Fire crews were dispatched Saturday night to a house fire at 38 Philadelphia Ave., Shillington, with possible entrapment. The dispatch was shortly before 6 p.m.,…
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About 1 in 4 recent COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been among those considered fully vaccinated, according to statistics provided by the state Department of…
Deb White of West Reading was among close to 100 people who took part in Saturday’s bike ride event along WYOways, the official bike and…
Emergency crews have been dispatched Saturday to a rolled-over vehicle in Penn Township in the woods along Plum Creek Road. The dispatch occurred about 10:15…
The COVID pandemic has stressed local nonprofit organizations, perhaps none more so than Helping Harvest. With unemployment numbers soaring, the need for food assistant has…
Schuylkill River Greenways National Heritage Area celebrated progress on closing the trail gap connecting Schuylkill and Berks counties. Eliminating the gap will create a 9.5-mile…
Eligibility and requirements for COVID testing have expanded since the early months of the pandemic. People with symptoms related to COVID or who are considered…
Health Partners Plans and Tower Health have signed a provider agreement granting all of the health system’s facilities and physician’s in-network privileges for HPP’s Pennsylvania…
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11…
The general election in Berks County is Nov. 2. This year, many local races are up for election. Below is the list of everyone who’s…
The “No Place for Hate’ mural on the side of Rita’s Water Ice on East Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown was vandalized and police are seeking…
The general election in Berks County is Nov. 2. This year, many local races are up for election. Below is the list of everyone who’s…
With the U.S. Postal Service struggling to make deliveries on schedule it has now given itself more time to complete longer-distance mailings. The changes, which…
Community members cruised along country roads and stopped at an arts festival for Kutztown Community Library’s Country Cruise and Albany Arts Fest in Kempton on…
UPPER UWCHLAN — Mariner East 2 pipeline builder Sunoco/Energy Transfer had been charged with 48 counts of environmental crimes, state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said…
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Pennsylvania’s attorney general filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus…