Leesport News

Dec. 17--Union Township is planning to drill a pair of wells to see if they could serve as the source for a township water system.

Bundled up in winter coats and wrapped in blankets, more than 100 people huddled at the Pennsylvania Veterans Memorial at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery on Saturday to pay their respects to the fallen at the 13th annual Holiday Candlelight Service.

Career counselors agree that a nursing degree is a virtual key to a lifetime of employment security.

Reading Eagle A 33-year-old Leesport man was injured in a motorcycle-car crash that forced police to close Route 183 in Bern Township for about an hour Thursday, police said.

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Muhlenberg Township police arrested a 27-year-old Leesport man after he ignored an order to pull over his motorcycle and led officers on a high-speed pursuit over the weekend, investigators said Monday.

One person is dead after a car accident in Berks County and police say alcohol was involved.

A car dealer in Berks County is facing fraud charges tonight. Investigators say Eric Campfield of Eric Campfield's Fastlane Auto in Leesport sold a warranty with a vehicle, but didn't honor that warranty.

The owner of a former Leesport used car dealership who was charged in October with stealing about $20,000 from a customer was charged Tuesday with defrauding another customer by selling a warranty that didn't exist, Berks County detectives said.

Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.

A two-alarm fire Tuesday morning destroyed the office of a limousine and bus service that is attached to a commercial-truck facility in Ontelaunee Township, fire officials said.

A Mohrsville man charged with involuntary manslaughter and related offenses in the March 12 crash that killed a standout Hamburg athlete waived his preliminary hearing Monday.

Woman helping to fix city sidewalk ends up fighting off pit bull that mauled friend; stranger comes to their aid By Steven Henshaw Cathy Reinert of Leesport has been doing odd jobs periodically for a woman who owns a house in northeast Reading, but she may have never been of more help to that 75-year-old woman than when she was being attacked by a ...

Two Reading policemen ducked behind parked cars after a shot was fired at them as they chased two robbery suspects, investigators said Thursday.

Road projects Fifth Street Highway between Reading and Blandon: overnight lane restrictions, 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Interstate 78 between Route 183 and the Lehigh County line: lane restrictions around the clock.

Roland W. Rank had a particular attachment to the Union Fire Company's 1970 Chevy firetruck.

The Reading Area Water Authority has voted to increase the amount of time customers have to pay the sometimes-large bills that result when water meters go unread for an extended period of time.

A two-alarm fire destroyed a two-story house near Route 61 in Ontelaunee Township on Thursday night and forced police to close part of the highway for several hours.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Scott Reeser, an assistant chief with Union Fire Company in Leesport, left, and Phil Haupt, deputy chief of Greenfields Fire Company, listen as Berks County Commissioner Christian Y. Leinbach discusses the county's "Answer the Call" effort during a news conference Tuesday at MISCO Products in Bern Township.

Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little The kids and advisers of the Schuylkill Valley football gather Sunday to honor player Mitchell Moyer, who is recuperating from brain surgery.