Fire guts Salisbury barn Found: 5 Hours 29 Minutes ago Lancaster Online - A mishap with a skid loader cost a dairy farmer his storage barn and its contents Wednesday afternoon.Chris King, of 5926 Meadeville Road, Salisbury Township, was using the machine in a former dairy barn when its exhaust ignited dry hay, White Horse Fire Department Deputy Chief John Beyer said.The f......
Search for body in landfill yields no results Found: 1 Day 8 Hours 19 Minutes ago Lancaster Online - Spectators at Monday's regular meeting of the Caernarvon Township supervisors were shocked to hear that authorities had searched Lanchester Landfill for the body of a missing Coatesville teenager.Chester County Solid Waste Authority Executive Director Bob Watts said Monday that detectives from t......
Quick Snow Causes Numerous Wrecks on I-176 Found: 5 Days 20 Hours 21 Minutes ago SFMZ 69 News -
A quick burst of snow created quite a mess of problems on the roads in Berks County. Emergency dispatchers reported numerous accidents on Interstate 176 south of Reading, between Cumru and Caernarvon townships, this afternoon. Fire police shut down the southbound lanes of the highway for a couple hours....
Cracking down on bullying Found: 1 Week 2 Days 25 Minutes ago Lancaster Online - Teen girls have harassed 17-year-old Abigail Riggins over the Internet several times.Officials at her Berks County school told her mother, Connie, they couldn't do anything about it because the incidents did not take place during school hours."I didn't feel it was right because it was spilli......
Recycling efforts not dropping with value Found: 2 Weeks 6 Days 23 Hours 27 Minutes ago Lancaster Online - Lancaster County recycling programs are continuing as usual, despite an unexpected and dramatic plunge in the value of used glass, aluminum, plastic, newspaper and cardboard.Though long hailed as the "green" thing to do, community recycling has been discontinued in some parts of the United States, d......
Ground Broken for Combined Fire Station Found: 1 Month 3 Days 4 Hours 37 Minutes ago SFMZ 69 News -
Ground's been broken for a new fire station in Caernarvon Township, Berks County. Officials put shovels in the dirt during the ceremony this morning. The Twin Valley Fire Department's new station will be built here at the intersection of Routes 401 and 23. That's near Twin Valley Elementary School....
Fire Burns Through House in Berks County Found: Minutes ago SFMZ 69 News -
A fire destroyed a house in Robeson Township, Berks County Monday afternoon. The flames broke out in the first block of Robeson Lawn Road around 4:30. Firefighters worked for about an hour to get the upperhand, but they say it looks like the house will be a complete loss....
Fire Burns Through Robeson Township Home Found: 1 Month 6 Days 19 Hours 59 Minutes ago SFMZ 69 News -
A fire destroyed a house in Robeson Township, Berks County on Monday afternoon. The flames broke out in the first block of Robeson Lawn Road around 4:30 p.m. Firefighters worked for about an hour to get the upperhand but say it looks like it will be a complete loss. They say three people live at the home, but no one was home when the it ignited. Investigators still don't know what sparked the fire....
