The Morning Call looks back at the biggest stories of 2025 in the Lehigh Valley, from chicken coop battles to an ICE raid to the strong possibility of data centers coming to the region.

There was no shortage of news that shocked Chautauqua County residents over the past year. As we begin our 25 for 25 series looking back at some of the year’s biggest headlines, sentencing in a decade-old murder case,

The top 5 stories of 2025 include Aimee Bock’s trial in the Feeding Our Future case, immigration, Minneapolis police reform and fraud.

The McDonnell Douglas MD-11, built in 1991, went down around 5:15 p.m. Nov. 4 after its left wing caught fire. The plane was fully loaded with fuel for the nine-hour flight to Honolulu from UPS Worldport at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport.

The story that unfolded is one we all know by now: A UPS cargo plane crashed as it attempted to take off when its left engine detached. It crashed straight into a couple businesses, killing more than a dozen people, including the three-person crew on board.