Nine employers and training providers Thursday received Governor’s Achievement Awards for outstanding hiring and workforce development success.

A 36-year-old former Berks County resident was sentenced Monday to serve 12 years in prison for his participation in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy.

Joseph W. Nagle, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, was convicted after a four-week jury trial.

A mountain fire blazing near Tower City, close to the Dauphin and Schuylkill County lines, has numerous crews on the mountain.

Starting March 1 through March 8, motorists will experience weekday single lane conditions in both directions of Interstate 81 between Exit 124 and Exit 131.