Strausstown News

Sarah Palin, governor, mother, vice-presidential candidate and -- musical muse? A new song, "Moose Shootin' Mama," is popping up on MP3 players across the country.

Fire crews battled a huge fire at a pig farm in Upper Tulpehocken Township overnight.

Rick Derringer has been a Guitar Hero for several years now, but this weekend he'll be a Guitar Master.

Neither a heavy thunderstorm nor the activities of an animal-rights group silenced the gunfire Saturday at the Strausstown Rod & Gun Club's weekend pigeon shoot.

With less than a month before school begins, finishing touches are being completed at Tilden Elementary Center, the Hamburg School District's new $27 million school.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Pennsylvania is one of the last places in the country where pigeon shoots are legal.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Strausstown Borough Council has decided to give 167 homeowners a gift - a no tap-in fee to connect to the borough's new sewer system.

Experts will study Berks bank barns at unique confab The Pennsylvania Dutch, to be certain, have left an indelible mark on Berks County culture.

This talent-based group will meet weekly and will include performance opportunities as well as creative drama and theater training similar to "real-life," on-the-job acting experiences.

A 71-year-old New Jersey woman has died of injuries suffered in an accident on Interstate 78 in northern Berks County that also killed her husband, officials in the Berks coroner's office said Sunday. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

An accident on westbound Interstate 78 between the Shartlesville and Strausstown should be cleared by 11:15 a.m. State police at Hamburg shutdown the westbound lanes after the 9:50 a.m. accident. via The Morning Call

An Upper Bern Township man was charged Thursday with killing his friend in a one-car crash a day before the two were to graduate from Hamburg High School. via Reading Eagle/Reading Times

An accident closed a stretch of Interstate 78 West near the Strausstown exit in Berks County for awhile this morning. via WFMZ