Sinking Spring News

Reading Eagle Several Berks County communities and school boards had contested elections Tuesday.

A pair of Berks County Sheriff Department deputies returned to work today after being hurt in a crash that happened during the course of a DUI checkpoint detail they were conducting in Sinking Spring over the weekend.

Reading Eagle A Sinking Spring woman and her 14-year-old son were injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Spring Township, police said.

Two Berks County deputy sheriffs and a Wyomissing police officer were injured over the weekend when a suspected drunken driver crashed his pickup truck into a DUI checkpoint in Sinking Spring, authorities said Sunday.

Police have closed a section of Fritztown Road in Spring Township following a two-vehicle crash.

Gluten-free goodies are on the menu in this week's Local Flavor. You'll find the Good Eatz Green Cafe on Penn Avenue in West Reading.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Galen Hall Golf Club is getting a new look. In the bar and lounge are from left: executive chef Hiram Quintana; Brian R. Stiefel, co-owner and vice president and treasurer; and Greg Labe, assistant general manager.

Halloween is traditionally a time to visit our darker side in costume, and nothing appears darker these days than real-life celebrities.

West Reading is reaching out to its neighboring municipalities to talk about a regional police force, as recommended by a recent countywide study.

Patrick Konopelski likes to refer to himself as a haunt-trepreneur. That's because Konopelski, owner of catering and festival businesses in Berks County, has taken a leading role in the industry of haunted attractions.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Thursday: Sacred Heart Villa, 51 Seminary Ave., Hyde Park, 7 to 10:20 a.m. Friday: Threshold Rehabilitation Services, 1000 Lancaster Ave., 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Saturday: Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 ...

The Berks County Sheriff's Department K-9 Corps got a pat on the head and a $5,000 treat today.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Case facts Plaintiffs: Berks County Second Deputy Coroner Wally A. Woytovich, 65, and former Reading Hospital nurse's aide Margaret M. Marino, 48.

A shopping center planned for Sinking Spring will be anchored a Food Lion supermarket.

A good old-fashioned scare is going high-tech at one of Berks County's most popular haunts.

Reading Eagle A Sinking Spring woman was injured in a weekend accident in Penn Township that forced state police to briefly close Route 183 at Hill Road, troopers said.

"It's been nuts," is how Abby Bennethum describes the immense response to a photo she took this July .

Contenders running for office in Sinking Spring focused on the borough's revitalization at a meet-the-candidates night Wednesday.

Age: 18. Address: Sinking Spring. Family: Parents, Mark and Mimi; two brothers, Taylor, 16; and Warren, 14; and a sister, Lucy, 12.

Patria Zunilda Reynoso has been living the American dream for years, but one piece was missing.