Shillington News

The Shillington Borough Council voted 5-0 Thursday night to promote borough Patrolman T. Corey Yochimowitz to police chief.

From our news staff Two people were hurt in a four-car crash Sunday at Fourth and Cherry streets in Reading.

From our news staff A 44-year-old Bern Township man who used a revolver to take a woman's purse Monday morning outside a city grocery store and then tried to shoot witnesses who chased him was captured a short ...

To put it politely, parts of East Lancaster Avenue a ' at one time a premier suburban shopping area a ' have seen better days.

From our news staff A ruptured aneurysm in the abdominal artery caused the death of longtime Reading police Officer Anthony Miccicke, the Berks County coroner's office said Thursday.

Reading Eagle: Susan L. Angstadt Mark Sanders directs the Reading Pretzel City Chorus during a small concert at Immanual United Church of Christ, Shillington.

Reading Eagle: Bill Uhrich The driver of this vehicle got a parking ticket recently along Penn Street.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Susan L. Angstadt The Never Too Late barbershop quartet practices Wednesday in Immanuel United Church of Christ, Shillington.

From our news staff A man on a bicycle robbed a 54-year-old Shillington woman at gunpoint while she was in car in a parking lot at Eighth and Penn streets, police said Thursday.

Politicians, civic leaders, businessmen and patrons of the arts paid tribute Monday to longtime community activist Douglas Fisher, 74, who died Sunday, calling him "a visionary," "a dynamo" and "a cheerleader ...

The woman who was killed after crashing her speeding car while allegedly trying to elude police on Route 422 in Limerick on Sunday resided in Shillington, Berks County, authorities confirmed.

Gone are the days oftiptoeing to the dumpsters with boxes of weeded books in tow.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured when his bike collided with a vehicle in East Cocalico Township Wednesday afternoon, township police said.

Fifty-two adults with mental and physical disabilities are losing bus service that takes them to work.

More than 200 gallons of paint spilled onto Route 422 after a vehicle crash that closedg the roadway Wednesday afternoon in an area where traffic is usually slowed for construction.

Five Berks police departments showed up to break up a fight between a group of juveniles this afternoon in Shillington.

It's Shillington's birthday this year -- 100 years as a community. A parade rolled through town this morning.

Lebanon police are continuing to investigate a report of gunshots fired in the 500 block of North Ninth Street late Saturday night.

"Honestly, I really felt we had the best team in the state." Those were the words that Spring City Junior Legion manager Rick Harrison said following his team's 5-0 win in the 2008 Pennsylvania State ...

Some areas of Berks County were drenched often by thunderstorms last month while other locales saw fewer downpours, creating a wide range of rainfall totals for July.