It’s a problem that Berks County officials know they need to solve. Like counties across the state, Berks has been struggling for years with a severe shortage of space at youth detention centers. The ...

Three males were seen stealing a motorcycle from the East Penn Manufacturing in Richmond Township last summer, and the stolen ...

The regional facility will serve the counties of Berks, Dauphin and Lehigh to support the juvenile detention needs and foster ...

An Exeter Township man has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally stabbing a man with a sword over a $300 drug debt in 2021. William Smoot, 50, also was sentenced Wednesday by Berks County ...

He was committed to Berks County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail to await a hearing after arraignment before District Judge Gail M. Greth in Reading Central Court.

Lisa Snyder, 41, (left) was sentenced for the murders of her kids Brinley (center) and Conner (right) (Berks County Jail System/Facebook) A mom has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering ...

A Pennsylvania mom convicted in the hanging murders of her two young children was sentenced to prison, according to ... of intriguing unsolved cases. Berks County Court of Common Pleas President ...

Snyder displayed no reaction during Thursday's hearing in Berks County and spoke only to decline to address the court, the Reading Eagle reported. President Judge Theresa Johnson, who also ...

A Pennsylvania woman convicted in the hanging death of her two young children five years ago has been sentenced to two consecutive terms of life in prison ... a suicide. Berks County Court of ...

“it’s not unique to Centre County. It’s the environment in general.” Centre County prison warden Glenn Irwin told county administrators this week that he has three vacancies to fill at the ...

On Thursday, Lisa Snyder, 41, was sentenced to two consecutive sentences of life in prison without parole ... life support three days later. After Berks County prosecutors rested their case ...