Mertztown News

A 34-year-old woman was killed and three people in her vehicle were injured in a head-on crash with a tractor trailer in Lower Macungie Township this morning, state police at Fogelsville said.

State Police have released the identity of the person killed in yesterday's rollover crash along State Street in Longswamp Township, Berks County.

Since age 15, Troy Fairchild has worked at Schappell Hardware in Topton. What started as a summer job in 1973 turned into a career, and Fairchild bought the store in 1997.

Biscotti, those chic cookies with crunch, have found their places as elegant accompaniments for steamy lattes and tall cappuccinos in upscale coffee shops.

A 23-year-old Allentown man walking westbound in the right lane of Route 22 in search of a place to urinate was struck by a car around 2 a.m. yesterday, according to state police.

Several years ago, Pennsylvania Dutch dining options narrowed when we lost those bastions of its fare -- Walp's and the Village Inn -- to development.

A worker was killed this morning when he was pinned between a car and a garbage truck while collecting trash on Fredericksville Road in Rockland Township.