Sinking Spring News

Kids of all ages get a kick out of bands, antique cars and the arrival of the jolly old elf himself.

Vestiges of wars past linger as volunteers gather at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6150 in Sinking Spring to fill Christmas gift packages for American troops around the world.

Four students from the Shippensburg University Honors Program gave presentations and moderated a panel session at the 44th annual conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Oct.

When a lightning strike destroyed their Wyomissing home two years ago, Lynne M. and Bruce M. Morris felt they had no choice but to continue to live where their roots are.

Sinking Spring Borough Council has voted 4-2 not to adopt an anti-nepotism ordinance.

Even as a student at Wilson High, Scott D. Wagner knew he wanted a career in the military.

Incumbent District Judge Ann L. Young defeated challenger Dave Debiec for another six-year term on the bench.

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.