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Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS
Tornado Upends Trees, Damages Roofs In Berks County: NWS The severe thunderstorms and heavy winds that rained out Berks County over the weekend were accompanied by an EF-1 tornado, the National Weather Service has confirmed.  The twister traveled about a mile through Womelsdorf on Saturday, April 22 in about a two-minute span, meteorologists said in a report published Tuesday. It began at 4:18 p.m. just southwest of the borough along Route 419, pushing over wooden telephone poles near the Lebanon County line as it made its way northeast, NWS wrote.  The storm mangled and uprooted some softwood trees near Conrad Weiser West Elementary School, wher…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Hit-Run Drivers Charged In Crash That Killed 67-Year-Old Berks Man Walking Dog Hit-Run Drivers Charged In Crash That Killed 67-Year-Old Berks Man Walking Dog
Hit-Run Drivers Charged In Crash That Killed 67-Year-Old Berks Man Walking Dog Two of the three drivers involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a 67-year-old Berks County man last month have been charged, authorities said. The month-long investigation led to the arrest of Todd Frey, 55, of Manchester (York County), on charges including accidents involving death or personal injury and careless driving, Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams and South Heidelberg Township Police Chief Leon Grim said a joint press conference Wednesday afternoon. Frey was driving his employer's box truck on Aug. 26 when he hit Robert L. "Lynn" Hatt and his dog, Scout as they…

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by Nicole Acosta
News
Lebanon Man Identified As Pedestrian Killed In Crash Lebanon Man Identified As Pedestrian Killed In Crash
Lebanon Man Identified As Pedestrian Killed In Crash A man born and raised in Lebanon has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash. John Givens Jr., 59, of the 700 block of Lehman Street, has been identified as the crash victim by the Lebanon County coroner. He was struck while crossing East Cumberland Street at North Lincoln Avenue on Thursday around 7 a.m., as Daily Voice reported at the time. He died shortly afterwards at a nearby medical center. He was born in Lebanon in Nov. 1961, according to public records. He briefly left the area, living in Womelsdorf and then Reading before returning to Lebanon. He is survived by his fami…

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by Jillian Pikora