Wyomissing News

The slots casino proposed for the Crowne Plaza Reading hotel in Wyomissing is expected to create at least 100 jobs, one of its owners said Friday.

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The sounds of slot machines could be heard in Berks County if an application for a slots license is granted.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that one application was filed to meet the Tuesday deadline for a special 90 day period established to uncover additional interest for the remaining Category 3 slots license for an established hotel resort.

A City Council committee on Monday agreed to a proposal that would limit city residents to no more than six pets - not counting fish - unless they apply for a $50 city permit.

Reading Eagle A man's cell phone conversation was cut short Saturday morning when a thief snatched the phone from his hand while he sat in his car in the Berkshire Mall parking lot, Wyomissing police said The robber struck about 9:25, police said.

Doug Weidman didn't just dive into his cherry pie, he obliterated the poor pastry.

Reading Eagle A Lancaster man and a Reading teenager were arrested shortly after they held up employees at a Wyomissing restaurant, borough police said Saturday.

First run proposal past Wyomissing district's board Editor: The forgotten taxpayers of the Wyomissing School District again observed the ineptitude of the school board's leadership .

Reading Eagle Wyomissing police arrested two Reading men after they broke into a car in the borough and stole a cell phone, investigators said Wednesday.

Reading Eagle City Councilman Stratton P. Marmarou has been found not guilty of harassing a group of Albright College students outside their house in the 1500 block of North 14th Street.

Reading Eagle A 38-year-old Wernersville man died Friday of multiple injuries suffered nearly two weeks ago when he was struck by a pickup truck while walking along Route 422 in South Heidelberg Township, Berks County Coroner Dennis J. Hess said.

"It may be a crazy life, but it's our life," Kate Gosselin said in the introduction to her family's reality TV show, "Jon & Kate Plus 8." Many Franklin County families watch the reality television show on TLC featuring their fellow Pennsylvanians -- a young couple who first had a set of twins, then, trying for "just one more" child, as the show's ...

Racism is alive and well Editor: I was appalled when I read the article "Two Shenandoah youths get jail sentences in fatal beating of Mexican immigrant in Schuylkill County" . There is definitely something wrong with the court system when a group of six teens can assault and cause the death of another and only get a slap on the wrist as punishment.

Reading Eagle: Ryan McFadden Mike Miller helps his mother, Wanda K. Rittenbaugh, wash dishes with bottled water in their Birdsboro residence.

About 40 residents packed the Birdsboro Municipal Authority meeting Monday night, pleading with officials to work with them to resolve the issue of unpaid water and sewer bills.

Wyomissing may get a historic district. Borough council is talking about hiring a consultant to study whether there are enough properties in Wyomissing to qualify for the district.

Put differences aside and work together Editor: Many people I know are either unemployed or working twice as hard for less pay and seeing bigger decreases in wages for skyrocketing medical insurance.

The state police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement has cited two Berks County bars for liquor code violations, officials said Friday.

Two catalog sales next weekend, one at Freeman's, the other at Pook & Pook Inc., will offer auctiongoers the chance to bid on works by such studio artists as Thomas Hart Benton and Fern Coppedge - as well as those of a prolific Pennsylvania woodcarver in the folk-art tradition.