East Greenville, PA

The cause of the explosion remains under investigation, and officials say it will "continue for some time."

Five people, including four children, were killed in a house explosion Thursday night in Pottstown. The victims were later identified as Francine White, 67, Alana Wood, 13, Jeremiah White, 12, Nehemiah White, 10, and 8-year-old Tristan White. Authorities do not know what ignited the house explosion.

Nataly Walters has been making waves all season. The Palmerton freshman made another big splash on Friday. Walters continued her tremendous spring with a seventh-place finish in the Class 2A long jump at the PIAA Track and Field Championships. “I really amazed myself,” said Walters. “I’m really happy about what...

J’Ven Williams guaranteed he was going to go to the PIAA track and field state championships Friday and win a state title. And then he went out and did it. The 2023 Penn State offensive line commit from Wyomissing captured the top spot in the boys AA discus Friday at Shippensburg University with a mark of 167-00.

Call them fries, call them edible Jenga—the house-made Stoke Sticks (polenta fries) at Stoke Coal Fire Pizza are a must-order. “Polenta is synonymous with Italy,” says Executive Chef Abe Lopez. “We always try to innovate, so this is our play on soft, cheesy polenta.”. Lopez explains...

SHIPPENSBURG >> Two senior shot put standouts from the Pioneer Athletic Conference took home medals at the PIAA Track and Field Championships Friday at Shippensburg after spending the majority of their high school careers growing together as throwers. Perkiomen Valley’s Ronde Washington followed up on his gold medal-winning performance at...

POTTSTOWN — The question which hangs over the tragic explosion at two homes on Hale Street Thursday continues to be top of mind: “What caused it?”. Social media posts have been relentless at speculating about the cause. We have at least been able to disprove the theory that it was caused by a plane crashing into the home, which got some early traction as facts were still being gathered.

After adding over 699,000 new cases throughout the last week, the U.S. now has more than 82.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 990,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a steady rate. In the past week, there were an average […]

A kayaker has died after being rescued Sunday from the Delaware River in New Hope. New Hope Police Chief Michael Cummings said Jonathan Gentile died Tuesday evening. He had been taken to St. Mary Medical Center, where his father, James, is employed as a nurse. Father and son were kayaking together on Sunday when Jonathan’s kayak overturned after the pair went over the rapids, Cummings said.

Attorney Joseph “Jay” Jones remembered taking his son, Jason B. Jones, to view the wreckage of the World Trade Center in March 2002. The site was still smoldering, emergency personnel were still working, and families continued to remember their lost loved ones by leaving photos, notes and flowers.

Nobody likes paying taxes. But if you want good schools, reliable roads, police coverage and other essential services, you have to pay your share. Not only did Monroe County veterinarian Karin Breitlauch and her sister, Linda Breitlauch, fail to pay taxes – they withheld four years’ worth of payroll taxes for their employees, but never sent the funds to the government. When the employees went to collect Social Security, there was no record of their contributions. The veterinarian and her comptroller sister were sent to federal prison for a year and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution. It’s a shame the law-abiding employees suffered at the hands of this scheme. Hopefully others considering a similar plan will think twice before risking prison time and their employees’ financial futures.

POTTSTOWN PA – Law enforcement and emergency investigators are unlikely to announce until sometime next week the cause of a devastating Thursday (May 26, 2022) night explosion at 453 Hale St. in the borough. It killed five people and seriously injured two others, according a Pottstown Police Department statement.

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — When he graduated from Quakertown High School in June of last year, Nathan Kooker had no question about what he wanted to do next. Quakertown has no agriculture program and no FFA chapter. Kooker never joined 4-H, nor did he grow up on a farm, but nonetheless, Kooker headed to Delaware Valley University as an animal science major. He’s on a track that he expects will lead to veterinary school, where he plans to focus on avian species.

A Pennsylvania woman suffered a broken neck when her car was struck by a runaway dump truck tire on a South Jersey highway Wednesday, her family said. Tracy Snyder, 61, of Macungie, Pa., was driving south on Route 42 in Runnemede around 2 p.m. when her SUV was hit by the tire, authorities said. The tire came off a dump truck traveling northbound.

Bethlehem's Back Door Bakeshop will reopen as a wholesale operation at 7 E. Church St. in the city's historic district. The business was open for nine years as a retail outlet at Broad and Center streets, before announcing in March that it would close the storefront April 3 and "go back to its origins as a wholesale business."

The Veterans Affairs office encourages our residents throughout Northampton County to remember the importance of Memorial Day. Memorial Day is a time for remembering and honoring those who have died in our nation’s wars. It serves as a reminder to honor, respect and remember the men and women who have valiantly fought for and served this incredible country and made the ultimate sacrifice.

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A motorcyclist is hurt after they drove away from a traffic stop going “over 100 miles per hour” and crashed in Holland Township Saturday morning. Around 9 a.m., an officer with the Muskegon Township Police Department pulled over a motorcycle for an...

The public is invited to Whitemarsh Memorial Park (1169 Limekiln Pike,. Amber) to recognize the service of our nation’s veterans and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice at the park’s 62nd annual Memorial Day, which will be held without restrictions this year. Whitemarsh Memorial Park will have...

POTTSTOWN — Residents living near the site of a house that exploded Thursday night on Hale Street were coming to terms Friday with what had happened. “I woke up this morning … you know how some people say they forget until it hits them. It wasn’t like that at all. I opened my eyes and I was just like ‘oh my god. This is my reality,’” said Pottstown resident Rebecca Scott.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. – In the wake of Thursday's explosion that leveled homes and killed one woman and four children in Pottstown, the American Red Cross of Southeastern Pennsylvania is providing assistance to residents in the community. As of Saturday morning, the Red Cross was providing emergency assistance to a...