West Reading News

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

One day, a visitor to the Sovereign Center might be able to hop on a trolley after an event for a ride to West Reading or Wyomissing.

A West Reading man who told police he shot a Reading man trying to break into his house Wednesday night has been arrested and charged with shooting the unarmed man after an argument over drugs.

One person is in the hospital and another is in custody after an argument led to gunfire in Berks County.

City and West Reading police are investigating a shooting and a home invasion in West Reading that occurred about 7:30 p.m. According to dispatchers, the victim in the home invasion in the 100 block of Fifth Avenue shot at the intruders, possibly hitting one.

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.

Flu changes blood center policy Miller-Keystone Blood Center is refraining from using volunteers under age 18 at its blood drives and centers because of the high rate of flu cases among young people.

Ian and Lindsey Macomber's first son, Skylar, was born about eight weeks prematurely.

Road projects Interstate 78 between Route 183 and the Lehigh County line: lane restrictions until noon.

Almost three dozen arrests and $80,000 dollars are helping to clean up Berks County's graffiti-tagged walls.

It's certainly not the way police expected to come across a loot of stolen merchandise.

About a dozen Reading teenagers are fighting graffiti the best way they know how - with spray paint.

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

Cost for cops A Berks County study examined the annual cost of police coverage per resident in individual jurisdictions.

Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little Dr. Kelley C. Crozier, medical director of the Reading Hospital for Post-Acute Rehabilitation, with a telemedicine robot and visitor Ethel N. Altig of Mohnton, center.

If you drive up Court Street along Reading's "Lawyer's Row," you might be surprised to see the flag of France prominently displayed in the middle of the 500 block.

Whether it is the weight of economic uncertainty or mounting stress more families across the nation are living with one or more of it's members dealing with depression.

Wyomissing got a good deal Editor: Concerning the letter "Was hiring necessary" : Brad Scribner was a member of Wyomissing Borough Council who needed to get in touch with the facts of the school districts.

Question: President Barack Obama believes a longer school day, or year-round school, may improve student performance.

Some folks from Berks County are getting a first hand look at police work. West Reading, Wyomissing, and Spring Township police are teaming up to offer a citizen's police academy.