The Berks County sheriff’s office is seeking the following fugitives: Acree Chasity Acree, 44, whose last known address was in the 300 block of Chestnut…
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A Shillington man faces several felony counts after Reading police said he seriously injured a man during a street robbery then, while fleeing in an…
Snowfall is tapering off in Berks County on Saturday morning and the National Weather Service-issued winter weather advisory will end at noon, three hours earlier…
Crews responded to a reported house fire Saturday morning in the 100 block of Fancy Hill Road in Amity Township. The fire was called in…
Northbound Route 61 and one lane of Route 12 eastbound were closed Saturday morning after a truck lost part of its load, according to emergency…
State police say a car slid off an icy road in Greenwich Township, crashed through a fence, hit the resident in the front yard and…
A backyard shed was discovered on fire in the Spring Meadow subdivision in South Heidelberg Township and the flames spread to a shed on an…
Reading police issued details Tuesday on a fatal shooting last week. Officers responded shortly after 9:30 p.m. on January 12 to Ninth and Chestnut streets…
Someone was found shot to death at Ninth and Chestnut streets in Reading on Wednesday night. A Reading Fire Department ambulance was dispatched to the…
Two Berks County municipalities have selected as their next police chief a person who needs no introduction to the officers and the community. The Spring…
One person was killed and several others seriously injured in a crash early Saturday on Interstate 78 in northwest Berks County. The person killed was…
By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden forcefully blamed Donald Trump and his supporters Thursday for holding…
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday forcefully condemned Donald Trump’s election “big lie” that…
By RON TODT and CLAUDIA LAUER PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Fire tore through a duplex home early Wednesday in Philadelphia, killing 12 people, including eight children,…
The Berks County coroner’s office is seeking family members of Richard Kelly, 68, who died of natural causes in the county on Tuesday. Anyone with…
Cumru Township police responded to reports of gunfire outside a Lancaster Pike sports bar on New Year’s Eve. According to township police: Officers were dispatched…