Construction for the new fire station in Reading will soon be underway. City Council awarded more than $7.7 million in contracts for construction of the…
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A man charged in a Reading shooting who was also linked to the shooting of former Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz has been shot…
A woman driving a motorcycle was killed after she struck a minivan nearly head-on in Exeter Township, township police said Monday. The Boyertown woman, whose…
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer joined the parents of a woman killed by an impaired driver in 2019 during testimony before the state Senate…
A Reading woman was arrested after police said she led a group of males on a home invasion robbery at the Silk Mill Apartments in…
Reading has seen a recent increase in gun violence that left several people injured and one dead. The uptick in shootings can be attributed to…
A total of 32 people, many of them high school students returning to the Lancaster County campus of a megachurch after a three-day retreat in…
Route 100 (Main St) at North Fourth Street in Bally is closed due to a motor vehicle accident, emergency officials announced Sunday night. Emergency crews…
Wyomissing Hills Elementary Center was briefly put on lockdown Friday afternoon after two firearms were found in a vehicle parked on school property, police said.…
A Reading man has been charged with shooting to death a Kenhorst man in June, police said. Magnum Morrison, 25, was charged with first-degree murder,…
A mother and father have been charged with taking their children from a foster home in Reading early Thursday morning. Darrick Seachrist, 30, and Kayla…
Trying to pay off student loans can be a burdensome endeavor. So when a call, email or letter suddenly appears offering help, it can seem…
Berks County has seen more than 100 overdoses and one death since Saturday from a “bad batch of drugs,” Berks County District Attorney John T.…
Two men were taken into custody after police raided a garage Sunday in Reading, according to city police. Jayson Cuadrado, 38, and Dimitri Ortega, 28,…
Reading police are seeking information on the whereabouts of Jairo Guerrero-Bautista. The criminal investigations division has an arrest warrant for Guerrero-Bautista for first-degree murder, third-degree…
Reading police have arrested a city man in a late-night shooting this week outside a tavern in the 800 block of Penn Street. Police said…