Leesport News

A car dealer in Berks County is facing fraud charges tonight. Investigators say Eric Campfield of Eric Campfield's Fastlane Auto in Leesport sold a warranty with a vehicle, but didn't honor that warranty.

The owner of a former Leesport used car dealership who was charged in October with stealing about $20,000 from a customer was charged Tuesday with defrauding another customer by selling a warranty that didn't exist, Berks County detectives said.

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.

A two-alarm fire Tuesday morning destroyed the office of a limousine and bus service that is attached to a commercial-truck facility in Ontelaunee Township, fire officials said.

A Mohrsville man charged with involuntary manslaughter and related offenses in the March 12 crash that killed a standout Hamburg athlete waived his preliminary hearing Monday.

Woman helping to fix city sidewalk ends up fighting off pit bull that mauled friend; stranger comes to their aid By Steven Henshaw Cathy Reinert of Leesport has been doing odd jobs periodically for a woman who owns a house in northeast Reading, but she may have never been of more help to that 75-year-old woman than when she was being attacked by a ...

Two Reading policemen ducked behind parked cars after a shot was fired at them as they chased two robbery suspects, investigators said Thursday.

Road projects Fifth Street Highway between Reading and Blandon: overnight lane restrictions, 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Interstate 78 between Route 183 and the Lehigh County line: lane restrictions around the clock.

Roland W. Rank had a particular attachment to the Union Fire Company's 1970 Chevy firetruck.

The Reading Area Water Authority has voted to increase the amount of time customers have to pay the sometimes-large bills that result when water meters go unread for an extended period of time.

A two-alarm fire destroyed a two-story house near Route 61 in Ontelaunee Township on Thursday night and forced police to close part of the highway for several hours.

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Scott Reeser, an assistant chief with Union Fire Company in Leesport, left, and Phil Haupt, deputy chief of Greenfields Fire Company, listen as Berks County Commissioner Christian Y. Leinbach discusses the county's "Answer the Call" effort during a news conference Tuesday at MISCO Products in Bern Township.

Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little The kids and advisers of the Schuylkill Valley football gather Sunday to honor player Mitchell Moyer, who is recuperating from brain surgery.

With roadwork signs posted warning drivers of construction ahead, workers from the Leesport-area contractor LSR Excavating Co.

The Mount Aetna Fire Company has donated a 1969 fire truck to be auctioned Saturday during the second annual fundraiser for the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library.

Some people choose to immigrate. Some, under duress of war or persecution, have no choice.

The same day he publicly denied breakup rumors , Jon Gosselin gave his new girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, her first tour of his hometown of Wernersville, Pa.

Crews trimming trees in the Leesport area dropped a branch on a wire Thursday afternoon, briefly knocking out power to 286 Met-Ed customers, utility officials said.

A Delaware man drove his sport utility vehicle about 100 mph through two red lights on Route 61 Thursday morning after police tried to pull him over for speeding during an aggressive-driving detail south of Leesport, Northern Berks Regional police said.

Kutztown University Radio disc jockey Greg Hafer thought he could make it through a 24-hour radio marathon on apricot juice, tea and yoga breathing exercises.