West Reading, PA (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board has released new documents related to the deadly chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania last year.
On March 24, 2023, seven employees were killed, nearly a dozen were injured and residents in West Reading had to leave their homes.
The new report details a timeline of events leading up to and after the explosion.
“Second Avenue and Penn Avenue we have explosion with an active fire. Read More...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An underage employee of an eastern Pennsylvania supermarket will be charged in connection with sewing needles found in bagged vegetables and Tastykake packages customers returned after buying, police said Thursday.
Pennsylvania State Police are recommending customers check their groceries for tampering if they bought them from a Giant supermarket in suburban Allentown between Thursday, April 13, and Wednesday, April 19, when troopers were alerted.
Troopers did not say what led them to blame an employee of the supermarket in Lower Macungie Township. Read More...
MONROEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- Authorities said a fight between two groups at a Pennsylvania mall led to a shooting outside the building and an evacuation.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Monroeville police said the brawl Friday between two groups of four to five males began about 8 p.m. for some unknown reason. The fight spilled outside the mall through a Macy's department store entrance.
Police said one of the males pulled out a gun and fired about 10 shots. Read More...