Report of man with gun puts 3 Reading schools on lockdown

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The Reading School District didn't let anyone in or out of three schools after the report of a man walking with a gun.


Police said they were told about a man with a gun around Northeast Middle School on North 13th Street on Wednesday afternoon.


Northeast and 12th and Marion and 13th and Union elementary schools were all put on a precautionary lockout.


Dismissals were delayed at the schools.


There's no word on the identity of the man with the gun.






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Police recover homicide victim's stolen car in Reading

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Police have located a stolen vehicle in connection with a double homicide in Reading.


RPD officers found Johnny Branford's car in the city, according to police, who have been looking for the car since Branford and his mother, Mary, were found dead in their home in the 600 block of North 11th Street on Saturday.


Police said they're looking for a person of interest in the killings, but they have not released that person's identity.






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Berks County busy on National Signing Day

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National Signing Day is one that high school athletes circle on the calendar. It marks the beginning of the next chapter, while offering a time for reflection over the last several years. As always, Berks County had a strong contingent on Wednesday.


The following schools honored their athletes for signing or already signing their National Letters of Intent:


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Madison Curran - Water Polo & Swimming - Virginia Military Institute


LeAnne Davis - Soccer - Monmouth


Madison Klee - Lacrosse - University of Michigan


Hannah Larkin - Soccer - Misericordia


Paige Pachuilo - Soccer - Misericordia


Johanna Rice - Soccer - McDaniel


Austin Rosa - Football - Rutgers


Ian Roth - Baseball - Eastern University


Adrianna Swinehart - Soccer - Eastern University


Joseph Warker - Swimming & Diving - Rider University


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Jackson Ehlert - Lacrosse - University of Tampa


Daniel Leskowicz - Niagara


Keara O'Brien-Pol - Volleyball - Shippensburg


Shannon Restrepo - Volleyball - Kutztown


Dylan Richards - Baseball - Lock Haven


Elizabeth Schultz - Volleyball - West Chester


Dyllon Scott - Football - IUP


Gabbie Stick - Volleyball - Lock Haven


Sara Wesley - Volleyball - Canisius


Chase Yocum - Football - Shippensburg


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Reading High -


Jaivon McMiller - Football - Cheyney


Dontae Owens - Football - Rutgers


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Muhlenberg -


Vinny Filippini - Swimming - Bucknell


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Fleetwood -


Michael Allen - Football - Bloomsburg


Tyler Emge - Football - Shippensburg


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Governor Mifflin and Brandywine Heights will hold ceremonies over the next five days.






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Berks County busy on National Signing Day

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Seattle Seahawks. >>> rob vaughn: Now Berks Sports.>> wendy davis: Here's Dan Moscaritolo. National Signing Day is one that high school athletes circle on the calendar. It marks the beginning of the next chapter...while offering a time for reflection over the last several years. As always, Berks County had a strong contingent today...we'll begin the whip-around in West Lawn... >>> ...where the Bulldogs honored ten athletes who will continue their careers at the next level.It's an even split for Wilson this year...five Division I's and five Division III's....with soccer players making up nearly half the honorees.All-state defensive end Austin Rosa...a huge part of the Wilson team that went to the state semis ... has committed to d-i Rutgers as a preferred walk-on.A decision he calls euphoric...>>>>>> Here's the complete Wilson list...Madison Curran...D-1, Virginia Military Institute for Water Polo and Swimming. LeAnne Davis, d-1 Monmouth for soccer.Lacrosse standout Madison Klee will don the Maize-and-Blue...continuing her career in Ann Arbor, Michigan.Hannah Larkin and Paige Pachuilo will both attend Misericordia to play soccer.----Jo-hah-nna Rice - to McDaniel and A-drianna Swinehart to Easton for soccer. Ian Roth, also to Eastern for baseball.Joseph Warker...continuing his Swimming & Diving career at the d-1 level...he's going to Rider.And there's Austin Rosa...to Rutgers.>>> Speaking of Kyle Flood and the Scarlett Knights...Rosa will be joined by Reading High's Dontae Owens. The playmaker was a walking triple hot nominee this season if you watch Big Ticket.Owens' team mate Jaivon McMiller also signed today...he'll be a psac player, inking with Cheyney. Owens...itching to get started in Piscataway.>>>>>> Heading over to Exeter, where the Eagles also recognized ten athletes today.The girls volleyball team...dominating the list, comprising of five of the signees...justifiably so, they've been even more dominant on the court over the last few seasons.Among the entire flock...two division i products and eight division ii. Matt Bauer...seeing two of his football players continue at the Division ii level...>>> We'll get to those young men shortly...here is the complete Exeter list.Jackson Ehlert taking his lacrosse skills down to warm Tampa.Division i swimmer Daniel Leskowicz...signing with Niagara.There straight future psac competitors...Keara O'Brien-Pol to Shippensburg and Shannon Restreop to Kutztown, both volleyball. Dylan Richards...will take the baseball diamond at Lock Haven. ---Another volleyball standout, Elizabeth Schultz...heading down ot West Chester.Dyllon Scott..will strap on the helmet pads at IUP.Gabbie Stick has inked with Lock Haven for volleyball...while team mate Sara Wesley will take her game to d-1 level...she will play at Buffalo and Canisius College.And Chase Yocum...the Eagles outstanding quarterback over the last two years...will continue playing at Shippensburg. >>> And at Muhlenberg...swi mmer Vinny Filippini signed with Division i Bucknell. Filippini holds three school records






