A truck driver fell asleep at the wheel before striking a construction vehicle and killing three workers on the shoulder of a Pennsylvania highway in…
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HARRISBURG (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro will sign legislation to criminalize the misuse of a powerful animal tranquilizer called xylazine that is showing up…
By JENNIFER PELTZ, MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE OFFENHARTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump squirmed and scowled, shook his head and muttered…
The Berks County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the following fugitives: Carlos Diaz-Colon Carlos Diaz-Colon, 20, whose last known address was in the 800 block of…
Sections of Perkiomen Avenue and Spruce Street have been closed to traffic in response to safety concerns regarding an abandoned church building, city officials announced…
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest…
A Reading man who was wanted by city police on murder charges in the midday shooting of an acquaintance in the city’s downtown last summer…
Fentanyl and heroin with a street value of more than $8 million was seized as a result of a joint investigation by local and federal…
KING OF PRUSSIA – Search efforts to locate a 70-year-old man resumed Wednesday, two days after not returning home from a fishing trip, according to…
A shooting at a Laureldale tavern last weekend wounded a bouncer who was trying to quell a scuffle that erupted moments earlier, borough police said.…
State authorities have accused a Womelsdorf woman of fraudulently receiving more than $8,000 in government food benefits over a 10-month period by failing to report…
Family of a Black teen who was shot after ringing the wrong doorbell files lawsuit against homeowner
By HANNAH FINGERHUT (Associated Press) The family of a Black teenager who was shot by a white homeowner when he mistakenly went to the wrong…
The Berks County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the following fugitives: Latrell Ackerman Latrell Ackerman, 20, whose last known address was in the 800 block of…
Roger Lee Hanks has a long history with firearms. He was “born with a fishing rod and a gun in his hands,” the 76-year-old who…
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes, KFF Health News MANTI, Utah — Garrett Clark estimates he has spent about six years in the Sanpete County Jail, a…
NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man admitted to a straw purchase scheme during which he bought eight weapons at gun stores in Chester and Berks counties…