The Northampton County coroner has identified the man killed in a wrong-way crash on Route 22 Thursday morning. 22-year-old John Woodburn was killed in the crash that happened on the eastbound side of Route 22 near the Route 33 exit in Bethlehem Township. Investigators say a pickup truck traveling the wrong way in the eastbound lane crashed into another two vehicles. The truck had been traveling south in the northbound lane of Route 33 and went the wrong way on the ramp from Route 22 east to Route 33 north, before entering the wrong side of Route 22. The coroner did not identify which vehicle Woodburn was in. Police are still investigating.
Members of United Auto Workers Local 677 will vote Sunday on a five-year contract with Mack Trucks. The tentative agreement, which was announced early Monday, helped avert a strike that would have affected 3,900 workers at plants in Lower Macungie Township, as well as other locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida. UAW Local 677, which represents 2,300 workers at Mack’s Lehigh Valley Operations plant, said on its website it would have an informational session with members today.
A Tru By Hilton hotel is proposed at 1610 Spillman Drive, about a mile east of the Bethlehem casino and hotel complex. The hotel would be next to the 101-room Candlewood Suites Bethlehem hotel. The proposed hotel has been added to the Bethlehem Planning Commission agenda for this Thursday's meeting.
Monroe County residents looking for a means to safely dispose of unneeded household chemicals will have the chance to do just that today. The Monroe County Municipal Waste Management Authority will host a collection event at the Military Road Recycling Site in Stroudsburg from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Folks will be required to pay a fee to rid themselves of items including aerosol cans, automotive fluids, gasoline, pesticides and pool chemicals. Pre-registration is a must. More info can be found at www.thewasteauthority.com.
Pennsylvania collected $4.1 billion in General Fund revenue in September. That's $140.2 million, or 3.3 percent, below what was anticipated. Fiscal year-to-dat, General Fund collections total $9.8 billion, which is $167.4 million, or 1.7 percent below estimates.
Local lottery players and others just like them from coast to coast have high hopes for tonight's Powerball drawing. 33 straight drawings have gone by without a jackpot winner in the Powerball game resulting in an estimated top prize of $1.4 billion. The odds of winning are 1-in-292.2 million. Good luck.
The controversial black bear hunt in northern New Jersey starts Monday. The hunt will take place through October 14th to help reduce incidents of human-bear encounters. The New Jersey Fish and Game Council signed off on a bear population management plan last month. There were objections from animal rights and environmental groups, saying the state should make non lethal management strategies the priority. There will be a second round of hunting taking place in early December.