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Charter school for arts 'tops off' roof with final beams

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Construction crews are putting the finishing touches on one part of a charter school's new home in Bethlehem.


The final pieces of the roof were put in place at Third and Polk streets Wednesday.


The building is the future home of the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts, which has outgrown its current location on East Broad Street.


The new facility will house a research library, a digital laboratory and a 360-seat auditorium.



Classrooms and studios will also be updated.


The new location will be ready for students in the fall.






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Lehigh Valley students compete at SkillsUSA

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Students from around the Lehigh Valley met at Allentown's Agri-plex on Wednesday to put their talents on display at Skills USA.


Students took part in competitions spanning 53 different trades.


They competed against each other in categories ranging from crime scene investigation to early childhood education.


The annual competition helps students link up with local businesses to master real-world skills.


More than 400 students participated in this year's event.






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Mark Zuckerberg Founds Social Network Old News

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Eleven years ago today, Mark Zuckerberg lunched TheFacebook.com in his Harvard dorm. Now the social network has over 1 billion active users. Mark Zuckerberg talked about his early vision...


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Prosecution rests in trial of man with bodies in yard

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The prosecution has rested its case in the trial of a man accused of strangling a Pennsylvania pharmacist and the pharmacist's girlfriend and burying them on his property next to several other bodies.


Hugo Selenski is charged with killing Michael Kerkowski and Tammy Fassett as part of a plot to steal tens of thousands of dollars made from illegal prescription drug sales.


Prosecutors called their last witness Wednesday. A jeweler testified that Selenski bound him with plastic ties during a 2003 robbery, the same kind of ties that prosecutors said Selenski used to strangle Kerkowski and Fassett.


Kerkowski had pleaded guilty and was about to be sentenced when he and Fassett were reported missing in May 2002. Their bodies were among at least five found on Selenski's property a year later.


Selenski has pleaded not guilty.






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Three Lehigh U. lacrosse players charged

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Three Lehigh University lacrosse players have been suspended from the team after participating in a snowball battle that led to a more serious fight in which another man was injured.


The players are Alex Eaton, David "Tripp" Telesco and Patrick Corbett.




All three were charged with summary offenses of disorderly conduct, harassment and public drunkenness.


Telesco also was charged with possessing a false ID and underage drinking.


Bethlehem police report that at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24, the three players were engaged in a snowball fight in the 200 block of East Fifth Street in the city.


One of the snowballs struck a passing car. Police have not determined if it was accidentally or intentionally thrown at the car. The driver stopped, got out and an argument ensued.


That argument escalated to the driver being punched several times. That driver may have received a broken nose and definitely had a few bruises and abrasions, according to police.


The driver was not charged.


Lehigh University public relations director director Jordan Reese confirmed Telesco, Eaton and Corbett were suspended from the lacrosse team and added the university is investigating the incident.






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Health Beat: Smart app for psychosis: Ginger IO

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The 20-year-old we'll call "Isaac" was diagnosed with schizophrenia a year ago.


"It terrified me. I didn't know if I could talk to any of my friends about it," he said.


"Isaac" suffered hallucinations and heard voices in his head.


"When I heard the first voice that started talking to me was my scariest moment when I realized, 'Oh, this is something that I can't just cope with and white knuckle. This is something that I need to really get help with,'" "Isaac" recalled.


He did get help with medication and therapy, and "Isaac" was also recently introduced to a new app. Ginger IO is designed to monitor patients with psychosis.


"To see if we can intervene earlier before they have a relapse or before things get worse," said Tara Niendam, clinical psychologist of UC Davis School of Medicine.


Nearly 80 percent of psychosis patients will relapse within the first five years of diagnosis.


Niendam said the new app collects data about the number of texts and phone calls they make and receive and where they travel in a day.


"Whether a person is getting up and getting out of the house and going places," explained Niendam.


Doctors can track patient's patterns on a "dashboard" and see how they are doing daily and can contact patients at the first sign of trouble.


"Isaac" says it's helped him stay on track.


"They really helped give me a sense of positivity," "Isaac" explained.


He's using his music as therapy and facing his illness one day at a time.


The researchers at UC Davis are conducting a pilot study to see if the app can prevent relapses. They will also test the effectiveness of the app over 12 months in as many as 120 patients.


