Penn News

It's nearly Christmas and that means more than 4,000 of Barbara Tarczynski's closest friends will be marching down Penn Street in the 2009 Reading Holiday Parade.

A Hempfield woman is accused of taking $76,233.59 from her employer's bank account by making direct deposits to her personal account.

The swine flu has hit our region and for some parents and students, the wait for the vaccine is over.

A three-alarm fire in Allentown heavily damaged two row homes and filled the neighborhood with smoke for more than two hours Wednesday.

A firefighter was injured and two homes were severely damaged in a smoky blaze that broke out in two row homes at the corner of N. Penn and Greenleaf streets in Allentown around 8:30 this morning.

"These walls aren't safe," Rita Washington repeated over and over at her mother's Chester home yesterday.

Whether the pension payments for Penn Township police officers are determined by base pay or gross pay continues to be disputed.

A tree fell and killed a man in the woods of Washington Township in Westmoreland County.

A retired minister was recently designated pastor emeritus of two churches he served for more than a quarter century.

Sinking Spring Borough Council has voted 4-2 not to adopt an anti-nepotism ordinance.

Jeff Turner had always longed to go on a grand adventure, and to do it with his son Taylor before he went off to college.

Bryan Kline was elected Tuesday as clerk of courts, becoming the first Republican to win a row office in Westmoreland County in 50 years.

Amy Crawford can be reached via e-mail or at 724-850-2856. Evelina Mignogna burst into tears as nurse Joe Donahue squirted flu vaccine into her nose.

Pennsbury Manor offers free admission today for anyone dressed in Phillies gear.

A local school is cleaning up after someone broke in and caused $50,000 in damage.

A vandal kicked in windows and damaged 30 computers at Penn Middle School in the Penn-Trafford School District early Wednesday morning.

A Jeannette man is accused of threatening a woman with a gun and possessing drugs, police said.

The Penn Consortium for Undergraduate Women is "refocusing efforts" on its push for a center to help rape victims, according to College junior and PCUW vice chairwoman for University relations Kaneesha Parsard.

Following two recent sexual assaults on campus, the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women Steering Committee is urging students and University officials to take action to help rape victims.

Regarding the "Countdown to closure?" item in "Tuesday takes" : So let me get this straight.