Emmy & PAB award winning anchor and reporter for @69news. Graduate of @JMU. Got story ideas or just want to chat? Email or DM me! Rob.Manch@WFMZ.com
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We’re about to see our first Nor’easter of the year! Parts of the Jersey Shore are already dealing with flooding, and they’re expecting 50-60 mile per hour winds with up to 10 foot waves: wfmz.com/news/area/newjersey…
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A freeze we got back in April killed apple blossoms all over Pennsylvania. The result is less apples this fall, and higher prices for the ones available. One apple festival just canceled as a result: wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-c…
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More than a dozen people woke up this morning in Upper Saucon Township, walked out to their cars, and found their tires slashed. Police are now trying to find who did it: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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82 years after his death, a U.S. soldier killed in Germany during World War 2 was brought home to Whitehall Township to be buried with military honors: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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Police say a father was stabbed to death with a pocket knife by his own son last night in Whitehall Township. When interviewed by police, the son said "I didn't mean to do it, bro, I just pulled out my knife and stabbed him in the stomach." wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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The Whitehall-Coplay School District is getting sued by 6 charter schools after it canceled bus service for charter students 12 and up. The District is offering public bus vouchers instead, but some parents aren’t having it: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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Officers in Bethlehem searched a house last week expecting to find drugs. Instead, they ended up having to call the bomb squad: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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What’s your memory of 9/11 25 years later? Our staff at @69News shared where they were that day, something none of us who lived through it will ever forget: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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Test scores are down across our region, and across the world. New data shows 15-year-olds in 38 countries are testing lower in math, reading, and science. One tutor I spoke with says he has a good idea why, and what needs to be done to turn it around: wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylva…
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An Allentown man is accused of hitting and killing a man crossing the street in Bethlehem on Labor Day. Police say he ran from the scene, and when they finally tracked him down, he said "I felt high, I felt like I got laced, I felt like I got set up."
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PA Democratic Sen. John Fetterman is now in a very public feud with his own former staffers. They’re threatening to release further private texts, while the only one coming to Fetterman’s aid is… a Republican: wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylva…
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A boarding school in Berks County hosted a bone marrow donor drive to celebrate its 80th anniversary this weekend: wfmz.com/news/area/berks/eas…
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“Bombero Bob” is congressional candidate Bob Brooks’ new campaign to connect with the Latino community ahead of the midterms. He and his opponent Ryan Mackenzie are arguing over who is more connected with that important voting block: wfmz.com/news/area/lehighval…
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A Montgomery County police officer was just charged with shooting and killing, what the District Attorney described, as a drunk, lost college student knocking on the wrong house door: wfmz.com/news/area/berks/wit…
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Two new bills in the PA State Senate are trying to make the roads safer, after an increase in injuries and deaths from e-bikes and scooters: wfmz.com/news/local_governme…
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Here’s the full story on what happened today at Michael Bon’s preliminary hearing, the man accused of hitting and killing a state trooper with his truck in July: wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-c…
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