Whitehall, PA

Erik Contes, 43, of Whitehall Township, faces a possible sentence of 26 to 52 years in prison after a jury convicted him on all charges.

The 57-year-old man waived his preliminary hearing; charges against a co-defendant were dropped.

Bella Boyle became the first player in Hazleton Area field hockey history to reach 100 career goals as she scored five times in a 9-2 win over Whitehall on Saturday.

PLAINS TWP. — The cards were stacked up against Wilkes-Barre Area. Eighteen starters that hardly played a varsity game. Numerous injuries that kept several key players on the sidelines. A two-touchdown deficit that would cause most inexperienced teams to crumble.

The 38-year-old sold more than 1,000 stolen items at Quakertown Flea Market after breaking into units, police said.

A law enforcement emergency response team took an individual into custody for evaluation after a barricade situation with weapons in Whitehall Township.

The 34-year-old called 911 before shooting himself at his Olympic Gardens apartment. His girlfriend, 27, remains hospitalized in critical condition after being shot twice, authorities said.

Investigators believe the man called 911 and admitted to shooting the 27-year-old woman before turning the gun on himself.

The 57-year-old Bronx resident under investigation for interstate gun trafficking allegedly listed a Whitehall Township UPS Store on background forms, according to court records.

A man died and a woman was seriously injured in a shooting late Tuesday in Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, according to District Attorney Gavin P. Holihan. According to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office, the shooting occurred around 11 p.m. in an apartment on Pericles Place. When officers arrived, they found a 34-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound and a woman who had been injured in the shooting. According to the district attorney, the woman received life-saving measure