Reading News

One Berks County man thought he was doing a good deed until he realized he helped the alleged getaway driver from Monday's bank robbery.

Award-winning contemporary artist and Syracuse University art professor Sam Van Aken grew up on a family farm in Reading, Pennsylvania, but he spent his college years and much of his early career focused on art rather than agriculture.

With the concrete foundation in place, workers have begun erecting the steel frame of the DoubleTree Hotel and Convention Center .

Saint Boniface Craft Brewery Co. is expanding brew capacity, production, distribution and the size of its brew pub at 1701 W. Main St. in Ephrata.

Everyone knows a Facebook "oversharer" - someone who discloses his innermost feelings and posts his every thought.

Based on the average life expectancy in the U.S., if you're 18 years old, you only have about 3,160 weekends left in your life.

Reading City Council introduced the fourth addendum to the lease agreement with the Reading Area Water Authority Monday night following a press conference held by the two groups introducing the preliminary agreement.

The school board on Wednesday approved the $28,710 purchase for the AED units and the security cases in which they will be stored, plus an additional $4,350 for pediatric pads to go with each.

A Reading man being sought in the shooting deaths of two people in Idaho's capital city is now in custody.

Police in Reading, Pennsylvania say they've caught the man responsible for the murder in a pair of Boise men in May. John C. Douglas, 44, was arrested Monday morning in Reading.

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.

Patricia and Charles B. Dix III of Mountain Top celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 12, 2014.

The school board on Wednesday approved the $28,710 purchase for the AED units and alarmed cases they will be stored in, plus an additional $4,350 for pediatric pads to go with each.

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.

TPC Partners, LLC, an affiliate of Archbrook Capital Management, LLC in Reading, Pa., has acquired a majority interest in Tray-Pak Corp., one of the leading manufacturers of custom, thermoformed plastic packaging products for the confectionery, bakery, food and other industries.

John Wolfe III, 53, Lebanon, suffered critical injuries on July 10 while operating a machine containing highly pressurized air at Brentwood Industries, 2101 Lehman St., West Lebanon Township.

A daily look at late-breaking news, coming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Thursday: German prosecutors had hoped to extradite 89-year-old Johann "Hans" Breyer to face trial for his alleged service as a Waffen SS guard at Auschwitz in 1944.

Two of three vehicles carrying high school football players to a practice session were involved in an accident with a tractor trailer on Thursday.

Police in Berks County say they've found a man accused of pointing a gun at a cyclist on a popular bike path last month.

The following is a list of upcoming local entertainment events. The Times Observer welcomes additions to the list that are of community interest.