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The Reading Police Bomb Squad responded to a call from Planned Parenthood building at Fourth and Franklin streets Friday afternoon when workers reported receiving a suspicious package.

Reading Mayor Tom McMahon joined the mayors of four other Pennsylvania cities here Tuesday to say that if state legislators don't soon provide urgently needed municipal tax relief, numerous cities will end up with their budgets under state control.

Thursday 25 Jun Thursday, June 25, 2009 at 09:00AM READING, Pa. Phillies starter Tyson Brummett walked four batters in his five-plus innings of work Wednesday night against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

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A convicted killer who was arrested after Reading police said he doused a woman with gasoline and set her on fire had been staying in a city facility where paroled felons undergo treatment, a state parole official said Friday.

Gov. Ed Rendell signed a death warrant Friday for a 45-year-old Reading man who raped and strangled a 69-year-old Sunday school teacher in her home in September 2002.

A 32-year-old convicted killer from Philadelphia was arrested shortly after he doused a woman with gasoline and set her on fire Thursday in her northwest Reading home, city police said.

Kate Gosselin whipped out that famous bikini body hanging around outside her Reading, PA, home today.

Reading officials said a woman was doused with gasoline and set on fire in a domestic dispute in the 800 block of Lincoln Street this morning.

Reading police arrested two men on Wednesday after surveillance cameras captured a drug deal in progress in the 300 block of North Sixth Street, officials said.

What separates Kathy Griffin's quest for publicity from so many other cries for attention a ' yes, Heidi and Spencer Pratt, we're looking at you a ' is that she's essentially just trying to get more interest for her comedy.

A man was shot early Tuesday during an apparent robbery attempt near his home in the 300 block of North Ninth Street, police said.

Why he's in the news: Rarely does a week pass that Iaeger isn't in the news for investigating a fire, announcing the cause of a blaze or offering fire safety and prevention tips.

One of two men sitting on the front steps of a house in Reading early this morning was shot by a group of at least six men who tried to rob them, according to police.

An eastern Pennsylvania woman will stand trial for allegedly faking a rare illness to solicit donations.

Kate Gosselin is apparently in hiding as she and Jon are expected to announce their split tonight.

Entertainment Tonight Headlines Jon Gosselin spends Father's Day playing with his kids in Reading, PA.

Reading Eagle Reading police have secured a warrant for a city man who is accused of firing shots at a person sitting in a car on Birch Street in May.

Faced with the prospects of rising health care costs, West Reading Borough Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to support a single-payer system.

Reading Eagle The Reading Area Water Authority joined the Partnership for Safe Water Program with a presentation at the Ontelaunee Township treatment plant.

The 253-room Crowne Plaza Reading, Pa ., opened on March 24 after a conversion from Sheraton.

I'm starting to feel sorry for Kate. The tabloid stories have shifted from criticizing her as a wife and a person to criticizing her as a mother.

District Attorney John T. Adams asked Berks County Court on Tuesday to declare The Whipping Post Pub a nuisance and close it.

A 60-year-old Reading man waived a preliminary hearing Tuesday on first-degree murder and related charges in the April 27 shooting of a 53-year-old man during an argument in a city bar.

Four people were displaced by a fire Monday afternoon that caused at least $30,000 damage to the house at 939 Union St., fire officials said.

Seven defendants unexpectedly pleaded guilty Monday in Berks County Court to running a marijuana-growing operation in houses in Reading and South Heidelberg Township last year.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy John S. Vespico Jr. fought off two men, one with a gun, after they tried to rob him while he was delivering oil to a Reading home Feb.

Reading Eagle: Tim Leedy The proposals Here are the three proposals for future use of the 7.1-acre Naval & Marine Reserve Center site on Kenhorst Boulevard: a Berks Women in Crisis and Mary's Shelter would move their operations to the facility to double their capacity.

City Council voted 5-1 Monday to approve building a $70 million, mile-long tunnel to take city sewage from the foot of South Sixth Street to the new treatment plant to be built on Fritz's Island.

The Reading boy who nearly drowned in Blue Marsh Lake before he was rescued by good Samaritans returned home Thursday and is expected to make a full recovery, his mother said.

Kendall Wise joins about 250 motorcyclists in trip to father's grave site By Michelle Park For the first time in her young life, Kendall rode in Daddy's ride.

A 7-year-old boy from Reading was pulled from Blue Marsh Lake by a good Samaritan who saw him floating facedown Wednesday near the public beach in Bern Township, officials said.

A Philadelphia man who helped convict two men in the first-degree murder of a cocaine dealer was sentenced Tuesday in Berks County Court to seven to 14 years in state prison for his role in a drug organization.

School is a full-time job. The better part of the weekday is spent in class, then homework at night and often on weekends.

Involuntary hospitalization The common term for forcing someone to get mental health treatment in Pennsylvania is "302," named for a section of the Pennsylvania Mental Health Procedures Act of 1976.

Four people were injured Sunday afternoon when a pickup truck and a car collided on Route 183 in Bern Township just north of the city line, police said.

Northeastern Pennsylvania Lutherans voted overwhelming support Saturday for a proposal that would allow gay and lesbian pastors in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

A West Reading policeman was injured and a homeless woman led police on a brief car chase after she was stopped for a traffic violation, police said Friday.

Reading police are trying to identify the gunman and the man he targeted last month near Third and Walnut streets.

Reading High School graduates donned caps and gowns and marched in their graduation ceremony - but none of them got diplomas.

Schuylkill jobless rate reaches 9.8% in April Reading Eagle Schuylkill County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage point in April to 9.8 percent - its highest level since February 1996, when it was 11.1 percent.

By Courtney H. Diener-Stokes Reading Eagle correspondent Berks County, PA - The sound of blow dryers in high gear indicated a busy day at Tina's Salon and Spa in West Reading.

At the church of Jon & Kate one evening last week, a rock band was playing, hands were being raised, sweat was pouring forth from an evangelist, and children were asking to be healed.

Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little Master Sgt. Brian S. Thomas of Glenside believes a program he's developed for the Army also will help his son recover emotionally from gunshot wounds.