Bernville News

North Heidelberg/Bernville-Robesonia Road is closed between Brownsville and Meadow roads in North Heidelberg Township after an accident involving a commercial truck.

Reading Eagle A 52-year-old Bernville man was sentenced Monday in Berks County Court to 11 1/2 to 30 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl from 2005 to 2008.

Reading Eagle About 120 haircuts, manicures and facial peels done Sunday at United Artists Salon & Spa did more than pamper those receiving them.

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Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy Former pro basketball player Archie Talley helps Penn-Bernville Elementary School kindergarten student Lindsay Johnson, 5, balance a spinning basketball on an umbrella.

Bill Myers of Bernville is almost $70,000 in debt from medical bills that occurred because his employer, Turbine Airfoil Designs, stopped paying the health insurance premiums for five months before employees found out.

At Berks heritage celebration in Bern Twp., visitors see county's roots, learn how people lived, worked By David Mekeel With a look of determination, Tom C. Spaar pulled sharply on the black leather reins as he barked out his commands.

Courtesy of Tulpehocken School District Students at the Penn-Bernville and Bethel schools in the Tulpehocken School District raised money for the Animal Rescue League after Carol Hilliard, left, a children's book illustrator, gave an assembly on the process of illustrating books and the importance of adopting shelter pets.

He was a pen pal known simply as "Soldier Dan." That is, until today when some third graders got to meet their hero in person.

Courtesy of Kristy Martin Kristy Martin holds her daughter Ella, 7 weeks in this photo.

On June 12, when TV stations finally made the switch from analog to digital broadcasting, you might say the revolution was not televised for a number of Berks County viewers.

More arrests in a county-wide drug sweep -- known as Operation Fall Cleanup. Authorities say they arrested four people today, in Wyomissing, Reading, Kutztown and Bernville.

Reading Eagle A 20-year-old Womelsdorf man was airlifted to Reading Hospital after a car he was riding in went airborne and struck a tree in Jefferson Township early Sunday, police reported.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Marking the Anti-Defamation Leagues renewed No Place for Hate designation of Muhlenberg High School on Friday are, from left, Rachael Trupp, student council president; Kristina Ciatto, treasurer; Shelby Gravinese, secretary; Dylan Radka, historian; Lauren Bauer, vice president; and Taylor Seiders, member, and Nancy ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency in cooperation with the U.S. Fire Administration has awarded more than 5,000 grants to fire companies across the nation in fiscal year 2008, including 470 in Pennsylvania.

This Pennsylvania wine guide will feature five delectable wines from various Pennsylvania wineries.

A 48-year-old Myerstown woman who was killed in a Berks County crash Saturday was active as an amateur musician, playing in several well-known Lebanon Valley bands.

Yes, it can be done. It is possible to move a house as big and sprawling as La Ronda, the historic mansion in Bryn Mawr slated for imminent demolition.

Thunderstorms rumbled through Berks County on Sunday, knocking down tree branches and cutting power to thousands of residents.

Those who know me well know that I have a passion for the history of the church congregation to which I belong - Bern Reformed United Church of Christ in Bern Township, Berks County.