Berks County News

Police on the scene of a crash at Fifth and Court streets shortly before midnight Thursday.

One vivid recollection was of some guy on stage sporting wire-rimmed spectacles, a beard and a derby.

A Dillsburg woman was arrested in Berks County last month when she lied about being kidnapped, according to a news release issued Thursday.

A local police chief and a school principal have their dog to thank for alerting them to a fire that destroyed their home and much of what they own.

Make that two more coal plants to go cold and many more to follow -- all to the loud cheers of environmental groups that don't want fracking for natural gas, either.

Instead, the life of Pennsylvania's 36th governor, George M. Leader, was celebrated Thursday with family memories, a haunting rendition of "We Shall Overcome," and lines of his own poetry - as he had scripted his own funeral, years ago.

Dozens of law enforcers presented officer Brad Fox's widow, Lynsay, with an honorary riding jersey in Berks County on Friday.

A suggestion made last month by Lower Pottsgrove state Rep. Mark Painter to designate the length of High Street as "Business U.S. Route 422," from the township's eastern boundary all the way west across Pottstown to the Berks County line, hasn't yet gained traction with the Board of Commissioners.

Lisbhett Yomayra Diaz surrendered to Berks County detectives Wednesday morning, a day after the detectives obtained a warrant for her arrest.

A Berks County businessman who shot and killed his wife nearly four years ago was ordered Wednesday to spend the rest of his life in prison.

The Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry celebrated 100 years of serving the Berks County community Monday at its annual dinner at the Sovereign Performing Arts Center.

A Berks County man who admitted to stealing money meant for his wife's dialysis treatment will be spending time behind bars.

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Not all retail players in Pennsylvania are in agreement on how to go about privatizing the state's liquor system.

Oley Valley seniors Alexandra Kubitz and her boyfriend Kirkland Turner ride the Thun Trail on a recent spring day.

A tip called in to Crime Alert Berks County led to the arrest of a man wanted in the rape of a Hamburg woman last week, police said.

A homicide case grown cold over the last 11 years heated up Tuesday with the arrest of a suspect and his mother.

Excessive sun exposure can increase your risk of melanoma, which is the most common form of cancer for people between ages 25 and 29.

Zerbe Township authorities will not ticket owners of recreational vehicles parked on township streets unless their placement constitutes a safety hazard.

A city man apologized before he was sentenced Monday in Berks County Court to 27 1/2 to 55 years in state prison for fatally shooting a man in a May 2012 botched robbery near the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading.