Chris Dornblaser

Reporter covering breaking and trending news in the Lehigh Valley for @mcall. Former courts reporter for @CourierTimes/@TheIntellNews and The York Dispatch.

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A father is charged with third-degree murder after his daughter was found dead in a hot car last month in Lower Nazareth Township, according to authorities. https://t.co/svYRJMNACl

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Here's the latest on the massive fire at former factory in Allentown that displaced several people last night. https://t.co/Hct0d0j0bI

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An Allentown man was found not guilty Monday in the 2023 killing of a man at an after-hours club. https://t.co/cjG3tjEVup

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Police shut down a part of the D&L Trail Saturday after kayakers reported being shot at while on the Lehigh River in Northampton County. https://t.co/RQo4sSVHqd

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@houseofbuddy So sorry to hear that Mark - big loss for PA readers

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Whitehall's tax collector is accused of using her role as tax collector to harass her neighbors. https://t.co/tq3sfIewes

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Lehigh County Commissioner Zachary Cole-Borghi faces new charges alleging he conducting several drug deals over a nearly two-year period. https://t.co/sBHbAGnSqE

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The Lehigh Valley won't get a break from the cold any time soon. https://t.co/ZwgmKfGKq4

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A Lehigh County district judge is accused of violating rules of conduct, had a "book of grudges," judicial conduct board alleges.

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A white Christmas isn't happening this year in the Lehigh Valley, but snow is still expected this weekend. https://t.co/fSn4BgkeqQ

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A man was killed and two others were injured early Friday morning in a shooting in a bar in Allentown. https://t.co/fulvWswbTr

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Months later the public still does not know the exact allegations against a Lehigh County Commissioner and roughly 40 others charged in a multi-state drug investigation. Yesterday, several defendants were supposed to have their preliminary hearing:
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Friends and family remember former Lehigh County DA and judge William Platt, who died last week at 85.

“Nobody did it better at any level of his career,” his son, William Platt II said. “He was the best.”

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Two men are charged in a shooting that left a Berks County man dead Wednesday in Allentown, according to police.
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Today, John Bradley, 19, was sentenced to 73 years in prison for killing Rianna and Rosalyn Glass nearly two years ago in their North Catasauqua home.

“Rianna was my light, my joy, my heart,” her father said. “My first born.”

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An Allentown officer is charged for allegedly pistol-whipping a suspect in what the Lehigh County DA called an "unjustified assault" during an arrest last month.

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A homeless encampment near Jordan Creek in Allentown must be vacated by the end of the month, according to the city, which cited safety reasons.
“I think this is a really rushed effort, and I do not support it,” one advocate said.
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On Thursday, Alkiohn Dunkins, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in Tyrell Holmes' murder in 2018 in Bethlehem.

“What was done to him was pure evil,” his grandmother said in a statement in Northampton County Court.

https://t.co/2oscVHJUYx

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A Lehigh County man helped deliver his wife's baby inside their car outside a St. Luke's Hospital on Father's Day.

“It was the best gift I could have received,” he said.

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Here's the latest on the extreme heat expected to persist over the next few days in the Lehigh Valley:
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