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SHARE THIS Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Home News Regional Lehigh Valley Regional News Lehigh Valley Regional News Next Up NEXT UP 'I'm looking for a tone of unity': Lehigh Valley delegate, a… Northampton County rejects election integrity resolution Steve Althouse 9 hrs ago 0 WFMZ-TV Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Copy article link Save EASTON, Pa. – Northampton County Council rejected a resolution concerning election integrity during its meeting Thursday night. The legislation calls for fair elections and that each legitimate vote is counted. The resolution is a response to issues with electronic voting machines from vendor...

As Northampton County goes, so goes Pennsylvania -- and, most times, the nation. For the last century, Northampton County voters have backed the presidential candidate who ended up winning the prize of Pennsylvania’s hefty electoral college votes. All but three times since 1920, the candidate Northampton County voters selected assumed the presidency. This has earned the county a national reputation as a political bellwether and a region where voters are often willing to split their ticket, preferring one party in the White House and another running Congress. It cemented that standing in 2016 when it became one of 206 counties...

A Pennsylvania man convicted of threatening President Donald Trump and a district attorney was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday. “Authorities charged 28-year-old Shawn Christy of McAdoo with threatening to ‘put a bullet’ in Trump and then-Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli and threatening ‘lethal force’ against police,” according to the Associated Press (AP). Authorities caught Christy in Ohio in 2018 following a manhunt that spanned several states and Canada, WNEP reported. The article continued: While he was on the run, federal officials say Christy broke into several homes and businesses, stealing food, firearms, and vehicles. Federal officials said...

Reuters) - Having his morning coffee and cigarette outside a Starbucks in one of the most politically contested counties in the United States, Richard Sibilla recoils at the memory of President Donald Trump's election. But impeach him now? Sibilla can see little upside. "After this he has a much better chance of winning another election, as scary as that sounds," said Sibilla, 39, a resident of Pinellas County, Florida, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. "It's not even worth following because it's all going to help him." Among the public, interviews with more than 60 voters across four of...