Wyomissing News

City police on Saturday continued their investigation into a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded outside the Wyomissing Garden Apartments complex.

Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of as much as $5,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime.

Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead and sent another to the hospital.

Reading police are continuing to gather evidence in the 1100 block of East Wyomissing Boulevard, where one man was killed and another was wounded early today.

Lessons learned in grass-roots campaign organizing last year contributed to election victories in the city this year, the Democrats and Republicans agree.

Berks County prosecutors are working on a plea agreement for a former Wyomissing teacher accused of fondling a student.

Wyomissing police now have a place where they can work in a controlled environment and away from prying eyes at scenes of major crimes.

Fire crews are on the scene of a fire in a store inside the Berkshire Mall in Wyomissing.

Two Berks County deputy sheriffs and a Wyomissing police officer were injured over the weekend when a suspected drunken driver crashed his pickup truck into a DUI checkpoint in Sinking Spring, authorities said Sunday.

French don't deserve rude reputation Editor: In response to the article, "Frenchman didn't get the memo about treating Americans rudely," I want to share my surprise at how kind the French people were to us this summer.

With PPL Electric Utilities Corp.'s rates set to jump in coming months, a Virginia power company is courting PPL customers in Spring Township and Wyomissing with a promise of a 10 percent savings on 2010 electric bills.

By Dan Kelly As a teenager some 40 years ago, Frank W. Abagnale stole about $2.5 million, mainly through identity theft and forgeries.

To avoid having to seek voter permission to raise school taxes, Acting Superintendent David H. Robbins has told Wyomissing School District administrators to cut their spending 5 percent.

Two local businesses are taking advantage of some government programs and hoping to be a shining example for others.

Click on picture to enlarge. Reading Eagle: Ben Hasty A child receives the H1N1 flu vaccine this month at the Children's Clinic of Wyomissing.

You ask Youker is a weekly feature providing answers to quirky curiosities of the Berks County area.

The fifth annual Fitzy's Halloween 5K and Mile Run/Walk will take place Sunday at the Happy Hollow Playground in Wyomissing.

Even though he wore a wig and sunglasses, a bank robber's lip piercing helped a Wyomissing Hills bank teller recognize him, police said Wednesday.

A man is in custody for allegedly robbing a bank in Berks County. Police say Corey Zeigler was charged late last night in connection with a hold-up at the Metro Bank on State Hill Road in Wyomissing earlier in the evening.

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.