Route 61 News Today

Shamokin Dam, Pa. — Drivers can expect delays Thursday on Veterans Memorial Bridge (Route 61) as a maintenance crew performs work between Sunbury and Shamokin Dam.

A crash on Interstate 78 near Route 100 in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, backed up traffic into Berks County Wednesday.

It happened around 5:20 a.m. and led to part of I-78 being closed for nine hours.

Sunbury, Pa. — Starting Sunday, Aug. 13, the on and off ramps on Route 61 (Veterans Memorial Bridge) in Sunbury will be closed for a milling and resurfacing project.

The incident happened at Armstrong Creek, which is off state Route 61 near Montgomery.

An investigation is underway after a car hit a MoDOT work truck Friday morning along a highway in Wentzville.

BETHLEHEM — The Bethlehem Land Trust will present “Annie and The Natural Wonder...

Birds are coming to Bethlehem — bot the usual small migrating spring birds that New...

BETHLEHEM — The 96th Annual Bethlehem Fair will be held Sept. 10-12 at the fairgrounds...

1 stabbed to death after road rage confrontation; 1 arrested April 12, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ORWIGSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two people got into a fight after a road rage confrontation on a Pennsylvania road, and one died after he was stabbed multiple times, state police said. Police in Schuylkill County said the two were in a sedan and a truck both heading south on Route 61, and they left their vehicles and “engaged in a physical confrontation" Monday in West Brunswick Township. Police said one...