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Berks County District Attorney John Adams is holding a news conference right now to announce the arrest of Ofc.

A Schuylkill County motorcyclist died and his passenger was seriously injured in a crash late Monday night in Berks County.

ESPN will carry an NFL Wild Card playoff game this season, marking the first time an NFL postseason game will move off broadcast TV.

St. Benedict's Parish, Mohnton - For those grieving the death of a loved one. Beginning April 23, for five consecutive Wednesdays 6:30 to 8pm in the rectory meeting room.

A current exhibition at the Rehoboth Art League, 144 Degrees: Encaustic Paintings by Kristen Woodward, has sparked interest in the technique of encaustic painting.

His Is Not Reading, Pa. - Trying to sound sexier? Sorry, guys, it seems you just don't have what it takes.

Originally from Reading, PA, he has considered Harrisburg home for many years, and is related, according to family folklore, to John Harris, founder of Harrisburg.

An aggressive enforcement campaign carried out by state police over the Easter weekend resulted in troopers citing hundreds of motorists.

Drivers of electric cars who use the Pennsylvania Turnpike can now recharge their batteries at two of the highway's service plazas.

It's easy for women to sound sexy, but men just don't have what it takes, a new study says.

One man is behind bars and two others are being sought for their alleged roles in a violent armed robbery in Reading.

Police arrested 18-year-old Stephen Phillips on Thursday after the Reading man admitted he burglarized Holy Trinity, St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Reading and Trinity United Church of Christ in Mount Penn.

It's time to take a look back at the stories making headlines this week in the 69 News Week In Review.

Members of the Berks County sheriff's office fugitive task force and detectives with the district attorney's office apprehended Xavier Lacosta-Franco without incident at a home in the 1300 block of North 10th Street in Reading, officials said Friday.

Alvernia University student and Audubon native Tracey Brown was recently awarded the $15,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.

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It is that time of year again for the Berks County Bard Festival 2014. This is the 16 years the poetry festival which is held in April to coincide with National Poetry Month.

Pete LeClair is surrounded by eggheads small enough to be put all in one basket before he hops a plane in Florida and heads north.

Pennsylvania has added the final piece of the financing puzzle for the proposed redevelopment of a former Reading Outlet Center building.

That's when she's hopeful the company will have a HoneyBaked Ham franchise back in the Lehigh Valley area, focusing on the Easton area.