Leesport News

The man who police jumped into the Schuylkill River last weekend turned up dead Saturday morning.

Searchers continue looking for a man who reportedly jumped into the Schuylkill River in Berks County last night.

Reading Eagle There are no immediate plans to resume searching for the body of an Ontelaunee Township man who is presumed to have drowned after he jumped into the Schuylkill River, officials said Tuesday.

Emergency crews searched the Schuylkill River from Leesport to south of the Cross Keys bridge in Ontelaunee Township on Sunday night after a report that a man had jumped into the river from a borough bridge.

The search will resume later this morning for a man who jumped into the Schuylkill River from a Leesport bridge Sunday night, Northern Berks Regional police Chief Scott W. Eaken said.

Emergency crews are on the scene of a rescue at the Schuylkill River in Leesport and Cross Keys.

Fans of Bobby Bubbenmoyer had a chance to get an honorary degree from a local "school" today.

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Fire police direct traffic around a pickup truck that was driven by Gabriel Batdorf of Leesport when it struck a 5-year-old Heidelberg Township boy in the 100 block of East Main Street in Richland last evening.

Special to the Yadkin Ripple Blake Leftwich, a Simulation and Game Development student at Surry Community College, is graduating this semester as part of the first graduating class from this program.

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Paul Wittemann expects his solar-installation business will get a big boost from Pennsylvania's PA Sunshine Solar Program, which launched Monday.

Route 61 traffic returned to normal flow north of Leesport this morning after a two-vehicle accident was cleared, emergency officials said.

Reading Eagle A Leesport man remained hospitalized Monday three days after his friend was killed when their motorcycles collided with a pickup truck on Route 73 in Maidencreek Township, officials said.

The heartbreak continues in Exeter Township, Berks County. Just two days after a fire engulfs a home and kills two children, the mother and grandmother of the victims speaks out about her loss.

Verdict Judge Stephen B. Lieberman presided over the following case : Thomas M. Furillo, 42, of the first block of Washington Street, Leesport, was found not guilty of sexual assault and related offenses in Leesport.

Reading Eagle A collision in Tilden Township resulted in a road rage incident when one of the drivers pointed a handgun from his moving car at another driver, township police said Sunday.

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Road projects Interstate 176 in both directions between Exit 2 and Exit 10 : lane restrictions around the clock for construction.