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Two Men Killed By Falling Trees Hours Apart In PA Two Men Killed By Falling Trees Hours Apart In PA
Two Men Killed By Falling Trees Hours Apart In PA Two men died in separate tree-cutting accidents just hours apart in Pennsylvania on Saturday, April 18, authorities said. In Lancaster County, Samuel Lantz, 31, was killed after a tree he was cutting down fell on him at his property on the 4000 block of Strasburg Road in Salisbury Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Emergency crews were called at 11:09 a.m., and coroner’s investigators later found Lantz in a wooded area of the property, where he was pronounced dead, officials said.  An autopsy determined he died from multiple tra…

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by Jillian Pikora
Business
Lay's Making Major Changes To Potato Chip Brand: See What's New Lay's Making Major Changes To Potato Chip Brand: See What's New
Lay's Making Major Changes To Potato Chip Brand: See What's New The world's top potato chip brand is removing artificial additives as it undergoes its largest redesign in nearly 100 years. Lay's will remove artificial flavors and colors from all of its core US products by the end of 2025, parent company PepsiCo announced on Thursday, Oct. 9. The brand is also tweaking its logo and the designs on its potato chip bags. PepsiCo said the visual changes will focus on the potatoes it sources from more than 100 family-owned farms in North America. "This redesign, the brand's biggest in nearly a century, is a love letter to our origins," said Ca…

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by Chris Spiker
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PA Amish Farm Accident Requires Multiple Ambulances PA Amish Farm Accident Requires Multiple Ambulances
PA Amish Farm Accident Requires Multiple Ambulances Multiple ambulances were called to an accident on an Amish farm on Saturday, Oct. 18, according to Lancaster County Wide Communications.  The call regarding a "traumatic injury" at the farm located in the 200 block of Paradise Lane in Paradise Township came into LCWC at 12:20 p.m. Details about the incident have not been released, but we know Pennsylvania State Police are investigating. Check back here for updates on this developing situation. 

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Crews Battle Early Morning Barn Fire In Berks County Crews Battle Early Morning Barn Fire In Berks County
Crews Battle Early Morning Barn Fire In Berks County A barn in Bally Borough caught fire around 2 a.m. Monday, July 15, according to the Eastern Berks Fire Department.  The fire at the barn, located off South 7th Street, reached two alarms, authorities said. The barn contained hay and equipment but all the dairy cows on the property were in another structure and were not harmed, the department said.  Eastern Berks Fire Dept. Excavation equipment was called to the scene to "tear apart the wreckage" and hay bales, firefighters said.  First responders were at the site for five hours Monday morning and said they would likely re…

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by Mac Bullock
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Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers
Berks County Bull Attack Sends Man To Hospital: Troopers State police said a man at a Berks County farm was attacked by a bull on Sunday, June 16.  The man was performing work on a Strausser Road farm in Windsor Township when the bull "aggressively attacked" him, authorities wrote in a release.  The man was injured and taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, while the bull was "dispatched" by the owner, according to troopers. 

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by Mac Bullock
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Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Lancaster Farm Accident Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Lancaster Farm Accident
Amish Toddler ID'd By Family After Fatal Lancaster Farm Accident A 3-year-old Amish boy has died following an incident on his family's farm on Tuesday night, Lancaster County Chief Deputy Coroner Eric Bieber announced on June 5. Benjamin S. Blank “had been in a farming-related accident involving a piece of ventilation machinery for [a] barn," Chief Deputy Coroner Bieber stated in the release and according to his obituary.  The incident happened at his home on the 280 block of Bell Road in Christiana, Colerain Township around 8 p.m. on June 4, as detailed in the release. Benjamin was pronounced dead in the front yard at 9:18 p.m. by the coroner. His…

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by Jillian Pikora