Shoemakersville News

Reading Eagle Name: Oscar M. Haag. Age: 100. Address: Shoemakersville. Birthday: July 17, 1909.

A 16-year-old Stockertown boy proved he was the top Pokemon video game player in the Philadelphia area, when he won first place in the senior division of the Pokemon Video Game Regional Championship earlier this month at Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia.

Two Lehigh Valley residents are among 25 winners of a cruise to the Galapagos Islands with ''Jeopardy!'' game show host Alex Trebek.

Reading Eagle The body of an Ontelaunee Township man who jumped into the Schuylkill River last week was recovered Saturday morning, officials said.

The search for the body of an Ontelaunee Township man who jumped from a bridge into the Schuylkill River was suspended Monday after recovery crews and a state police helicopter scanned a 10-mile stretch of the river.

Emergency crews searched the Schuylkill River from Leesport to south of the Cross Keys bridge in Ontelaunee Township on Sunday night after a report that a man had jumped into the river from a borough bridge.

Shoemakersville Borough Council met in an emergency session Tuesday night after a lightning strike during a severe thunderstorm damaged the automated control system at the borough's water treatment plant.

Robert J. Elliott's favorite bank teller doesn't call him by his given name. Instead, she uses "Natch" , a nickname the 55-year-old Elliott earned as a teenager for his good-natured disposition.

Reading Eagle A Reading strip bar has been cited for allowing patrons to smoke, state police said.

Question: Two groups have threatened to sue the city for allowing an illuminated cross at Easter on the city-owned fire tower on Mount Penn.

Sentences Senior Judge Thomas J. Eshelman presided over the following case: Gary Botwright, 57, of the 600 block of Main Street, Shoemakersville, was sentenced to six to 23 months in Berks County Prison after pleading guilty to possessing illegal prescription drugs in Muhlenberg Township.

Buckle up and live! Berks traffic toll 2009 2008 Total killed to date 14 11 Crime State police at Hamburg are investigating a rash of vehicle break-ins in Shoemakersville.

Reading Eagle Three more cars were struck in a rash of recent vehicle break-ins in Shoemakersville, state police said Saturday.

Are you getting antsy for warmer weather? Looking for more ways to start feeling that spring fever? The American Cancer Society is kicking off its annual Daffodil Days fundraiser.

Saturday's 358-modified event at Maryland's Hagerstown Speedway was a strong start to the 2009 season for several Berks-area drivers.

When William Lynn Readinger Sr. went outside to warm up his wife's vehicle Thursday night, he had no idea that minutes later he would be helping to lift another vehicle off a young woman trapped beneath it.

Reading Eagle A half-dozen good Samaritans helped police lift a Volkswagen Passat off an 18-year-old woman after it crashed Thursday night on Hex Highway in Tilden Township, police said.

Question: Considering the weather-related closure of Interstate 78 in Berks County on Monday, what can be done to make the interstate safer? Talk of the town features your comments on a current issue in the ...

I recently purchased Paint Shop Pro X2 Ultimate from Corel and tried to use the Lynda.com video tutorials that are included with the software, but was unable to find the images used in the tutorials.

Voter turnout is said to be "very low" for the special election to fill the Pennsylvania Senate seat left open by the death of James Rhoades.