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Soaring oil prices over the past year have moved what may be a record number of area homeowners to switch to natural gas as a heating source.

Berks-Lehigh Regional Police say they are searching for 3 bank robbers in Lehigh County.

The Misfit Players, in association with the Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, will present Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World," with proceeds being donated to the local 109th Field Artillery troops and ...

Reading, PA - From our news staff A New Jersey man charged with killing his father after using his father's identity to run up $15,000 in credit card charges pleaded not guilty today in Berks County Court to ...

Robert G. Shuey Sr., 88, of 123 Crawford St., Middletown, Del., died at 10:34 a.m. Sunday, July 6, 2008, at his home.

Upper Macungie Township supervisors plan to pull out of the Berks-Lehigh Regional Police Commission in three years because of rising costs and limited decision-making power.

A man charged with killing his father in the parking lot of a Berks County battery plant lied to investigators about his whereabouts that night and expected two ex-girlfriends to back up his alibi, according to testimony Tuesday.

After hearing testimony, District Judge Gail Greth of Fleeetwood ruled that enough evidence exists to send more than two dozen charges against Floyd Bogle to Berks County Court.

Bogle was arrested almost a year after the bloodied body of his father, Kenrick Bogle of Allentown, was found slumped across the front seats of his car at East Penn Manufacturing in Richmond Township, near Lyons.

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Conclusion. Fertility drugs bring out an odd side of Wanda, while Vanessa alerts her siblings to the realities of having a baby in the house.

Greensburg police Chief Walter "Wally" Lyons is debating how he and his officers can cut department fuel costs without jeopardizing public safety.

A six-story residence hall under construction at Kutztown University caught fire Friday, but the damage shouldn't prevent it from opening this August, university spokesman Matt Santos said.

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Police had been searching for Glenn Lyonns since the weekend, that's when Kathy Liebig, of Lebanon County, was found stabbed to death in her car. via WHP-TV Harrisburg

Police have found the co-worker of a Lebanon County woman found dead in her car in Berks County over the weekend. via WFMZ

“Information obtained from family and the public led to Lyons being taken into custody”

Glenn Lyons, the man police want to question about the murder of a Lebanon County woman, was picked up Thursday in Philadelphia on a state parole violation, Berks County District Attorney John Adams said ... via The Lebanon Daily News

“They (the visitors bureau) went from zero dollars to $340,000 (a year) in receipts, for no cost”

The Berks County commissioners have proposed expanding the area covered by the hotel-room tax to the Berks border, bringing in revenue from eight more hotels in the county's northern tier and its northeast and ... via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

At least three times, Floyd C. Bogle opened credit card accounts in his father's name and amassed thousands of dollars in unauthorized charges, but Kenrick Bogle of Allentown wouldn't turn him in, relatives told police.

Once, Kenrick Bogle dug into his retirement plan to pay off an $8,000 balance and arranged for his son to pay him back, they said. After one $200 check from the son, the next check bounced and no others came.

In March 2007, Bogle told a credit card company Floyd was probably behind one case of fraud, police say. A month later, Kenrick Bogle, 62, was found stabbed to death in his car in the parking lot of the Berks County battery plant where he worked. Read more

Q: I have read a number of articles recently that insist women over 40 should not wear capri pants. via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The son of an Allentown man stabbed to death last April outside his Berks County job site was charged this morning with killing his father, authorities said. via The Morning Call

“We're getting so much more foot traffic”

The retailers at the Main Street Marketplace in Doylestown have a running joke: How many people will come in and say they didn't know the stores were there? "Every day, we laugh about how many people come in ... via PhillyBurbs.com