Apr 29, 2021
We ve learned a bit more about the April 21st incident that left a man dead at the Wawa in Upper Macungie Township and his killer dead from a suicide. The Lehigh County DA s office says Za Uk Lian of South Whitehall Township shot at a woman s car on Route 22 as both drivers were going at a speed of about 70 miles per hour. Lian then drove to the Wawa, where he shot and wounded one person and then shot and killed Ramon Ramirez as Ramirez was pumping gas. The DA says Lian also pointed a gun at a group of people at the Wawa and tried to steal two different vehicles but failed when police began arriving. Lian then ran off and killed himself at a nearby daycare center. Lian s motive remains unknown.
Mar 10, 2021
Tuesday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 2975 new cases of coronavirus in the state, bringing the commonwealth s overall total to 953,136. 40 new deaths attributed to coronavirus were also reported, leaving Pennsylvania with 24,396 since the pandemic began. Currently there are 1502 people hospitalized due to COVID-19. 303 of them are in the intensive care unit.
New Jersey is reporting more than 3400 additional cases of COVID-19. Gov. Phil Murphy, in a series of tweets, encouraged residents to continue following social distance guidelines and to keep hope alive.
Lehigh Valley Health Network is holding another drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic Thursday at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. LVHN hopes to immunize nearly 3600 people at the clinic, which will run from 8am to 4pm for those in the state s phase 1A. That group includes health care workers, people in long-term facilities, people 65 and older and those age 16-to-64 with high-risk cond