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‘Very dangerous’ cold sets in for Lehigh Valley as wind gusts, leading to power outages around region

Lehigh Valley residents should take shelter from extremely cold temperatures and high winds this weekend.

“It’s cold,” said Bethlehem Economic Development Corp. South Side Ambassador Carlos as he helps keep the streets clean despire the bitter cold Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in Bethlehem. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

“Chip,” the statue outside of Coopersburg’s Inside Scoop, split in half during the severe cold and strong winds Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. The fiberglass statue was made from the model of a Muffler Man statue, copies of which were placed at businesses all over North America in the mid-1900s. Inside Scoop’s statue was formed from a Muffler Man originally put up outside a Calgary, Canada, gas station in the 1960s, that in 2017 was discovered in a Canadian junk yard. (Amy Shortell/The Morning Call)

High winds split popular Giant Chip statue outside Lehigh Valley ice cream shop. See photos

Najeer Lane looks on in 2017 during a service to mourn the death of his brother Parris Lane. Najeer Lane was killed in a 2022 shooting in Allentown. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call)

Allentown man convicted in 2022 ambush shooting that killed 22-year-old

Selena White holds the South Side Philly Omelettee which is steak meat, onion, sweet peppers, and Cooper cheese, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in her newly renovated diner called Selena’s Diner on W. Main St. in Kutzown. Formerly Letterman’s Diner, which originally opened in 1998, temporarily closed Jan. 4 so that employee Selena White could take over and rename it to Selena’s Diner. (Monica Cabrera/The Morning Call)

Retail Watch: She wanted to ‘be a Letterman’s waitress.’ Now, she’s the owner of popular Lehigh Valley diner

Berks County officials said ICE’s facilities management division finalized the purchase of a 62-acre property at 3501 Mountain Road, Upper Bern Township for $87.4 million includes a 527,000-square-foot warehouse.(Bill Uhrich – Reading Eagle)

Lehigh County leaders urge warehouse owners not to sell to ICE

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