Pottstown, PA (WCAU) — At least four people are dead after an explosion in a Pennsylvania neighborhood.
The blast happened at a home in Pottstown Thursday evening.
First responders say four people were killed and two others were injured in the blast that damaged several homes.
Two other people are possibly unaccounted for.
The Pottstown Fire Department, Pottstown Police, Pennsylvania State Police, ATF, and the fire marshal’s office are on the scene aiding in rescue efforts and the early stages of an investigation into what may have cause the explosion.
A local high-school grad is transforming the world of powerlifting into a safe-space for women.
Jamie Augustine is only 18 years old but already a world powerlifting champion and more recently a gym-owner.
She opened NaturalFit LLC just 7 weeks ago and is already seeing success due to her unique business model.
Her mission is to create an environment that focuses on establishing a supportive community of women that help each other reach their fitness goals.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says its attempt to put another spy satellite into orbit has failed.
State media said a rocket carrying the spy satellite exploded in mid-air on Monday, with the explosion possibly caused by engine failure.
The communist nation launched the rocket on Monday night, hours after its announcement of a plan to put a satellite into orbit drew strong rebukes from its neighbors.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a launch trajectory believed to be of a spy satellite fired from the North's main space center in the northeast at 10:44 p.
HERMITAGE, Pa. (NBC News Channel) — A Pennsylvania gym owner is risking jail time in an effort to keep his small business alive.
Joe Joseph, the owner of Prep Training and Fitness System, was cited by the Hermitage Police on May 8.
Officers showed up with the district attorney and issued citations for violating administrative code and in violation of the disease prevent and control law.
Those violations could cost up to $400.
NEW YORK CITY (SBG) — The impenetrable fog that had drowsily hovered just inches above the surface of New York's Hudson River all morning had dissipated by the time I visited the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, but the afternoon sky was still a dreary shade of gray that shrouded the burial ground in an appropriate state of pensiveness.
As winding paths led me around the cemetery in often-unintentional circles, it was impossible to ignore the charming backdrop of leaves in various stages of their journey to magnificent shades of red, orange, and yellow; or the miniature warblers on an expedition of their own, flitting from one branch to another to fuel up for the following leg of their migration to warmer points south.