Kutztown News

Running introduced a new sense of diligence and discipline in Danny Lorah's life.

Several Berks County school districts have athletic partnerships that give students a chance to play certain sports their district does not offer.

The Boyertown Area Historical Society will present a program on the history of Longacre's Dairy Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the society's building at 43 S. Chestnut St.

A Kutztown used furniture store and a bicycle shop sustained heavy smoke and water damage in a fire Tuesday morning in a former knitting mill that houses six businesses, a fire official said.

Fire crews are on the scene of a structure fire in Kutztown, emergency officials said.

This year's graduating students of Green Meadow School were specially honored with an inspirational talk by businessman Anthony Pellegrino.

Reading Eagle and wire reports Jason Kenny of Kutztown won the Super Gas class Sunday in the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series presented by Penske at Maple Grove Raceway.

At Mayfair's Kids Stage, Middle Earth Studio will have daily interactive theater in which children - and parents - can become princesses and knights as they act out the story of 'Meistersingers of Nurnberg.' Nothing signals the beginning of summer like Mayfair Festival of the Arts.

Dr. John Howell White was recentlty named Higher Education Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association.

A New York man was sentenced Monday in Berks County Court to three to 10 years in state prison for seriously injuring an 81-year-old Kutztown man in a Nov.

A phobia is the irrational fear of something that can do you little harm. Most of us have some of the common phobias, such as arachnophobia, a fear of spiders.

Easton police officers shot and killed a black bear Saturday evening they said was roaming around the downtown area.

It's time to take a look back at the stories making headlines this week in the 69 News week in review.

America was fighting World War II when 11-year-old Elwood "Sonny" Laudenslager joined the Cub Scouts in 1942.

The Richmond Township supervisors have awarded two contracts for road materials and two for road work projects for the 2012 season.

Dr. Michael Werner of Mainz, Germany, wants Kutztown Borough Council to consider adding street names in German to street signs as part of the borough's bicentennial celebrations to be held in 2015.

Reading Eagle Samantha Derr drove in the game's only run with an RBI single in the 12th inning as Kutztown edged defending national champion UC San Diego 1-0 in its second game of the NCAA Division II softball championships Thursday at Knights Field in Louisville, Ky.

The eight wineries of the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail are preparing for this weekend's Wine in Bloom, one of their signature events.

Kutztown is known for bears -- Golden Bears -- but not the ones that actually live in the woods.

Loved ones of U.S. Army Spc. Dominick J. Liguori say he was fighter, but the 31-year-old could not overcome the lung disease they say he developed while serving in Iraq.