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3 hrs ago | WFMZ-TV Allentown

Help for local police chief whose home was gutted by fire

Police from across the region held a heartfelt fundraiser for one of their own who lost almost everything to a massive fire.

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Related Topix: Lebanon County, PA

4 hrs ago | Patch.com

Limerick Man Pleads Guilty to Role in Burglary Spree

According to the Pottstown Mercury , Joseph Anthony Samsel Jr., 25, of the 100 block of West Ridge Pike, pleaded guilty to charges of burglary and conspiracy to commit burglary in connection with a string of 21 break-ins from July 2012 to January 2013.

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Related Topix: Pottstown, PA, Frederick, PA, Douglassville, PA, Montgomery County, PA

9 hrs ago | Philly.com

CO2 emissions from coal sector rise in 2013

Geese fly past smokestacks in Kansas. Carbon dioxide is at a level unseen in two million years or more, experts say.

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Related Topix: Easton, PA

13 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Potter's private collection to be auctioned

A flowered pottery jar by the late Lester Breininger is among items to be auctioned Saturday at his former residence in Robesonia.

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Related Topix: Robesonia, PA, Conestoga, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Manheim, PA, Reading, PA

17 hrs ago | UnionvilleTimes.com

Op/Ed: Smart justice begins with smart sentencing

Local lockups, county jails, state prisons and federal correctional institutions are filled and overflowing across the United Sates.

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Related Topix: Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Chester County, PA, Opinion

21 hrs ago | Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Berks vet, local pet owners part of nationwide golden retriever cancer study

Rachel Schweitzer of Shillington, with her dog, Punky, sits with her mother Bonnie Allensworth of Sinking Spring and her dogs Jonah and Jorga.

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Related Topix: Shillington, PA, Sinking Spring, PA, Bernville, PA

Thu May 23, 2013

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Pastor blasts county commissioners over Bethel radio tower

Protests against locating an emergency radio communications tower in Bethel Township continued Thursday when the Rev.

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Related Topix: Bethel, PA

MyFoxPhilly

19 People Arrested In Berks County Drug Bust

Cops seized $300,000 worth of cocaine, $75,000 worth of heroin, four guns and more than $50,000 in cash.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Montgomery County, PA, Weather, Delaware County, PA

WFMZ

Berks County CERT responds to Shillington standoff; Witness says barricaded subject is 17

Berks County's Certified Emergency Response Team , commonly known as a SWAT team, has arrived on the scene of a standoff where a teenager has reportedly barricaded himself in a home.

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Related Topix: Shillington, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Guns, drugs seized in city; man arrested

A convicted burglar was arrested after probation officers found two revolvers, cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his Reading apartment, police said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Reading, PA

Philadelphia Weather

Slight Risk Of Severe In Parts Of Region

The Storm Prediction Center has part of the region under a slight risk for severe weather today -- essentially it's north and west of I-95 through Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey that are at risk for some strong or damaging winds from any thunderstorms that fire up.

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Related Topix: Weather

The Lebanon Daily News

Lebanon Transit adopts $3.88M budget

The rides will be free with proof of military service beginning Wednesday and ending on Saturday, a 96-hour period reminiscent of the 96-hour liberty pass occasionally granted to those in military service.

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Related Topix: York, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Dedicated police, grand jury solve 11-year-old slaying

The Issue: More than a decade after Hope Babel was beaten and burned, Ryan J. Stufflet was charged with her murder.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Shoemakersville, PA

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Reading High student arrested in assault of school security guards

Reading Eagle A Reading High School student has been arrested for assaulting two security guards who broke up a fight outside the school cafeteria, police said Wednesday.

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Wed May 22, 2013

WFMZ-TV Allentown

YNOT Awards honor Berks County's high school theater

Some of the most talented young performers in Berks County dazzled the crowd Wednesday night.

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Reading Eagle/Reading Times

3 women will vie for 2 judgeships in November election

The three women in the eight-way competition for two open judgeships in Berks County Court were the top vote getters on both the Republican and Democratic tickets, and will proceed to the Nov.

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Related Topix: US News

WFMZ

Heat, maintenance to blame for tri-county power outage

At the height of Wednesday's outage, Met-Ed said approximately 4,100 of its customers were without electricity.

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Related Topix: Birdsboro, PA

WFMZ

Memorial Day service to follow 32nd annual parade in Exeter

American Legion Post 934 will pay tribute to the nation's fallen heroes with its 32nd annual Memorial Day parade and service.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Marine Corps, US Air Force

WFMZ

Bernville parade, service to honor heroes past, present

The Bernville community in Berks County will pay tribute to the nation's military heroes past and present on Memorial Day.

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Related Topix: Bernville, PA

Tue May 21, 2013

WFMZ-TV Allentown

Police report new sighting of car belonging to Matthew Royer

Police searching for Matthew Royer, a missing University of Rhode Island student from Montgomery County, are following a new lead in the case.

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Related Topix: University of Rhode Island, Montgomery County, PA, Myerstown, PA, Fogelsville, PA