West Reading News

Erica Lavdanski, left, of B&H Organic Produce, Morgantown, and Becca Keller, manager of the West Reading Farmers' Market, with produce headed for the market.

A Cumru Township man lied to investigators until he was shown surveillance video of him confronting a man who was shot in a West Reading parking lot, a detective testified Thursday.

A Cumru Township man lied to investigators until he was shown surveillance video of him confronting a man who was shot in a West Reading parking lot, a detective testified Thursday.

Mother Nature didn't cooperate with plans to complete the painting project at the West Reading pool this week.

Daily thought "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 The pay we receive for sinning is death but we can freely receive eternal life just by living holy.

Wyomissing Junior/Senior High School has topped a recent Washington Post ranking of the best public and private high schools in Pennsylvania.

Emergency personnel recover the body of Jamie Escobar from the Schuylkill River on Wednesday underneath the Route 422 overpass near Brentwood Drive and the Thun Trail.

Linda Celestian of Wilmington, Del., with "The Oceans Whisper to Me," a silk and nylon thread piece that won Best in Show at the GoggleWorks' "Vanity Fare" exhibit.

The Wilson High School Junior ROTC unit marches down Penn Avenue in West Reading during Saturday's 64th Armed Forces Day Parade.

1987: Business moves to 52 S. Sixth St. 1994: Business moves to roomier site at 141 N. Fifth St.

There's a place in Berks County I've started calling our own Bermuda Triangle. In just the past few months three incidents have happened in the same location where the Thun Trail crosses through the city, West Reading and Cumru Township near the Bertolet Fishing Dock.

Police broke up a large brawl Wednesday in the 400 block of Chestnut Street in West Reading and took several people in for questioning.

Born in West Reading, a daughter of the late Edith Lash and Elmer E. McCoy, she was the husband of Harlan Weller, who died December 2007.

The weather during the next couple days will help determine whether the West Reading pool will open on Memorial Day weekend as advertised.

High grass in the cloverleaf interchange off the West Shore Bypass and Penn Avenue in West Reading can make driving dangerous, especially for drivers in low vehicles.

Candidate: Karen L. Mogel, 46, Bern Township. Party: Republican. Office sought: State Senate, 11th Senatorial District, made up of Reading; the townships of Alsace, Bern, Colebrookdale, Cumru, District, Earl, Exeter, Greenwich, Hereford, Longswamp, Lower Alsace, Maxatawny, Muhlenberg, Oley, Penn, Pike, Richmond, Rockland, Ruscombmanor, Union and ... (more)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is seeking public comment on a proposal that would require X-ray manufacturers to consider the safety of The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has released data which shows a 27 percent drop in the number of adults age 20 and older with high cholesterol If you attended the University of Delaware as an ... (more)

Divers and helicopters searched the Schuylkill River in Bucks County on Wednesday, looking for a teen who vanished in the river.

A suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a man outside a diner in Berks County, authorities announced Wednesday.

A Berks County baker put her famous cupcakes to the test on national television, and she came home a winner.