A statewide appeals court upheld Thursday a lower court’s denial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s latest bid for a new trial.…
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Lisa Snyder has remained silent for most of the first four days of her murder trial. The 41-year-old Albany Township woman, accused in the 2019…
There are two very different versions of the story about what happened inside Lisa Snyder’s Albany Township home on Sept 23, 2019. The version that…
Six agencies in Berks County have received a combined $2.2 million in state grant funding through programs focused on improving crime reporting, helping law enforcement…
YORK (AP) — A Pennsylvania man has entered no contest pleas to charges that he killed his father and stepmother with a sword in their…
The Berks County sheriff’s department is seeking the following fugitives: Ivonne Morales-Feliciano • Ivonne Morales-Feliciano, 25, whose last known address was in the 100 block…
For the second time in two months, state police raided a north Reading home, seizing large quantities of illegal drugs and cash totaling tens of…
WEST CHESTER — The Chester County couple whose physical and emotional abuse of a 12-year-old girl authorities contend led to her death from starvation and…
The Berks County sheriff’s department is seeking the following fugitives: Matthew Smith Matthew Smith, 44, whose last known address was in the 900 block of…
A suspect in a string of package thefts was arrested in Leesport, Northern Berks Regional police reported Friday. Luis Enrique Meza Saavedra of New York…
NORRISTOWN — A Berks County man admitted to illegally possessing a firearm in Upper Hanover Township and is awaiting his fate from a judge. Richard…
The Berks County sheriff’s department is seeking the following fugitives: Juan Aguilar Juan Aguilar, 52, whose last known address was in the 300 block of…
Local police will be working through Labor Day and the rest of September to take drunken and drug-impaired drivers off the road. Expecting increased alcohol…
NORRISTOWN — Flames engulfed the Fire Chief’s Memorial Bandshell early Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to extinguish a fire that raged in Norristown’s Elmwood Park.…
Five men have been charged in Dauphin County for running a retail theft ring that operated this year in nine counties, including Berks. The charges…
An Alburtis man died Sunday after being hit by a train in the borough. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio said the 26-year-old man was…