Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele said his office is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Tyshaun Harvey, a 21-year-old Pottstown man wanted for an alleged murder.
Civil service examinations to qualify for job openings in the Pottstown Police Department will be offered Aug. 20. Qualified candidates interested in future openings must apply by Aug. 5.
Pottstown Hospital health care and security employees have finished training with borough police officers and a Montgomery County SWAT team in an active shooter drill held in a closed portion of the building.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission safety engineers have been involved since the start of investigations into the Hale Street explosion. It said Thursday they are, in part, looking for any state or federal pipeline safety violations.
Investigators continue efforts to determine the cause of last week's Hale Street explosion in Pottstown. Community fund-raising to support victims has begun. PECO claims it responded promptly to past calls on suspected gas leaks.
A joint investigation by the Pottstown Police Department and Montgomery County Detectives is under way into the Sunday shooting death, now ruled a homicide, of a 22-year-old borough man.
Pottstown police, joined by state and federal investigators, continue to investigate Thursday's Hale Street explosion in the borough. The death total was updated to five, four of them children.
Those living nearby said a massive explosion Thursday night near Hale and Butler streets - which killed at least four people, injured two more, leveled a home, and damaged others - boomed like thunder.
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