Reading News

A City Council committee on Monday agreed to a proposal that would limit city residents to no more than six pets - not counting fish - unless they apply for a $50 city permit.

A 25-year-old Reading man was committed to Berks County Prison on Thursday on attempted murder and other charges in a June 28 shooting in the 1300 block of Perkiomen Avenue, authorities said.

At least one person was injured in a two-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of Morgantown Road in Reading, city police said.

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Firefighters worked for about a half-hour to bring a fire in south Reading under control this afternoon.

State police on Wednesday arrested two people and seized hundreds of marijuana plants growing inside and outside a Greenwich Township house, investigators said.

Reading firefighters are on the scene of a row house fire near Eighth and Muhlenberg streets.

A 30-year-old Reading man was arrested after he punched a city policeman assisting other officers who had pulled over a car in which the man was riding, police said today.

A 53-year-old Reading man is in Berks County Prison after chasing his friend with a butcher knife as the friend walked with his 4-year-old son Sunday night, city police said this morning.

Reading Eagle A rowdy crowd ran interference for a fugitive who was fleeing police in downtown Reading, authorities reported Saturday.

Reading Eagle A Lancaster man and a Reading teenager were arrested shortly after they held up employees at a Wyomissing restaurant, borough police said Saturday.

Reading Eagle A 28-year-old man was charged in an attempted holdup Friday at a city nail salon that was committed by a knife-wielding man who said he was homeless and hungry.

Reading Eagle A Reading man set the roof of his apartment house on fire Thursday while he was igniting illegal fireworks from his apartment's second-floor porch, fire officials said.

From wire reports WASHINGTON - The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Reading-based Simplicity Inc.

Still two days to go until the 4th of July and already fireworks are causing problems in the city of Reading.

Reading Eagle A 21-year-old woman and her 56-year-old mother were sentenced to prison Thursday for stabbing a woman during an argument in Reading.

While Rosa Vasquez lay bleeding on the floor, pleading with God to stop her son from stabbing her again, Edwin Hernandez came along.

Reading Eagle Reading police have arrested a 19-year-old city man on charges he shot another man three times during a robbery last week in the 300 block of North Ninth Street.

Reading Eagle City Councilman Stratton P. Marmarou has been found not guilty of harassing a group of Albright College students outside their house in the 1500 block of North 14th Street.

The Reading Police Bomb Squad responded to a call from Planned Parenthood building at Fourth and Franklin streets Friday afternoon when workers reported receiving a suspicious package.