Power restoration continued Saturday morning in Berks County with Met-Ed down to under 1,000 customers without service. All total on Friday, about 12,000 Met-Ed customers…
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A Sinking Spring man was fatally injured in a crash on Interstate 176 in Caernarvon Township. Clayton B. Schannauer, 27, died October 26 at 11:27…
I had already finished writing my column last week when my inbox dinged with a note from Francine Scoboria. She’s the communications coordinator for Safe…
Five Berks County men have been charged by county detectives with possessing and disseminating child pornography following separate investigations begun a year ago as a…
Authorities have identified the body of a suspected homicide victim found Monday afternoon in a park on Mount Penn. Berks County acting Coroner Jonn M.…
Crews battled a fire Sunday afternoon at a commercial and manufacturing complex in Myerstown that drew companies from Berks County. Volunteers responded to 113 E.…
Numerous fire stations were called to the 100 block of Fort Henry Road in Upper Tulpehocken Township on Sunday afternoon for a structure fire. The…
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 fundraiser has been set up for the children of the parents who died in the weekend murder-suicide in Leesport. Heidi Lopez, 33, was shot…
The West Lawn developer accused of using magnets to steal millions of gallons worth of water from Reading Area Water Authority has reached an agreement…
A section of Route 222 has reopened after a tractor-trailer fire that started early Monday morning along Route 222 in Maidencreek Township closed the road…
Authorities identified a Hereford Township man as the victim of a fatal crash that happened on Gravel Pike, Friday afternoon. Russell L. Badman, 33, of…
Crews were dispatched Saturday shortly after 7:30 p.m. to the first block of Centre Avenue in Leesport for a shooting. Upon arrival, two shootings victims…
Reading firefighters removed two occupants from the rear roof of a house during a fire that started around 11 a.m. Tuesday. The fire at 407…
The investigation continues into a Shillington house fire in which a woman died, officials said Monday. The two-alarm fire at 38 Philadelphia Ave. occurred shortly…
State police have released additional details on a fatal Penn Township crash in which an injured passenger crawled out of the wreckage in the woods…