The presumed drowning of a 19-year-old Reading man in the Schuylkill River has some City Council members calling for increased water safety education and more…
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City Council has extended the city’s agreement with the developer of a cold-storage distribution center. Council voted unanimously at a special meeting to authorize an…
Centre Park Historic District Inc. will host a community celebration and picnic Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. in Centre Park. Residents and guests are…
Have you ever been doing a home improvement project, looked down at the whirring belt sander in you hands and thought “I bet I could…
Downtown Reading will be the scene Saturday of two colorful and fun family events. The city will host its first ColorFest Block Party in conjunction…
Students from the Pequea Valley, Cocalico, Ephrata and Twin Valley school districts recently traveled to Costa Rica to participate in a nine-day STEM Costa Rica…
Two Reading men have been arrested and charged in a road rage incident last week in which shots were fired from one vehicle into another…
The Berks Coalition to End Homelessness has received a nearly $1 million federal grant to help support a collaboration with the coalitions to end homelessness…
Hey Pennsylvanians. Here’s your present for being part of the state where America was born. New license plates! The state Department of Transportation said Tuesday…
A Reading man has been charged with being part of a cellphone theft ring that for two years operated out of the FedEx Ground facility…
Plans for a local Margaritaville resort seem to be wasting away — or are they? An alluring illustration of Margaritaville Resort Village Pocono Mountains sits bookmarked…
The Sheetz convenience store chain can now deliver beer and wine. Through Sheetz’s partnership with DoorDash, customers can make those orders using the Sheetz mobile…
City police are looking for a man they believe robbed a credit union Monday afternoon after unsuccessfully trying to rob another bank minutes earlier. Josue…
A Berks County man has become the 18th person stopped with a firearm at a carry-on checkpoint this year at Philadelphia International Airport. “Bringing a…
Swimming at the Dry Brooks Day Use Area of Blue Marsh Lake is restricted due to high bacteria levels, according to the Army Corps of…
State Sen. Judy Schwank on Monday announced she has secured a $250,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for a mobile…