Womelsdorf News

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Several Berks County municipalities have declared snow emergencies as a result of todaya s storm.

State Police in Reading are looking into a burglary where the suspect left racial slurs scribbled on walls.

Road projects Route 422 eastbound between Interstate 176 and Mount Penn exit: lane restrictions in both directions, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Route 422/Penn Avenue between Water Street in Womelsdorf and Shillington Road in Sinking Spring: lane restrictions in both directions, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cross Keys Road between Pottsville Pike and Main Street, Centre ...

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Reading Eagle An Amity Township man was jailed Saturday on charges of writing threats to police and others on a faculty bathroom door and inside another restroom at Daniel Boone Middle School.

Career counselors agree that a nursing degree is a virtual key to a lifetime of employment security.

Traffic alert The ramp from southbound Route 222 to westbound Penn Avenue in Wyomissing will be closed today and Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for sound barrier repair.

CRASH: A 17-year-old Womelsdorf girl, whom police did not identify, lost control of her 2003 Dodge Neon while negotiating a left curve on Richland Road, about a tenth of a mile south of Krumstown Road, at 11:40 p.m. Saturday.

A Lancaster County woman was injured Saturday when her car collided head-on with a pickup truck on Route 897 in Heidelberg Township.

Police and firefighters have been called to a multi-vehicle pileup on Route 422 near the western border of Berks County.

A standout wrestler for Conrad Weiser High School was found not guilty in Berks County Court Thursday in the April 17 beating and sexual assault of a Womelsdorf woman.

Until recently, it wasn't always easy for Berks County Communications Center dispatchers to reach fire and ambulance squads through their pagers.

Traffic alert The Pennsylvania Turnpike is scheduled to be closed in both directions between Exit 67 and Exit 75 between midnight and 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.

Reporters' Notebook is a weekly feature in which our staff members share some of the stories behind the news.

A 37-year-old man died of injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle accident Monday in an I-78 work zone in Berks County.

Standing with two dozen others during a rally, Diane Beamesderfer stood on the curb outside the main branch of the Reading Public Library for three hours last week waving a sign.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Thursday: Sacred Heart Villa, 51 Seminary Ave., Hyde Park, 7 to 10:20 a.m. Friday: Threshold Rehabilitation Services, 1000 Lancaster Ave., 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Saturday: Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 ...