Jose Pizarro Jose Pizarro, 25, whose last known address was in the 300 block of Washington Street, Reading, is wanted on first-degree murder charges. Police…
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State police along with the Berks County district attorney’s office are investigating a fatal shooting by police Thursday night in Wyomissing. The shooting happened shortly…
Two intruders got about 200 packs of cigarettes and an undisclosed amount of cash during a 2-minute burglary of a Strausstown gas station this week,…
The owners of the West Reading chocolate factory that exploded Friday expressed grief and gratefulness in a statement released Wednesday. The blast at the R.M.…
By JONATHAN MATTISE (Associated Press) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville…
Gov. Josh Shapiro has ordered state flags be flown at half-staff in honor of the fatal explosion at a West Reading chocolate factory. Seven people…
West Reading officials announced Sunday night that they believe the final two victims of the Friday explosion at a R.M. Palmer Co. chocolate factory have…
The death toll from the Friday explosion of a West Reading chocolate factory has risen to four. During a Sunday morning press briefing, Police Chief…
Venancio Cruz Venancio Cruz, 46, whose last known address was in the 800 block of Schuylkill Avenue, Reading, is wanted on escape charges. Police said…
In the midst of unimaginable tragedy, a glimmer of hope sprang forth in the early morning hours Saturday. Rescue workers sifting through the rubble that…
An Exeter Township homeowner was arrested on drug-trafficking charges after township police, in response to complaints from neighbors, searched the residence and found a variety…
A 79-year-old Shillington man was arrested Thursday as a result of an investigation involving the dissemination of child pornography over the internet, Berks County detectives…
The Berks County coroner’s office is seeking relatives of David L. Daugherty, 59, no permanent address, who was found dead Wednesday in Reading. Officials have…
State police are seeking the whereabouts of a Lebanon County jail inmate who failed to return from work release over the weekend. State police from…
Eight Berks County men were arrested as part of an undercover investigation by the Berks County district attorney’s Human Trafficking Task Force that focuses on…
State police are seeking the public’s help in identifying eight people who stormed a CVS store in Shoemakersville last week and stole nearly $700 worth…