Local News: Easton

Local news from around Easton, PA. Provided by The Morning Call.

• Easton's teen's vehicle started fatal I-78 chain reaction, police say

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:59:00 -0400)

  53-year-old Bethlehem motorcyclist dies after he is hit by tractor-trailer that collided with an Easton 18-year-old's vehicle, police said
  
  An 18-year-old Easton man's vehicle started the Interstate 78 chain reaction Friday afternoon that drove a tractor-trailer out of the westbound lanes and into the eastbound lanes, where the big rig collided with a Bethlehem motorcyclist, killing him, police said late Friday.

  
  

• 'Wall of flames': Crash kills 1, jams roads

  (Sat, 4 Sep 2010 01:20:00 -0400)

  Two tractor-trailers, car involved in Lower Saucon.
  
  Cecilia DeLeon of Palmer Township was watching the television news Thursday when she heard about a fiery wreck on the highway that had killed someone and snarled traffic across the Lehigh Valley.

  
  

• Man slips handcuffs, leaps into river to escape police

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:12:00 -0400)

  Wanted for a parole violation, Bethlehem man runs down steps to Sand Island and jumps in. He was quickly caught.
  
  A Bethlehem man wanted on state parole charges slipped out of his handcuffs and briefly escaped officers Friday morning by jumping into the Lehigh River, police said.

  
  

• Forks moving ahead with dual-role ban

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 23:09:00 -0400)

  Proposed ordinance would prohibit supervisors from holding other jobs with township.
  
  Forks Township is moving forward with plans to bar its elected supervisors from also holding township jobs.

  
  

• Empty throne

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:57:00 -0400)

  Who is the king of The Great Allentown Fair?
  
  She has all the makings of a fair queen. An outgoing personality, big brown eyes, a soothing way with animals that can calm the most frantic sheep. But still, Stephanie Baunach is missing something.

  
  

• Not your typical Pen Argyl parade

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:56:00 -0400)

  Slate Belt community hopes Lookout Fire Company's Labor Day event will be one for the record books.
  
  When Dean Parsons joined Pen Argyl's Lookout Fire Company 25 years ago, he didn't sign up in time to walk in its 50th annual Labor Day Parade.

  
  

• Dent, Callahan launch first TV ads

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:48:00 -0400)

  Incumbent shows Bethlehem mayor pitching sales tax proposal. Callahan ties Dent to Wall Street.
  
  Congressman Charlie Dent and Democratic challenger John Callahan on Friday began airing their first television ads against each other in their hard-fought battle to represent the Lehigh Valley.

  
  

• 2 hurt in Poconos after driver ignores stop sign, police say

  (Fri, 3 Sep 2010 22:26:00 -0400)

  Two people were injured in the Poconos on Thursday night when their vehicles collided at Routes 115 and 903, police said.