Allentown Area

Two shootings occurred around 9 p.m. Friday. Authorities found two people dead in a house in the 100 block of Chestnut Street in Allentown's First Ward, the incoming Lehigh County district attorney said. One of them was a 1-year-old boy, the coroner said.

The 20-year-old is a youth director with Promise Neighborhoods of Lehigh Valley. She graduated from William Allen High School in 2021 and won election to the school board in the November general election.

As 2023 draws to a close, lehighvalleynews.com offers a retrospective of a variety of stories about people, places and things that make the Lehigh Valley special.

PPL said damage was sustained to one side of a substation that caught fire Wednesday night, causing thousands in Allentown to lose power.

A power generator in the West End of Allentown caught fire Wednesday night, causing power outages for thousands.

The longtime flower wholesaler and plant and garden center is closing Dec. 30 after more than 60 years in business in the Lehigh Valley.

The grant money first approved by the Pennsylvania Legislature in 2018 can go toward making safety infrastructure improvements to facilities.

The second annual Allentown Film Festival will be from April 6-14 at the Civic Theatre of Allentown and its boutique Theatre514 across the street.

A Mass of Christian Burial for Monsignor Murphy will be celebrated by Allentown Bishop Alfred A. Schlert at 11 a.m. Jan. 6 in St. Thomas More Church, 1040 Flexer Ave., Allentown.

In the last week, people with nowhere to live except small tents have suffered burns, been swept down rivers, and had their last personal belongings blown away in the middle of the night. Rev. Bob Rapp, executive director of Bethlehem Sheltering shares his candid thoughts on the urgency of the situation in the Lehigh Valley.