Mohnton News

Life has been tough for Kelly McGreal of Douglassville, who has watched her father battle cancer the past three years.

For Andrea Miller, the Ronald McDonald House was more than just a roof over her head.

June 25, 2009 - -- It was a bit of beetle mania in Center City Thursday as 26 of the huge insects captured by the federal government were sent to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The big boys surprised postal inspectors in the Lehigh Valley in May of 2008.

Ladies and gentlemen, from Taiwan via Mohnton, the beetles! That may not be the introduction the Smithsonian Institution's collection manager Dr.

A 19-year-old Mohnton man was arrested on a south Reading rooftop after he led a city policeman on a chase in a stolen vehicle, investigators said Thursday.

A Pennsylvania man has been placed on probation after trying to receive illegal insects -- some as big as your fist -- through the US postal system.

The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the winners of the Please, No More Taxes! video contest: First Prize : Colin Jones of Bethel Park Second Prize : Robert Madeley of Mohnton Third Prize : Spencer Folmar of Morrisdale From a press release: The Commonwealth Foundation sponsored the contest as a component of a campaign to raise awareness of ...

About church mission trips Berks-area churches are gearing up for mission trips in the coming months.

Mark Kochen's secret to success Saturday was some extra polish on his axles. Courtney Stuebner's technique was to keep her rear end back in the seat and her head just high enough to see over the top of her racer so she could cut down on wind resistance.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Mohnton Police Chief Richard Leisy checks the soapbox racer designed as a police car that his granddaughter Jocelynn Kelly, 12, plans to drive Saturday in the Reading All American Soapbox Derby.

Today Memorial Day events are scheduled throughout Berks County, including at 8:30 a.m. in Kutztown; 9 a.m. in Mohnton and Exeter Township; 2 p.m. in Bernville; and 3 p.m. at Belleman's Church in Centre Township.

Question: What impact does the economy have on your summer vacation plans? Talk of the Town features your comments on a current issue in the news and reader comments that were posted at readingeagle.com. This week, we went to Gring's Mill Recreation Area in Spring Township.

Age: 71. Address: Muhlenberg Township. Family: Wife, Barbara; and four children: William, Muhlenberg Township; Christina DuGuay, Mohnton; Robert, Antietam; and Brian, Muhlenberg Township.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: Daryl Goss, 53, of 201 W. Main St. and Robert Smoot Jr., 34, of 9 Pesta Lane, Lebanon, were charged after an incident at 11:23 p.m. April 25 in the 200 block of West Main Street, police said.

The reluctance of Laureldale and Mohnton borough councils to participate in a countywide study of police operations is frustrating.

The champion takes on new challengers this Sunday at Big Diamond Raceway. Jeff Strunk, who has won the last two 358-modified championships and six titles in total at the Forrestville oval, will square off against the touring stars of the Advance Auto Parts Super DIRTcar Series this Sunday during the Spring Fever 75.

Two boroughs, Laureldale and Mohnton, have been reluctant to participate. By Mary E. Young Reading Eagle A draft report on a countywide study of police operations is delayed for a third time because consultants have not received information from 11 police departments.

A Berks County man was killed when a tree fell on him in Lehigh County Monday night.

A 59-year-old man who was cutting trees in a Lower Milford Township property Monday was killed when one of the trees fell on him, a Lehigh County Coroner's official said.

Births In Reading Hospital A son to Brandon Krick and Megan Faust of Mohnton. A son to Louis and Sharelis Morales of Reading.