Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Wyomissing
WYOMISSING, Pa. - An investigation is underway after a person was struck and killed by a car Friday afternoon in Wyomissing. It happened around 1:15 p.m. in the 2200 block of State Hill Road. The Pennsylvania State Police Accident Reconstruction Team was called in to assist in the investigation. Authorities...
Lebanon County Man Gets 11+ Years for Cocaine Trafficking
A Lebanon County man will spend more than 11 years in federal prison after being caught transporting a kilogram of cocaine and a handgun from Scranton back to the Lebanon area, where he planned to sell the drugs. Angel Lopez-Guzman, 38, of Lebanon, was sentenced to 138 months in federal...
Thousands of acres on the chopping block as Lancaster farmers fight to keep out...
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Farmers across Lancaster County believe its agricultural roots are in jeopardy as local governments are pushing to make thousands of acres of farmland available for commercial development for the first time in decades. It's an issue that's been packing municipality meetings for months,...
Lancaster man charged with homicide after victim dies 9 years following DUI crash
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — A Lancaster man was charged with homicide about 10 years after getting into a crash while driving under the influence. Michael Anthony Ortiz was 22 years old when the crash occurred on Sept. 6, 2015 in East Lampeter Township. Ortiz's passenger, Eliena Rodriguez, suffered "extensive...
Lawsuit blames central Pa. school district for bullied 12-year-old’s suicide
The parents of a boy who killed himself in 2024 are suing the Lebanon School District claiming their employees didn’t do enough to protect him from discriminatory bullying. Sandra Jusino says the school district violated her 12-year-old son Yadriel’s constitutional rights by not responding adequately to reports he...
Alt-rock band featuring Hollywood superstar to perform in central Pa.
Los Angeles-based alt-rock group Dogstar is coming to Hershey. The group features guitarist and vocalist Bret Domrose and drummer Robert Mailhouse. The trio is rounded out with bassist Keanu Reeves, Hollywood movie star known for films such as “Point Break,” “Speed,” “The Matrix,” “John Wick” and “My Own Private...
DEP Issues Orders Blocking Water, Sewer Service to Proposed ICE Detention Centers in Schuylkill...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issued a series of administrative orders that could significantly delay plans to convert two warehouses in Schuylkill and Berks counties into large immigration detention centers. According to DEP officials, five administrative orders were issued on...
Coroner rules cause of death undetermined for Travelle Martin
The Berks County Coroner’s Office has ruled the cause and manner of death for Travelle Martin as undetermined, following months of forensic examination after his remains were recovered in Cumru Township late last year. Human remains were discovered on December 28, 2025, in a spillway within the Flying Hills...
Judge declares mistrial after courthouse therapy dog wanders into room with jurors. Here’s why
LOCK HAVEN—A dog on Friday caused a mistrial in the criminal trial of a Dauphin County man accused of killing a dog owned by neighbors at his hunting cabin. Judge Michael F. Salisbury declared the mistrial Friday after the courthouse therapy dog, a black lab, inadvertently got into room where jurors in the trial of...
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market closing 36 stores, including several in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market is closing 36 stores, including several in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
