Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained...
By RYAN J. FOLEY, CARLA K. JOHNSON and SHELBY LUM (Associated Press) Demetrio Jackson was desperate for medical help when the paramedics arrived. The 43-year-old was surrounded by police who arrested...
View ArticleBecoming John Lennon is a lifelong love for Steve Landes
In an electrifying performance, the renowned Beatles cover band, Rain, continues to mesmerize audiences with their faithful renditions of the Fab Four's timeless hits. From the iconic “Abbey Road” to...
View ArticleDaily docket: April 26, 2024
Daily thought “Rain down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together.I, the Lord,...
View ArticleCrime Alert Berks Crime of Week 4/28/24: Exeter police seek shoplifting suspects
Crime Alert Berks County, a citizen crime-fighting group, is offering cash rewards of up to $10,000 to anyone supplying tips that lead to an arrest in this case or any other case or crime. Tipsters...
View ArticleHow you can prioritize debt and still take a vacation
By Melissa Lambarena | NerdWallet Taking that much needed vacation while on a debt payoff journey may seem impossible, but it doesn’t have to be. By planning a vacation that suits your budget and keeps...
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Berks County Intermediate Unit holds robotics competition
High school students got a chance to show off their engineering know-how Thursday during a competition at the Berks Career and Technology Center in Bern Township. The Sea, Air and Land Challenge was...
View ArticleFried chicken and doughnuts are big news in Berks [Opinion]
I don’t get excited the way a lot of people do about news that a national or regional retail or restaurant chain is breaking ground in Berks County. The Reading News published stories this month on...
View ArticlePa. must modernize natural gas infrastructure or face serious risks [opinion]
More than 100,000 jobs in Pennsylvania are connected to the natural gas industry, which has generated tens of billions of dollars in economic activity for the commonwealth, according to a recent...
View ArticleEditorial: Pennsylvania must make primary changes
For a long time we’ve been pounding the drum urging people not to forget the importance of primary elections. After all, the choices made by Democrats and Republicans in the spring often all but decide...
View ArticlePresident Joe Biden says he’s ‘happy to debate’ Donald Trump during interview...
By AAMER MADHANI (The Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that he is willing to debate his presumptive Republican opponent, Donald Trump, later this fall - his most...
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Wyomissing's Amaya Stewart, Exeter's Grace Reedy earn All-State girls...
Two Berks girls basketball players earned All-State recognition for the 2023-24 season. Wyomissing junior Amaya Stewart was named to the Class 4A first team and Exeter senior Grace Reedy was named to...
View ArticlePredawn house fire in Morgantown draws crews from Berks, Chester and...
Fire crews from Berks, Chester and Lancaster counties responded to a predawn residential fire Friday in Morgantown. The alarm went out about 5:15 a.m. in the 100 block of Lexington Way in Caernarvon...
View ArticleBerks coroner seeks next of kin for body found in Reading [Update]
The Berks County coroner’s office is asking the public to help locate the family of a man whose body was found in a vacant home in the 800 block of Bingaman Street in Reading. The decomposing remains...
View ArticleEgypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire...
By SAMY MAGDY, BASSEM MROUE and DAVID RISING (Associated Press) CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel for talks Friday seeking to push through a cease-fire agreement with Hamas and...
View ArticleBerks Catholic's Brady Mider places seventh in shot put at Penn Relays
PHILADELPHIA — Brady Mider didn't have time Friday to sulk over his disappointing finish at the Penn Relays; the Berks Catholic senior has another meet on Saturday. Mider, seeded fourth in the shot put...
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Beyond the Paris Olympics: Other intriguing events set throughout France this...
By Scott Hartbeck, TravelPulse France is hot, and we're not just talking about the catwalks in Paris or the yacht clubs on the Riviera. There is no denying that 2024 will be a huge year for travel in...
View ArticleBerks jury finds driver guilty of fatally running over his fiancee and...
A former Shillington man has been convicted by a Berks County jury on all counts stemming from fatally running over his fiancee on Penn Square in Reading in 2021 and leaving the scene. Joseph Alley,...
View Article‘Dead Boy Detectives’ review: Hardy Boys for the supernatural realm
A pair of teenage ghosts solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele in “Dead Boy Detectives” on Netflix, an eight-episode season that sits squarely in the YA genre. Picture something like “The...
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A Salvadoran cookbook from a major publisher is finally here. Why did it take...
By Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Food never happened in a vacuum for Karla Tatiana Vasquez. Stories always followed. Whenever her grandmother or mother cooked, Vasquez knew something...
View ArticleReading High named a “Green Ribbon School”
Reading High School has been recognized with a national award for its environmental efforts. The U.S. Department of Education on Friday named Reading High as a “2024 Green Ribbon School.” The...
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