark court case that protected the right to have an abortion, with five of the nine justices voting to overturn it. The court concluded that...

By: Devon Helmer and Liza Duerholz; Additional reporting by Maddie Hess On May 2, a leaked February draft opinion revealed that the United States Supreme Court has informally voted to overturn Roe v. Wade. On Tuesday, the Court confirmed the authenticity...

This previously ran in our February 2022 print issue. After weeks of stalemate and bitter diplomacy reminiscent of the Cold War between the West and Russia, the U.S. deployed 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe this month in order to aid in the growing...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. The Texas law banning all abortions post-six weeks, also referred to as the “heartbeat bill,” is generating heated reactions across the country. The new legislation essentially bans abortions...

This previously ran in our October 2021 print issue. In the mid 1960s, Sue Butz-Stavin picked up her first field hockey stick during intramural club at Raub Junior High. The passion born that first time she took the field on Allentown’s west end...

Under Lower Macungie Township’s sunny skies and surrounded by over 100 politicians, employees, and reporters, Joe Biden made his first visit to the Lehigh Valley as president on Wednesday, July 28. Biden arrived at the Mack Trucks manufacturing plant...

President Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results reached a dangerous culmination last Wednesday when his supporters stormed the Capitol, resulting in five deaths, more than 100 arrests, and Trump’s second impeachment. The U.S. Senate...