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Malfunctioning heaters sickened people Sunday inside this apartment house at 118 Church St., city fire officials said.

In part of what is clearly a trend, Latino homeowners Mariela Jurado and her husband, Hector Morales, bought their home on Lehigh Street in 2010.

The Issue: Residents hear a man shot in an alley between 2 and 3 a.m. but don't call police.

Reading Eagle Three women from different faiths will speak at "A Common Heart: Women of Faith" on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Miller Center for the Arts, 4 N. Second St.

Tom Fontaine is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 412-320-7847 or via e-mail. Concern is growing over potential natural gas drilling near a water supply that serves 15,000 customers in Allegheny and Beaver counties, officials reported on Friday.

Gov. Tom Corbett's proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 contains cuts and has no increase over the current $27.1 billion spending plan.

A wave of crime has many residents in the city of Reading turning to their faith for help and answers.

Today, it's pretty common to find craft beer on tap wherever you go. But in 1983 it was a completely different story.

Henriette Alban walks by a row of pine trees, one of her favorite places, in front of the McGlinn Conference Center at Alvernia University.

The Issue: Council is seeking a legal opinion on the mayor's hiring of four part-time employees.

A man is in custody in connection with the deadly shooting of another man early Friday morning, state police said.

Police and prosecutors are questioning at least two people in connection with the shooting death of a man outside his home early Friday morning, state police said.

What can a landlord do when he has few legal protections? That's the question that bothered New Yorker Zahar Hilkevich, who owns several rental properties in Reading.

A Reading man with previous felony convictions was arrested early Thursday after police raided his residence and found marijuana and drug-packaging materials, investigators said.

An argument between roommates over money led to a Reading woman's conviction Thursday in Berks County Court on voluntary manslaughter, aggravated assault and related charges.

Andrew Barlow wants to come back to the classroom, but right now he's marching to the beat of a different drum as percussion swing manager for the current tour of the Tony Award-winning "Blast!" The Allentown resident, former assistant band director at Wilson Area High School in Northampton County, auditioned last year for the "once-in-a-lifetime ... (more)

Born in Mohns Hill, Berks County, a son of the late Ralph and Gladys Schmeck, he was the husband of Anna M. Schmeck.

Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams confirmed Wednesday that he is investigating the dismissal of robbery charges against a defendant who was sitting in the audience instead of with his attorney during a preliminary hearing.

Mayor Vaugn D. Spencer, left, speaks after a placard was placed at what he called an illegal rental building Wednesday at 421 N. Ninth St.

Two men robbed a 55-year-old Reading man of money and a cellphone early Tuesday, city police said.