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You ask Youker: How did Womelsdorf become an epicenter of cigar making?
You ask Youker is a weekly feature providing answers to quirky curiosities of the Berks County area.
Newmanstown, Lebanon County, man charged with rape of teenager
Lebanon County detectives charged Jake Colton Doster, 21, of Michter's Road, Newsmanstown, with rape, sexual assault, indecent assault, corruption of a minor, furnishing alcohol to a minor and unlawful contact with a minor following an incident in late March.
Tomorrow's EMTs do the drill in Lebanon
Victim Allen Breive, a paramedic for First Aid and Safety Patrol, is being rescued by Elco High School students, from left, juniors Luke Atkins and Antonio Vicente and senior Taylor Aponick during a mock-crash training for the school s Emergency Medical Technician course.
Slices of life: Reading Car Club holds 40th reunion
Bob Ormsbee, a 1966 graduate of Reading High School, is part of a group of approximately 15 people who get together for an annual reunion in Newmanstown, Lebanon County.
A Lancaster County woman was injured Saturday when her car collided head-on with a pickup truck on Route 897 in Heidelberg Township.
Support shown for two worthy causes
It's seeing 16-year-old David Stewart cruising around in the back of a recently purchased handicapped accessible van.
Daily thought "My soul yearns, even faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Benefit art sale coming to Reading museum
"I'm inspired by little scraps," says Lydia L. Dierwechter, whose purses will be on exhibit at this weekend's Art of the Craft show at the Reading Public Museum.
RETAIL THEFT: Joel Antongiogi-Acosta, 18, of 419 N. Seventh St., Lebanon, was charged with failing to pay for $102 worth of merchandise Wednesday at Boscov's in the Lebanon Valley Mall, police said.
The Lebanon County 4-H program honored members who excelled in their project activities during 4-H Achievement Night held recently at the Lebanon Valley Agricultural Center.
A 36-year-old man has been charged with robbing a Lebanon convenience store over the weekend.
Spring Township to contribute $30 per household for Western Berks Ambulance service
Click on picture to enlarge. Western Berks Ambulance service area The Western Berks Ambulance Association provides service in these communities: Boroughs: Robesonia, Sinking Spring, Wernersville, Wyomissing.
City man charged with theft after driving stolen car
Police charged a 62-year-old city man with a felony charge of receiving stolen property this morning after he drove a stolen car, police said.
City woman sentenced for stealing paychecks
A 33-year-old city woman has been sentenced to Lebanon County prison for taking and cashing seven paychecks of coworkers where she formerly worked.
A Newmanstown woman was injured when her car struck a tree in Heidelberg Township on Monday morning.
Emergency workers work at Routes 422 and 501 in Myerstown following a two-vehicle accident about 1:20 p.m. yesterday.
There is a strange and amusing phenomenon in pictures printed in the News. I noticed it a few years ago and have been clipping the pictures for inclusion in my humor file.
Strunk drives Bethel mana s car to win
Jeff Strunk started 14th in the 25-lap modified feature race at Big Diamond Raceway on Friday night and fought his way to the front, driving the car of Bethel's Vince Gagliardo to the win.
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