There are far more questions than answers right now after police were called to the former Good Shepherd Rehabilitation building on South 5th Street in Allentown. Good Shepherd officials call the Sunday night police response an isolated incident. Good Shepherd no longer uses the facility and says the situation did not involve any current patients, residents or employees. Neither Allentown police nor Good Shepherd have released any other details of what prompted the police response.
The wave of anti-ICE protests came to the Lehigh Valley over the weekend. Anti-ICE protesters gathered around Easton's Centre Square Sunday afternoon to protest the Trump administration's immigration policies. Some carried signs and posted pictures of Renee Good and spelled out her name on sheets of paper. Good was the Minnesota woman killed during a confrontation with ICE agents in Minneapolis earlier this month.
An Easton man is being arraigned today after a weekend standoff with police. The Easton PD says around 4:30 Sunday afternoon they were called to a home in the 300 block of West Saint Joseph's Street for a reported domestic assault. Investigators say when they tried to arrest Sean West, he refused to come out and barricaded himself inside and threatened them with a gun. After a five-hour standoff, police eventually entered the home, found West hiding in a closet and arrested him.
A former Lafayette College football player is facing DUI charges following a deadly crash in Indianapolis on New Year's Day. Police say a vehicle driven by 22-year-old Gabriel Dubois crossed the median and hit another vehicle head-on, killing the other driver. His blood alcohol level was reportedly more than twice the legal limit at the time of the crash. Dubois played as defensive back at Lafayette before graduating last year.
If you own gift cards for a Lehigh County restaurant that closed last month, you can use them elsewhere for a brief period of time. The owners of Casa Catrina on Brookside Road in Lower Macungie township have announced any unused gift cards for their restaurant can be used at the My Tequila House restaurant on Crackersport Road in South Whitehall Township this month and next month. Casa Catrina closed just before Christmas after more than five-and-a-half years in operation.
The Eagles season ended with a home playoff loss to San Francisco. After the 23-19 defeat, quarterback Jalen Hurts said trying to repeat as Super Bowl champions was tough. "Winning is hard. Nothing about it is easy, especially when you're trying to repeat. Everything was clear for us and what we wanted to accomplish this year and we came up short. So, you have no choice but to learn from it, especially if you have a great passion about it," Hurts said. The Eagles took a two point lead with eight minutes to play in the fourth quarter, but a San Francisco touchdown with less than three minutes ended up being the winning score.