For the second time in as many weeks, there's a fire reported at the Silhouettes strip club in Coopersburg. It broke out overnight and appears to have completely destroyed both the club and the apartments on the floor above it. The previous fire meant the building was not occupied at the time. There's no word on what may have caused the fire.
A suspect is in custody following a shooting at a bar in Allentown. Javien Sabater is accused of shooting three people at the Vyral Lounge and Bar on Airport Road early Sunday morning. Police said officers saw Sabater discard a firearm under a vehicle after they arrived at the scene. All three victims are expected to survive. A motive for the shooting has not been released.
Two Lehigh Valley teenagers are facing charges after a shots-fired incident in New Jersey. Greenwich Township police say two juveniles from Northampton County were arrested after shots were fired near Dumont Drive and Hamilton Road Saturday night. The juveniles are reportedly 14 and 17-years-old. Authorities said there were no reports of injuries or property damage in the shooting.
An investigation is underway in Bethlehem after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle. Police said a person was struck late Saturday night near a Sheetz on East Fourth Street. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital, where their condition is not known at this time,
After Elon Musk and President Trump's squabbling became very public, some Democrats are suddenly warming to the president's former supporter. Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman says Musk is right about one thing at least. "He's right about the Big Beautiful Bill. It'll add $2.5 trillion in debt. It's astonishing," Fetterman says. However, Fetterman says Democrats need to make up their minds on the world's wealthiest man. "Now suddenly Musk is right? What are we thinking about him?," Fetterman asks. As for him, Fetterman says he's trying to remain consistent on Musk.
A Montgomery County state senator is pushing a bill that would classify malicious artificial intelligence deepfakes as digital forgery under Pennsylvania’s existing fraud laws. "One of the most dangerous and disturbing uses of AI is the creation of malicious deepfakes," says Republican Tracy Pennycuick says her bill would allow for satire or other constitutionally protected altered videos. However, any person who creates a deep fake of a real individual and distributes it as a genuine article with the intent to defraud or injure would face legal penalties.
The measles outbreak in Pennsylvania is officially over. The CDC says the outbreak has ended after six weeks of no new cases in the commonwealth. The agency said Pennsylvania reported between 10-and-49 of the over eleven-hundred confirmed measles cases across the U.S. in the current outbreak.
Republicans are seeing gains in voter registration ahead of tomorrow's primary. Nearly a dozen candidates are jockeying to be their party's nominee for governor after term-limited Governor Phil Murphy leaves office. As of June first, more than six million voters are registered in New Jersey. Statewide, the Republican Party increased by more than 37,000 voters since 2021, compared with Democrats, who saw a statewide gain of 9700 voters. Still, among voters registered with a specific party, 59 percent are Democrats while 39 percent are Republican.
One Lehigh Valley baseball team and a pair of local softball teams are trying to get to their state title games today. Liberty High School's baseball team is in the Class 6A semifinal against Cedar Cliff this afternoon. Liberty is 22-6 on the season. In this afternoon's Class 4A softball semifinal, Northwestern Lehigh takes on Valley View and the Class 6A semifinal features Nazareth taking on Hempfield Area. The winners of those three games advance to the state title games later this week.