In one case, Joshua Martel admitted he paid a girl’s mother cash and drugs so he could rape the girl, authorities said.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- The city of Allentown is helping its residents cool off for free during the heat wave. Plenty of people could be seen on Tuesday making a splash at Cedar Beach Park in Allentown.

A late-June blast of scorching temperatures has made itself comfortable in the Lehigh Valley and beyond, creating rather uncomfortable conditions for people to cool down.

An Allentown man who raped a 12-year-old girl after she was sold to him for cash and drugs, and lured another from middle school using an Uber, will serve up to five decades in state prison, ...