BREAKING NEWS---NOON SATURDAY

Senator Jim Rhoades of the 29th Senatorial District has died following complications from a crash he and his wife were involved in last night in Monroe County. The Senator died at Lehigh Valley Hospital.

Champ Holman, the Senator’s Chief of Staff confirmed Rhoades death this afternoon to WPPA/T102 News. Rhoades has been in the state Senate since 1980.

Our condolences to the Rhoades family, constituents of the 29th Senatorial District and the State Senate.