Friedens News

Berks County, PA - Reading Eagle Reading Hospital will present the following classes and support groups: FLOW for Cancer Survivors, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Conference Center.

In Lincoln Township, Somerset County, officials are permitting new water taps for the first time in years.

A Cresson man died early Saturday when he failed to negotiate a curve on Level Road, authorities said.

Frequently parched Somerset County thinks it has a game-changer in a new $23.5 million pipeline that connects the water-rich Quemahoning Reservoir to a half-dozen communities and rural neighborhoods in the county.

School districts from Portage to Somerset are finding in this economy that - if you've got the money - it's a terrific time to order needed construction projects.

Reading, PA - Age: 23. Address: Reading. Family: Parents, Dana and JoAnne Kase, Ruscombmanor Township; and one sister, Gina, 16, Ruscombmanor Township.

Melissa Paul, 16, a junior at Berlin Brothersvalley High School, has a strong family heritage in the dairy industry and agriculture.

A Somerset County man is recovering from injuries he suffered when a sport-utility vehicle allegedly struck his motorcycle from behind, then ran him over Tuesday morning in Somerset Township.

Brush fires broke out Sunday afternoon in Berks, Lehigh and Carbon counties. The fires were all reported to be minor and did not threaten any homes, according to emergency responders.

A western Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his partner has been sentenced to 41 2 years to 10 years in state prison.

A Somerset County man pleaded guilty to the death of his partner, whom he shoved off a barn roof.

State police on Sunday were seeking anyone with ties to the brief disappearance of a Somerset County girl found late Saturday.

A 14-year-old who left her home with her uncle in Somerset County overnight remains missing.

Members of a Somerset County 4-H club were all smiles after the swine show Monday at the 93rd annual Pennsylvania Farm Show.

If you're interested in supporting a program that provides information on farming, home life and youth activities, Somerset County Cooperative Extension has a job for you.

Fort Hood officials are investigating the death of a 41-year-old soldier found in his barracks on New Year's Day.

The Penn's Woods Council of the Boy Scouts of America is planning to send contingents of Boy Scouts and Venturing Scouts to Florida Sea Base in the Florida Keys this summer for two adventure programs.

A landlord-tenant dispute may leave nearly 40 families without a home. The families live in trailers that are owned by one person.

A Portage man who state police had reported as missing early Sunday turned up in the evening, on his own and unharmed, troopers at the Ebensburg barracks said.

Young Sam Acitelli had some Christmas money burning a hole in his pocket. So his grandmother, Nancy Acitelli of Boswell, took him to Walmart Friday morning to purchase a toy, a Tech Deck skate set, that Santa ...