Reading News

Members of the 333rd Engineering Company of the U.S. Army Reserves based out of Reading returned from a year-long deployment in Afghanistan Tuesday afternoon.

Soldiers with the 333rd Engineering Company returned to Pennsylvania Tuesday. The hometown of one of the soldiers has a special "welcome home" ceremony planned for him in Sellersville, Bucks County and the public is invited to attend.

Three churches were ransacked and burglarized just days apart, and the cases are believed to be connected, police said Tuesday.

IPR International, the premier Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region, is pleased to announce that it is poised for significant growth and will be better able to grow with its clients' businesses as a result of securing senior debt financing.

"It is disturbing, it's not going unnoticed what we're seeing there. Some of it is just unacceptable behavior," said Mayor Vaughn Spencer, D-Reading.

The U.S. Army's 333rd Engineering Company, headquartered in Cumru Township, is expected to touch down in Harrisburg on Tuesday afternoon and arrive in Berks County between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., said Pa.

Reading police tell 69 News they're now hunting for two gunman in the case. The drama unfolded in the 1600 block of Cotton Street early last Sunday morning during a birthday party.

The chairman of the House transportation committee said Thursday he wants to make sure a federal roadside survey on drinking and drugged driving is being conducted appropriately after motorists, including a Reading man, complained about being forced off the road and asked to provide breath, blood and saliva samples.

State police at Reading are searching for two young men, shown here in hooded sweat shirts, who stole alcohol from a Berks County establishment in February.

It's been seven weeks since a violent homicide in Berks County, and investigators will not say if they're close to solving the case.

When you walk down the streets of Reading, it is not hard to find a corner store, but Reading Health System employees say not enough of those corner stores have healthy options.

Two men charged with stabbing a Pennsylvania woman and burning her alive will face the death penalty if they're found guilty at trial.

A Reading woman is facing charges after officials say she fraudulently took nearly $28,000 in benefits from Berks County.

Police in Reading identified the victim Tuesday as 71-year-old Gilbert Birdsey, who lived about four blocks away from the scene of the accident.

Shots were fired into a Family Dollar store and now police say they need your help to track down the gunman.

Bethlehem, PA: The Tomasz Adamek-Vyacheslav Glazkov battle for the IBF North American Heavyweight title on March 15th at the Sands Casino Resorts Bethlehem, PA will have some competition for the most exciting fight of the event.

Meghan Boyle, a senior at Albright College, in Reading, Pa., found herself very pleasantly surprised during the school's senior night festivities last month.

Shane Sprenger, 21, of Upper Bern Township was charged in connection with a bank robbery that happened at the Vist Bank in Bern Township around 1pm Monday.

Patch reader Pam Hartman of Lederach spotted these beautiful snow geese on Sunday in Harleysville.

In another step toward trying to repair Scranton's creditworthiness and secure loans, the city on Monday received proposals from six firms hoping to be hired as a financial adviser.