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Woman slips on ice, dies from exposure to cold, coroner says

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The recent surge of frigid air has claimed the life of an elderly woman in Berks County.


Esther Mae Luckenbill was found Tuesday night on the ground outside a home in the 500 block of Penn Valley Road in Bernville.


Luckenbill, 89, died of hypothermia because of her prolonged exposure to the cold, according to the coroner.


It appears, the coroner said, that Luckenbill slipped on some ice and fell down a small embankment.


Her death was ruled an accident.






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Kid Suspended For Lord Of The Rings Threat

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A Texas boy was suspended from school after telling a classmate he could make him disappear using a fictional "Lord of the Rings" ring. 9-year-old Aiden Steward was suspended from Kermit ...


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Man arrested for shooting at Berks hotel

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Police in Berks County say they've arrested a man following a shooting Tuesday at a motel.


It happened around 3 a.m. at the Rainbow Motel located at 391 W. Benjamin Franklin Highway in Amity Township.


Police say 19-year-old Ronald Coleman of Philadelphia got into a fight with a man who had come to his room to buy heroin.


They say that man's girlfriend -- Sara Craig-- was shot in the back when Coleman's gun went off.


Craig's boyfriend -- Drew Kulp -- took her to Reading Hospital. Police said she underwent surgery and is in fair condition.


Police searched Coleman's motel room and found one .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun and 552 packets of suspected heroin. They also found a .45 caliber handgun.


Coleman is facing charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, possession with intent to deliver heroin, heroin possession and related offenses.


Coleman was taken to the Berks County Jail under $50,000 bail.






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Man arrested in Berks motel shooting

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a 3 year-old boy and a 7 month-old daughter.69 News. >>> jaciel cordoba: Police in Berks County say they've arrested a man following a shooting at a motel.early yesterday morning at the Rainbow Motel in Amity Township. Police say this man.. Ronald Coleman.. got into a fight with a man who had come to his room to buy heroin. They say that man's girlfriend -- Sara Craig-- was shot in the back when Coleman's gun went off. Coleman is facing assault and drug charges.






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Police: Bethlehem woman charged after stabbing man 3 times

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A Bethlehem woman is in custody after police said she stabbed a man three times at her home on Tuesday.


Police were called to 711 Mortimer Street for a report of a stabbing around 7 a.m. When they arrived, they found a man, identified as Sabwa Sula, with blood on his back, who fell to the floor from his knees.


Another woman at the home told police that 51-year-old Parris Leuz Hall had stabbed Sula after an argument.


The woman said when she got home, Hall was drunk and began to argue with Sula, and that Hall also pulled out a knife and threatened to kill her, police said.


When Hall made a move toward her with the knife, Sula stepped in front of Hall to try and calm her down, and police said she began to apologize for her behavior.


When Sula began to leave, police said Hall began to grab him, then she pulled a knife a stabbed him in the chest. He made his way into the kitchen, and police said she stabbed him twice in the back.


Sula was taken to St. Luke's Hospital in Fountain Hill for treatment. Police interviewed him at the hospital and told police that Hall stabbed him. Police said Sula said Hall always threatens to stab people, but this time she really did.


Hall was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest for medical evaluation.


Hall faces charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and making terroristic threats.


She was taken to the Lehigh County Jail after being unable to post $150,000 bail.


A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for February 10 at 1:45 p.m.


There's no word on Sula's condition.






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4 steps to finding your passion in life

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When Denny Corby's plan to take over the family business didn't feel right he came up with a new one.


And now he couldn't be happier.


Denny is on the speaking circuit where he performs as a magician and mentalist for Fortune 500 companies across the country.


He spoke with WFMZ's Jaciel Cordoba on 69 News at Sunrise about four steps to finding out exactly what you're passionate about.






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Will sale of A-Treat fizzle or pop?

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A long-time Allentown bottling company may get a second chance at life.


The A-Treat Bottling Company, located at 2001 Union Blvd., closed its doors on January 23, after nearly 100 years in business.


The company made 32 different flavors of soda, according to its website, and had distributed its product to various retailers like Walmart, and Redners Warehouse Markets.


Thomas Coombs, former owner of the Bangor General Store, says he is interested in buying the A-Treat company with some unnamed partners, but can't seem to get in touch with company officials.


He told 69News he has called the A-Treat vice president but hasn't had any luck reaching him.


Coombs said he has two products he'd like to produce at A-Treat, including a Hispanic beverage.


A-Treat was fined nearly $130,000 in February 2013 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 14 repeat and two new workplace safety and health hazards.


According to the company's website, A-Treat was founded in 1918 by Joseph and Jack Egizio in a garage in downtown Allentown.


A-Treat moved to its current location in 1932.






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Charlotte McKinney Bullied Before Biting Burger in Carl's Jr. Commercial

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