Reading News

A man suffered burns while trying to put out a fire in his home in the 300 block of Miller Street early this morning, officials said.

As he was being handcuffed after nearly two months on the run, a Reading man told a city policeman that he regretted that he hadn't stayed home and watched television as he had planned, police said Thursday.

Reading officials this afternoon began notifying the unions of the employees who will be laid off effective Nov.

An anonymous tip to Crime Alert Berks County led police in Berks County to find two people wanted for attempted murder in western Pennsylvania.

A small fire broke out tonight in the art room of Muhlenberg High School in Laureldale, north of Reading, and it was quickly extinguished, authorities said.

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From the moment Jack D. Gulati entered Stokesay Castle 15 years ago, he was hooked.

Reading Police are investigating the murder of a 39-year-old Reading woman. Police say it happened just before 2:00 this morning in the area of 11th and Muhlenberg Streets.

Two suspects in an attempted homicide in western Pennsylvania might be in the Reading area, state police said Monday.

Michael H. Wise II and his wife used to use the Lebanon Valley Rails-to-Trails path a lot.

Reading Eagle The Reading Symphony Orchestra concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Sovereign Performing Arts Center will be all about timpani and family.

Community policing will become even more key if the number of officers in the police department drops.

A speakeasy sounds like a word from the past, but police tell us they are more common than one might think.

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As Reading seeks state protection as a distressed city, leaders of communities now in the program say it does help.

Workers from the Animal Rescue League of Berks County removed 41 animals and a frozen dead skunk from a house on North 11th Street, the league said Tuesday.

Reading Hospital announced Tuesday that it has bought 32 acres along Route 10 in New Morgan for $5.5 million to build a medical facility.

Police say seven people were shot, and one person killed in a shootout in the 500-block of Schuylkill Avenue in Reading.

Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania say a Maryland man is dead after a weekend shooting at an illegal bar.

A 28-year-old Maryland man was killed and six other people were wounded in a shootout early Sunday in a northwest Reading speakeasy, police said.