Reading News

Write-in candidates made a strong showing in West Reading's primary races. In the race for four seats on council, incumbent Nathalie R. Kulesa, 66, led the Democratic ticket with 118 votes, followed by 97 write-ins. The third spot was rounded out by Grace M. Craze, 52, an assistant manager at a convenience store, who earned 92 votes.

Up to 56 people could lose their jobs because of budget cuts, Reading School District officials said Wednesday.

Fred Koller of Shillington, who opened a car dealership in Reading in 1898, drives a vintage Winton in center city in this undated photo.

Until the mid-1920s, the Reading Public Museum was housed in the Reading School District Administration Building at Eighth and Washington streets.

Police say one Reading teenager's way of making money left him in handcuffs and facing criminal charges.

Tracey Luscia, from left, gallery manager at Christina Talarico's Dreamer's Marketplace, West Reading, and owner Christina Talarico in the new West Reading business.

A Myerstown man was injured when ran into the side of a car on Route 422 late Monday, police said.

Lebanon police arrested a Reading man who allegedly broke into the apartment of his estranged girlfriend and stabbed a man who was with her.

A man who showed interest in a pickup truck suddenly pulled a knife on the owner and tried to rob him, according to Lebanon police.

A York man was jailed after he stole two packs of adult diapers and packs of shoe inserts from a Carlisle store.

Justin T. Perella, left, president of GREY6, and Al F. Shore, owner and CEO of GREY6, a company which produces software for police departments.

A hazardous materials incident created some cause for concern at the Pennsylvania State Office Building in downtown Reading on Monday.

Chester and Montgomery counties have issued alerts for a 13-year-old girl from Reading, who was last seen Wednesday.

The Wilson High School Army JROTC marches through West Reading during the annual Armed Forces Day parade on Saturday.

A ticket to paradise may be just what your new college graduate has in mind before starting the 9-to-5 grind.

Michael Toledo, executive director of the Daniel Torres Hispanic Center, speaks to the League of Women Voters of Berks County about immigration reform.

A collage of keys, photographs and a poem that pays homage to cars the creator owned over the years.

Todd Weiner of Fairview Mennonite Church argues for the Christian faith while Erich Scherfen, representing the Muslim community, listens during a friendly debate Saturday in Fairview Christian School.

Daily thought "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth." Psalm 119:103 God's word is an acquired taste, but in the end, there is nothing sweeter in all the world.

Gail Savage paints on a feather at her studio located in the heart of the Blue Mountains in Bethel Township, where she is surrounded by nature.