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From our news staff Dylan Mazzo hit a tiebreaking two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth and Exeter held on for a 12-11 win over Conrad Weiser Thursday night in a Berks Legion League ...

Kids in Spring Township are busy getting ready for a trip to Mexico, but it's not for fun in the sun.

There were plenty of the creepy-cralwers around at the West Lawn-Wyomissing Hills library Tuesday.

A West Lawn man has been charged with embezzling $63,986 from the West Wyomissing Fire Company while he was treasurer of the social club.

Landlord Paul "Skip" Moyer owns a three-unit apartment building in Reading that's literally driving him buggy.

Some Spring Township residents were surprised to see a township police officer riding a bicycle though their neighborhoods over the Memorial Day weekend.

A project to widen one of the narrowest and busiest roads in the township moved forward Monday, even as supervisors said a property owner threatens to halt the project's progress.

Berks County, PA - Sentences Judge John A. Boccabella presided over the following case: - Chad Garman , 25, of the 3500 block of Pricetown Road, Fleetwood, was sentenced to six months to two years in state ...

The event, which has become the memorial service for our entire nation, is co-hosted for the third year by Gary Sinise and Tony Award-winner Joe Mantegna , two acclaimed actors who have dedicated themselves to ...

“I don't mean to sound arrogant or boastful, but not many can do what we do”

If the hair stylist is ubiquitous in probably every town throughout the nation, that doesn't mean the barber is hanging up his clippers. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“The big win that I had, the broad base of coalition that I put together, is exactly what we're going to need to have in the fall”

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. fights off a cough at the end of... Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. via ABC News

“This is a moment I will never forget”

West Lawn, PA - Ryan Hassler was going door to door stumping for Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday when he received a phone call from Clinton's campaign. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

“A Multi-National Division -- North Soldier was killed when a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device detonated while Soldiers were conducting a patrol in the Salah ad-Din Province April 18.”

Radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr has threatened to wage "open war" on the Baghdad government if it does not halt operations against his supporters. via The Common Ills

“She has got a plan for 8 million jobs -- 5 million by doing what the other successful, rich countries are doing. Let's make a commitment to be more energy independent.”

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton stopped at five places Saturday as she criss-crosses the state campaigning before Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary. via ThePittsburghChannel

TODAY'S VISITS TO PENNSYLVANIA Barack Obama : Whistle Stop Tour, 11:30 a.m., Wynnewood Rail Station; 2 p.m., Paoli Rail Station; 3:45 p.m., Downingtown Rail Station; 6 p.m., Lancaster Rail Station; 8:45 p.m., ... via The Morning Call

“You can call on people who don't have their hands up. You can make people participate. But this way, they don't feel concerned that they're going to look dumb.”

It's review time for an eighth-grade earth and space science class in Wilson Central Junior High School.

The first question: What are cirrus clouds made of?

No one in teacher Steve B. Rhoades' class raises a hand or shouts out an answer.

Instead, students press buttons on hand-held remote controls.

A bar graph projected on a screen reveals that most of them picked the right answer _ ice crystals.

The remotes are one way Wilson School District is bringing technology into the classroom to increase class participation. Read more

“It wasn't like a panicked look on his face. He was just in a daze.”

A Reading man climbed atop a moving minivan this afternoon on the West Shore Bypass, stood on the roof and rode the vehicle until it crashed and catapulted him into the woods, West Reading police reported. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Two brothers from Reading were arraigned Thursday in the armed robbery of a West Lawn convenience store in January. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

Jacqueline R. Freyburger, daughter of Patrice B. and Victoria R. Freyburger of Fanwood, formerly of Edison, married Michael P. Guers, son of John D. and Karen K. Guers of Sinking Spring, Pa., Oct. via Home News Tribune - Our Life

Elco's Jake Walmer reached the finals in the PIAA Class AA Southeast Regional Wrestling Championships today at Wilson High School in West Lawn. via LancasterOnline