West Reading News

Talk of the Town features your comments on an issue in the news. This week, we went to the owners and employees of West Reading businesses, since many of them rely on Valentine's sales.

Less than three weeks after a disciplinary housecleaning that cost the West Reading Police Department nearly a third of its members, the department is advertising for a part-time police officer.

Editor: Three teenagers, after allegedly robbing two people in West Reading, went to the Thun Trail in search of more trouble .

Alice Orlando, who teaches kindergarten at Sacred Heart School in West Reading, with students.

A 21-year-old Pottstown man who authorities said claimed he would use an HIV-contaminated syringe as a weapon during holdups has waived preliminary hearings in three Berks County cases.

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A convicted felon was arrested on weapons and drug offenses after probation officers visited his West Reading residence and found marijuana growing inside the apartment, investigators said Wednesday.

Two men, one from New Jersey, left, and one from Philadelphia were arraigned on charges of manufacturing a malt beverage without a license following a Feb.

A Berks County judge has granted a request for a mental health evaluation for a Kenhorst teen charged in a crime spree that ended with one accomplice dead and another wounded, officials said Wednesday.

Candidate: Mark Rozzi, 40, Muhlenberg Township. Party: Democrat. Office sought: State House of Representatives, 126th Legislative District, made up of part of Reading; Lower Alsace and Muhlenberg townships; and Laureldale, Mount Penn, St.

Family members of a 16-year-old boy who was shot while committing a robbery in Berks County say he didn't have to die.

For many people, a new year brings self-improvement resolutions. Two of the most common goals are to lose weight and save money, but a new one that is growing in popularity combines elements of those others: a fashion diet.

Police officers investigate the attempted robbery in Cumru Township that was foiled Wednesday when the intended victim pulled a gun and killed one suspect and wounded another.

West Reading officials haven't discussed if they will return the police department staffing level to where it was before three officers were fired last week and a fourth resigned.

Police and the Berks County Coroner's office are at the scene of a shooting close to the Thun Trail in a sliver of Cumru Township near the West Reading line.

Animal Rescue League of Berks County volunteer Mary A. Woods of Exeter, left, holds The Rock, a 2-year-old neutered male tabby, as she talks to Bella Jules owner Juli E. Cleaver during the first Yappy Hour fundraiser Friday.

A 21-year-old Pottstown man arrested last week on charges he held up a Wyomissing pharmacy claiming he would use an HIV-contaminated syringe as a weapon has been charged with a second drug store robbery.

A West Reading police sergeant who used a stun gun on a fellow officer has been stripped of his service weapon as part of a Berks County Court special probation program.

Cody Lundin, co-host of the Discovery Channel's "Dual Survival," will talk about his adventures as a professional survival instructor Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Perkins Student Center Auditorium at Penn State Berks.

Anyone in the building industry today may have a difficult time seeing the opportunities versus the challenges, but not Kevin Kozo.