Five redevelopment projects in Berks, Lancaster and York counties will split nearly $700,000 made available by the state as part a bigger $3 million allocation of historic preservation tax credits.

A Berks County farm will be expanding its operations thanks to a $400,000 economic development loan from the Pennsylvania Development Authority.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Commission has approved the award of a Category 4 casino license to Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, through its Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association.

Pennsylvania prosecutors allege that a Berks County excavation company altered the results of water samples, allowing for a contaminated water line to serve about 40 homes in Berks County.

Penn State Health St. Joseph has been given $425,000 to establish a nursing simulation lab and provide funding for nursing education at the St. Joseph’s downtown campus in Reading.

Maple Grove Raceway, a drag racing destination for over half a century, is for sale for $8 million.

Crestmont Heritage, a residential home builder in Reading, has completed the first of a new 10-unit residential housing project in the 300 block of Crestmont Street in Reading’s Millmont/18th Ward neighborhood.

The number of hepatitis A cases reported in the state since January of 2018 is 171, according to the May 20 announcement by the state’s Department of Health.

The international law enforcement community suspects millions of people are taken and subjected to forced labor and sex in countries around the world, but the crime of human trafficking is hard to prosecute because it is so hidden and its victims so controlled by fear, separation and language barriers.

Measles cases are on the rise. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that between Jan. 1 and May 10 of this year 839 cases of measles were confirmed in 23 states, including Pennsylvania.