West Lawn News

When tens of thousands of wild bees colonized a first-floor wall at a dilapidated, abandoned building in Braddock, the neighborhood was abuzz.

This July Fourth, one industry is boasting a buzz for the economy. Beer sales are expected to hit their peak for the year this weekend.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Lauren Little With five children, including 16-year-old quadruplets, little in life is simple for the Pollock family of West Lawn.

It will be a sea of red, white and blue at the National Memorial Day Parade on Monday, and the Shaler Area Marching Band will add to the patriotic colors.

A stirring Memorial Day tradition continues at 8 p.m. on Sunday, May 24 when WHYY TV12 presents the 2009 National Memorial Day Concert, airing live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

Click on picture to enlarge. Courtesy of Michelle Griffith Michelle Griffith of West Lawn recently installed a pond in her backyard.

Berks County, PA - Deep down, Jessica Heintzman yearned to be a teacher. Though her career path meandered through pastry chef, medical secretary and real estate assistant, the West Lawn resident remained steadfast in her belief that, one day, she would teach.

The state Ethics Commission has fined a Penn Township supervisor for violating ethics law, and former Township Manager Sharon D. Harrison believes she lost her job in retaliation.

A 17-year-old Wilson High School student and an 18-year-old man were arrested after they sold Ecstasy to an undercover Spring Township police detective for a third time, police said Wednesday.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Denise Bononno, left, with her mother, Anna Tomasi, prepare for a large family meal in the Tomasi's Exeter Township home.

Brad E. Hart Age : 38 Home : West Lawn; grew up in Pittsburgh area. Family : Wife, Dawn, a teacher at Wyomissing Hills Elementary; children Nickalaus, 10; Rebecka, 8, and Alyson, 7. Career : Principal, Whitfield Elementary, since 2007; elementary principal and teacher at other schools, including Muhlenberg Elementary, since 1997.

BTH Senior sprinter Lamont Fowler is looking ahead to a future he once believed impossible.

Berks County drugstores are reporting a spike in sales - and a shortage in some places - of protective facial masks, hand sanitizers and even Platex gloves.

And In Berks County, Easter celebrations continued at Glad Tidings Assembly of God in West Lawn.

Road projects Interstate 176 between Exit 2 and Exit 10 : Lane restrictions around the clock for improvement project.

While the current state of the economy has many students worrying about their post-graduation plans, some education majors and recruiters at a job fair Monday advocated taking less traditional approaches to the job field.

A 20-year-old New York man was sentenced Friday in Berks County Court to 22 to 44 years in state prison for shooting a Spring Township teenager during an argument.

A plan to sell beer at a Weis supermarket in Spring Township is in the hands of a hearing examiner and the state Liquor Control Board.

The Berks County sheriff's department has provided this information about people wanted for failure to appear in family court.

Reading Eagle A West Lawn man had his child with him when he sold cocaine to a state police undercover agent in a parking lot in the 800 block of Hill Avenue, Wyomissing, according to court documents on file ...