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Sneak peek: Take a look inside a Big Lots store that’s opening soon. It’ll be one of five businesses replacing a Hershey-area Kmart. Read more.
New rules: A busy Camp Hill corner that almost became home to a Chick-fil-A fast-food place has been rezoned. No restaurants allowed. Read more.
The ShreddRRz Full Monty meal includes shredded pork topped with kimchi aioli, shredded chicken, chipotle bacon slaw, smokey mac-n-cheese, sweet corn cake and bbq sauce. ShreddRRz restaurant opens at 7839 Allentown Blvd. in West Hanover Township.
One person was injured after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday night in Lebanon. Police say it happened just before 8 p.m. on the first block of Lehman Street. Sign up for our Newsletters According to police, the victim was taken to the hospital. The severity of their injuries is not known. Lebanon City police are investigating. TOP STORIES FROM WGAL: What warning signs should you look out for if you got the J&J vaccine? Pa. health department.
Pennsylvania Seeing More Positive COVID-19 Cases
(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania is seeing more positive COVID-19 cases. The state s Department of Health reported more than 4,600 new positive cases yesterday. There are currently almost 2,400 people hospitalized with the coronavirus statewide, and of those cases, 446 patients are being treated in the intensive care unit. Officials also announced yesterday that over five-and-a-half-million vaccinations have been administered throughout PA. Shooting In Harrisburg Kills 47-Year-Old Man
(Harrisburg, PA) Police are investigating a shooting in Harrisburg that killed a 47-year-old man. The shooting occurred this past Tuesday night in the 14-hundred-block of Vernon Street. Police say Laroyce Reed was found shot inside an apartment. He was taken to the hospital but later passed away from his injuries. Anyone with any information is being asked to contact the Harrisburg Police Department.
Updated: 11:46 AM EDT April 7, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa. One person is dead after a Tuesday night shooting in Harrisburg.
Dauphin County District Attorney Fran Chardo says that a man was killed shortly before 9:00 p.m. on April 6 along the 1400 block of Vernon Street in Harrisburg.
Police say 47-year-old Laroyce Reed was found shot inside an apartment, and despite receiving treatment from EMS, Reed succumbed to his injuries.
Authorities say that the investigation is ongoing.
Harrisburg Police are asking anyone with information on the incident to contact them at 717-558-6900.
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Russell Bertram, 64, of Sioux Falls, right, is escorted in January from the Tripp County Courthouse by Gregory County Deputy Chelsea Biehl following an evidentiary hearing. (Forum News Service file photo)
GREGORY, S.D. The 911 call came in on Oct. 24, 2009.
“911, what is your emergency?” the operator asked.
“Yes, my, ah, friend just got accidentally shot in the, I’m on the way to the Gregory Hospital, call them right away,” the caller said, according to a transcript of the 911 call.
The man on the other end of the line was Russell Bertram, a Sioux Falls resident and a former police chief of the Harrisburg Police Department. The person who had been shot was his girlfriend, Leonila Stickney, of Bridgewater, then-age 26.