Reading News

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.

A virtual sea of police lights flashed at the intersection of Schuylkill Avenue and Lackawanna Street in Reading just after 1:00 p.m., Monday.

"I was kind of sad about the whole thing. I saw all the blood and it is just a shame anything like this happened," said Jarrod Gehris of Reading.

Eighteen Potstown area residents who attend 10 different colleges and universities have been named to their respective dean's lists for Fall 2013 or were noted for their education-related activities, the institutions reported Friday .

The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Sunday during a birthday party attended by more than 50 people at a house the 1600 block of Cotton Street, police said.

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 man has pleaded not guilty in connection with a shooting in Reading that left two people dead and sent a third person to the hospital.

A man charged with beating a homeless man in laundromat in Reading is heading to trial.