Reading News

Chrysler has told a trade school in eastern Pennsylvania that it must destroy one of its prized cars, a 1996 Dodge Viper GTS.

Stories are powerful ways to bring the voice and ideas of marginalized people into endeavors to restore justice and enact change.

Police are working to determine if all four break-ins are connected, and now they're keeping a watchful eye around churches in the area.

The Reserve Power Group of EnerSys Inc. introduced a new line of high-rate-discharge batteries suitable for uninterruptible power supply and other applications that require maximized space utilization combined with high energy density.

A Justin Bieber superfan has lost more than eight stone in a bid to make her pop star idol notice her.

The Keystone Hardcore Jam II, presented by The Trinity, was held on Friday, Feb. 28 and Saturday, March 1. Day two of the Hardcore Jam brought Menace, Sicker Than Most, Yesterday's Youth, Clenched Fist, Incendiary, Lifeless, Harm's Way, 100 Demons, Wisdom In Chains, Ramallah, and Sheer Terror to Reading's Reverb nightclub.

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.