Berks County News

Casandra Belizaire Senior, Muhlenberg Throughout the course of the school year, students are asked to learn countless subjects in great detail.

Recent rains and rising temperatures create the perfect conditions for mosquito breeding, and the state departments of Environmental Protection, Health and Agriculture today reminded residents to guard against mosquitoes and prevent the spread of West Nile virus.

Jeff Woods of Spring Township mounts his high-powered binoculars on a tripod to see the space station as it moves across the sky.

A jury in Berks County has awarded a couple $1.72 million in a malpractice case involving their 2-year-old daughter who died after contracting bacterial meningitis.

The following Berks County students have graduated from the public cyberschool Commonwealth Connections Academy: Joseph Adam, Marimar Aguilera, Rikki Dunning, Lauren Fondaa, Jonah Fritz, Mollee Gonzalez, Morgan Ogozalek, Kathryn Onimus, Julie Rodriguez, Daniil Serov and Brooke Ziegler.

Authorities say the men left the Wernersville Community Correction Center around 4:45 p.m. Saturday after someone pulled a fire alarm to create a distraction.

A three-alarm fire sent fire crews from numerous counties to Morgantown, Berks County on Monday evening.

Smoke spewed high in the sky from an industrial firethat was three alarms. The fire broke out just before 8 o'clock Monday night inside Timet on Hemlock Road.

Bucks County is in the running -- to be the location of a new TV series. "Sixth Sense" director M. Night Shyamalan is looking for locations for his new limited series "Wayward Pines."

State Police are looking for Oscar Robinson, also known as 'Tim'. Robinson recently escaped from a corrections center in Berks County.

State police are stepping up their investigation of a fire that nearly took the lives of a local police chief and school principal.

An accident involving at least two tractor trailers has closed a 10-mile stretch of Interstate 78 West in Berks County.

With a tough budget season winding down, the Daniel Boone School District is looking at new endeavors to keep the district afloat without making more drastic cuts.

Sandy Stief of Reading, superintendent and historian for Aulenbach's Cemetery in Reading and Mount Penn, at the tombstones of a father, Richard Hoffmaster, foreground, and his sons John and William, all of whom fought in the Civil War.

The Longswamp Township Historical Society presents "A Photographic Tour of the Historical Village of Longsdale" Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the township building, 1112 State St. Ellie Long will present photographs and other items from the society's collection.

Democratic lawmakers from Berks County differ on the likelihood there will be funding for the state attorney general's plan to target drug trafficking in Reading and other Pennsylvania cities.

Last week, the Senate voted to confirm Judges Nitza QuiA ones Alejandro and Jeffrey Schmehl as U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In Wyomissing, Redner's Warehouse Markets Assistant Produce Manager Jon Neider pulls dated food products for donation to Greater Berks Food Bank, Muhlenberg Township.

Editor's note: Some of the transactions do not include a transfer price because no money was exchanged for the property.

Reading Eagle Berks Arts Council unveiled the lineup for its 2013 Bandshell Concert Series, bringing diverse musical styles that bridge numerous cultures to Berks County.