Bethel News

Road projects Kutztown Road between Water Street and Euclid Avenue, Muhlenberg Township: lane restriction for bridge repair, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Frystown Road between Lebanon County line and Lancaster Avenue, Bethel Township: lane closure, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cross Keys Road between Pottsville Pike and Main Street, Centre Township: lane closure, 7 a.m.

A house in Bethel Township was heavily damaged by fire this morning, officials said.

Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire in Bethel Township, Berks County. It broke out around 8:30 in the 1100 block of Pine Grove Road.

A pickup truck and several other items were taken sometime between Thursday and Friday from Peirce Welding and Fabricating Inc.

Seven Berks County schools are being rewarded for achieving marked increases on state test scores by special education or Latino students between 2008 and 2009.

The Pennsylvania State Police Municipal Patrol Services Act would require municipalities to have a police force, contract for police services or pay for state police patrols.

AUTOMATIC ALARM: City fire crews responded at 3:14 p.m. Monday to Stevens Towers, 930 Willow St.

An 18-year-old Tulpehocken High School student was arrested when police found a loaded handgun, a knife and eight shotgun shells inside his vehicle in the school parking lot Thursday.

A 23-year-old Lebanon man was charged with multiple crimes, accused of assaulting and robbing another man Sunday night.

INVESTIGATION: City fire crews and First Aid and Safety Patrol were sent to 64 E. Pershing Ave.

CRASH: Vehicles driven by Teri L. Callaghan, 43, of 116 American Legion Blvd., Pine Grove, and Brian Zimmerman, 32, of 617 Union St., Lebanon, collided at 1:44 p.m. Thursday in the 700 block of East Cumberland Street, police said.

Angela and David Sears drove to Bethel to go antique shopping at an auction last month.

Editor's note: Some of the listings under transactions do not include a transfer price.

A 37-year-old Lebanon man was critically injured when his station wagon collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 501 in Bethel Township, officials said Thursday.

A building considered by Berks County historian George M. Meiser IX to be the most striking structure in the village of Bethel will go up for auction this month.

DUI: Jay A. Engle, 30, Lebanon, was charged with driving under the influence and multiple traffic offenses after a traffic stop at 11:19 p.m. Oct.

By Oct. 21, the Berks County commissioners should have the results of five public meetings held to gather input on the countywide study of police operations.

The following events are planned for the next week as part of Reading Reads: The Greater Reading Literary Festival: Today Second Thursday literary open mic, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Hard Bean Cafe, 128 E. Philadelphia Ave., Boyertown.

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.

Thanks to an unusual item among the offerings, the recent Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library's fundraising auction's proceeds were nearly doubled its goal.