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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture keeps records of food safety inspections at restaurants and food vendors. Berks County is divided into three jurisdictions: Reading, Muhlenberg Township and the rest of the county. Reading and Muhlenberg Township have their own inspectors and the rest of the county is inspected by Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture inspectors. The results will be posted every other week. All food vendors are inspected at least once a year. Other inspections c...

Investigators provided insight Wednesday in a court filing in the first suburban slaying in Berks County this week while the investigation continues into a second homicide, both from domestic violence incidents.  Jillian R. Blimline, 38, initially told police that she was decorating the Christmas tree Sunday night in the dining room of a split-level home in the first block of Maywood Avenue in South Heidelberg Township. She heard a noise and in her peripheral vision saw Chad A. Macwilliam...

Updated: 3:24 PM EST December 15, 2020 SINKING SPRING, Pa. — A 38-year-old Berks County woman is facing homicide and aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing her live-in partner in a domestic incident Sunday, the Berks County District Attorneys Office announced Tuesday. Jillian Rae Blimline, of Sinking Spring, is charged with Murder of the First Degree, Murder of the Third Degree, two counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possessing the Instrument of Crime, prosecutors ...

Pa. woman, 38, charged with fatally stabbing live-in boyfriend Updated Dec 15, 2020; Investigators in Berks County charged a 38-year-old woman with homicide Tuesday, a day after her live-in boyfriend was fatally stabbed in the chest. County Chief Detective Michael Gombar said Jillian R. Blimline of Sinking Spring faces counts of first- and third-degree murder and aggravated assault in the death of 39-year-old Chad Macwilliam. Jillian Blimline Macwilliam was killed in the Maywood Avenue home he...

Taylor Szkwarek knows the sacrifices police officers make to keep their communities safe. Her father, Todd Szkwarek, has worked as a police officer for 10 years. He works for Bethel Township Police Department in northwestern Berks County. She also has an uncle who works as a police officer in Lebanon County. - Advertisement - Recognizing that police officers are continuing to risk their own safety by working on the front lines during the pandemic, Szkwarek, 20, of Shillington thought it would b...