Womelsdorf News

Police and firefighters have been called to a multi-vehicle pileup on Route 422 near the western border of Berks County.

A standout wrestler for Conrad Weiser High School was found not guilty in Berks County Court Thursday in the April 17 beating and sexual assault of a Womelsdorf woman.

Until recently, it wasn't always easy for Berks County Communications Center dispatchers to reach fire and ambulance squads through their pagers.

Traffic alert The Pennsylvania Turnpike is scheduled to be closed in both directions between Exit 67 and Exit 75 between midnight and 3:30 a.m. Sunday.

They served during World War II, the Vietnam War, and in Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.

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A 37-year-old man died of injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle accident Monday in an I-78 work zone in Berks County.

Standing with two dozen others during a rally, Diane Beamesderfer stood on the curb outside the main branch of the Reading Public Library for three hours last week waving a sign.

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 ...

Reading Eagle A Sinking Spring woman was injured in a weekend accident in Penn Township that forced state police to briefly close Route 183 at Hill Road, troopers said.

Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty Conrad Weiser Homestead buildings in Heidelberg Township were closed in September after state funding was cut.

The mother of a 26-year-old Womelsdorf man killed in March 2007 when a friend ran him over on a highway has filed a lawsuit in Berks County Court accusing a Reading tavern of serving liquor to the friend while he was drunk.

By Holly Herman Mitchell L. Redlich of Womelsdorf never got to live his dream of moving to California and working as a Web designer.

Buckle up and live! Berks traffic toll Total killed to date 2009 2008 40 40 District judges Accident A Womelsdorf man was in critical condition Sunday at Lehigh Valley Medical Center after losing control and crashing his motorcycle on Route 222 in Richmond Township, police reported.

An intoxicated man who crashed his motorcycle and his friend who arrived at the scene a short time later to pick up the damaged vehicle on Sept.

HERMITAGE, Pa.,- Richard Van Gay, Hermitage, Pa., passed away peacefully at 12:39 p.m. Wednesday in the Intensive Care Unit of Sharon Regional Health System following an extended illness.

About the monument Dedicated: Sept. 25, 1909, at Womelsdorf grade school, Third and West High streets.

Reading Eagle A 20-year-old Womelsdorf man was airlifted to Reading Hospital after a car he was riding in went airborne and struck a tree in Jefferson Township early Sunday, police reported.

Click on picture to enlarge. Western Berks Ambulance service area The Western Berks Ambulance Association provides service in these communities: Boroughs: Robesonia, Sinking Spring, Wernersville, Wyomissing.