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Teen Killer Could Get New Sentence

Seven years ago, a 14-year-old boy committed a murder in Easton as part of a gang initiation. And because Qu'eed Batts was tried as an adult, his first-degree murder conviction meant life in prison without parole. But now that could change. Northampton County Judge Michael Koury will decide a new sentence for Batts, in response to a Supreme Court ruling about juvenile offenders and life sentences.

Purple Cow Gets New Name for 15th Birthday

When Easton's Purple Cow Creamery opens for its 15th year this week, it was under a different name. Rather than engage in a David and Goliath trademark battle with a Michigan company with the same name, the owners of the downtown ice cream shop chose to rechristen it the Bank Street Creamery.

Easton Hospital will pay the U.S. government nearly $455,000 after admitting to wrongfully billing Medicare, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. The announcment came on the same day the St. Luke's Hospital agreed to repay $1 million in wrongful Medicare claims.

Eddie G's, the downtown Easton bar that was the scene of a deadly shooting in in February, will close at the end of the month. Mayor Sal Panto said he had wanted to have the bar shut down by the state Liquor Control Board. Instead, the bar owners have agreed to move out when the lease ends April 30.