>>High School Football Player Facing Charges For Game Official Assault
(York County, PA) -- A high school football player from York County is facing charges in connection to an assault of a sports official last Friday. Authorities say on October 1st, Tyree Dyrell Brooks, who plays for Spring Grove Area High School, allegedly tackled the official and struck them on the head with a closed fist. His coaches say that official threw penalties on him during the game. Brooks is facing charges of Aggravated Assault and Assault on a sports official. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
>>Lancaster County Man Allegedly Killed Wife
(Elizabethtown, PA) -- A Lancaster County man is facing charges for allegedly killing his wife. Police say on September 30th, Christopher Mello's father called them saying his son was acting crazy and may have hit his wife too hard and killed her. Officers then arrived to a home in Elizabethtown where they found Mello inside with a teenager holding an infant. His wife's body was laying in the bathtub with two black eyes and a lacerated nose. The teenager reportedly told police that the woman punched him in the eye and Mello broke up the fight, and Mello admitted to punching and kicking his wife while she was on the ground. However, police say Mello was previously charged with terroristic threats at the same residence. The investigation into the incident is ongoing.
>>Four Charged For Participating In TikTok Challenge
(Littlestown, PA) -- Three juveniles and one adult are facing charges for allegedly causing thousands-of-dollars in damage in Adams County as part of a TikTok challenge. Police say on early Sunday morning, the group allegedly broke into several vehicles, damaged property at several homes and vandalized about 18 school buses from a Littlestown school bus yard. The damages on the Littlestown School District buses reportedly amount to more than ten-thousand-dollars. This was reportedly part of a TikTok challenge that encourages kids to vandalize or damage school property and post what they did on social media. Police found the group after they did just that. They're facing charges of institutional vandalism, criminal trespass, theft from a motor vehicle and more.
>>Harrisburg Man Arrested For Leaving Children In Parked Car
(Cumberland County, PA) -- A Harrisburg man is in custody for allegedly leaving his three kids in a parked car during hot weather in late August. Police say on August 24th, Claudio Vazquez-Ramos allegedly left his three children in his car as it was 85-degrees outside while he was in the Capital City Mall for about 20 minutes. Vazquez-Ramos reportedly told police he went inside to get his kids some drinks. He was arrested on October 3rd and is facing charges of endangering the welfare of children.
>>Carbon Monoxide Detector Activated By Pressure Washer
(Reading, PA) -- A contractor's pressure washer is blamed for setting off the carbon monoxide detector inside Reading's Glenside Elementary School. The incident happened yesterday afternoon, with firefighters and paramedics being dispatched to the school. EMS evaluated a dozen students and two teachers who reported symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, and no one had to be hospitalized.
>>Tolerance Mural Vandalized In Berks County
(Boyertown, PA) -- Suspects are being sought by police after the "No Place for Hate" mural in Boyertown was vandalized late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The mural promotes tolerance. The vandals put the website for a white supremacist organization, which the Anti-Defamation League says promotes intolerance, anti-Semitism, and racism.
>>Trees To Be Planted At Reading City Park
(Reading, PA) -- Volunteers will plant 25 trees in Reading City Park this weekend. The planting is part of a community cleanup effort with the 2021 Clean City initiative. Mayor Eddie Moran says volunteers have collected more than 200 bags of trash in four community cleanups this year.
>>COVID-19 Kills Five In Berks County
(Reading, PA) -- Five more people in Berks County have been killed by COVID-19. The state health department says Wednesday was the worst day on the current surge for the state with 111 deaths. There were 129 new COVID-19 cases in Berks yesterday with the pandemic total now reaching 55-thousand-550.
>>EV Charging Station Installed In Muhlenberg Township
(Muhlenberg Township, PA) -- Muhlenberg Township now has an electric vehicle charging station at the township's municipal building. EV owners can use the station for a fee to quickly charge their batteries. The station is paid for by the PA Driving Forward EV Charging Rebate Program.
>>Governor Not Planning To Lift School Mask Mandate Soon
(Harrisburg, PA) -- Governor Tom Wolf is not planning on lifting the school mask mandate anytime soon. Wolf previously stated he would reevaluate the order early this month, but the COVID-19 vaccine has yet to be approved for younger children. Wolf says he thinks the key is not so much the date as when the vaccine becomes available to all school children and how fast we can get them vaccinated.
>>First Lady Jill Biden Coming To Pennsylvania
(Allentown, PA) -- First Lady Jill Biden is expected to visit Pennsylvania next week. The Office of the First Lady says she will be traveling to Allentown in Lehigh County next Wednesday. No details have been released on where exactly she will be nor the reasons for her visit.
>>Pennsylvanians Can Vote Early For Upcoming Election
(Harrisburg, PA) -- State officials are reminding Pennsylvanians that they can vote early in-person by mail ballot for the upcoming municipal election. Officials say voting in-person by mail ballot before Election Day is an easy and convenient option for voters who do not want to return their ballot by mail and who cannot or do not want to go to the polls on November 2nd. Voters can visit their county election office or satellite election office to apply for a mail ballot, and officials will check their eligibility and give them a ballot once verified. Voters can then fill their ballots and cast it in one visit. The deadline to apply for a mail ballot and vote by mail in person is October 26th.
>>Bill To Give Parents Online Access To School Curriculum Advances
(Harrisburg, PA) -- A bill that would give parents online access to a school's curriculum is advancing. State Representative Andrew Lewis says the bill simply brings our state into the 21st century by making sure that, especially in an environment of remote learning, parents can access the information they're entitled to online. Critics of the bill say it will drag education right into the middle of the culture wars, and it's an invitation to the book burners and anti-maskers to harass our schools and teachers. They added that parents can already ask for this information, and it would only further strain school districts. The bill passed the state House yesterday and now heads to the Senate.
>>Pennsylvania Ranked High For Not Trusting Government Over Child Vaccines
(Undated) -- A study from QuoteWizard is ranking Pennsylvania 3rd in the nation when it comes to not trusting the government over child COVID-19 vaccines. According to the study from the analytical site, about 56-percent of Pennsylvanians don't trust the government. Over 61-percent are worried about the side effects of the vaccine, and that is the by far the main reason why parents are hesitant to vaccinate their children. The only states beating Pennsylvania when it comes to not trusting the government are New Jersey and Iowa.