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The First Friday Downtown Beer Garden returns to Fifth and Penn streets from 5 to 10 p.m. It will be held on the first Friday of every month through October.

A worker at a Reading convenience store skimmed about $3,000 by voiding transactions after collecting cash from customers, then pocketing those sums, city police said.

The accuracy of vaccine statistics are being called into question because of the high number of people still listed as needing a second shot.

Gas prices are on the rise again, but Americans can't wait to get on the road again.

The Nesting Box Market & Creamery and Way-Har Farm Market are among the 31 stops on the 2021 Pennsylvania Ice Cream Trail.

Berks County wildlife artist Scott Calpino has been chosen for Maryland's 2021-22 duck stamp, winning the 47th annual Migratory Game Bird Stamp Design Contest with his lifelike rendering of a hen and a drake redhead.

Proceeds from the concert by the six-time Tony Award nominee benefit the NiCori Studio & Productions Scholarship Fund. The webcast of the live concert is Saturday night.

Since its purchase of Reading's Ehrlich in 2006, England-based Rentokil has aggressively expanded its North American operations.

Check your numbers from the New Year's Millionaire Raffle if you bought a ticket.

Borough Council will discuss how to handle police coverage at a meeting Wednesday night.

The summer of 2020, however, was the warmest on record.

A 10-year-old Conrad Weiser Middle School student reported she was forced into a car on the school campus while attending a sports-related event Thursday afternoon, police said.

Thanks to the generosity of the community, Opportunity House in downtown Reading has a new pantry with shelves filled with food and a new refrigerator and freezer.

Are you planning to watch any Farm Show events when the virtual events start next week?

The sophomore contributed 12 points and 5 rebounds in Thursday night's game against her former team.

Safety has to be a priority, but we’re still here every day working for veterans, and we are still committed to getting them what they’ve earned, said Ken Lebron, director of Berks County Veterans Affairs.

Penn State players contended in the days leading up to Saturday’s game against Maryland that they remained motivated for the rest of the season after losing their first two games. The Nittany Lions showed very little of it against the Terrapins.

The "Dream Team" delivered a golden moment for Conrad Weiser tennis.

Caleb Fatkin’s double-overtime goal completed a late comeback and put Oley Valley in the District 3 championship game.

Unseasonably warm temperatures on Saturday created a scene that will become part of Pennsylvania cross country lore. But Caryn Rippey’s singular focus served her quite well.

A Reading man whose convictions in the fatal shootings of two cousins were overturned cannot be tried a second time, a Berks County judge has ruled.

The organizers have decided making a run at opening for 2020 was impossible given the current restrictions and potential liability, said Timothy J. Profit, president of Savage Auto Group, who started spearheading the display in 2015.

According to Hamburg School District officials, the student was last at the school on Monday.

The former vice president crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.

Alvernia University and its campus foodservice provider, Aladdin, are partnering to help students in need of hot meals while simultaneously reducing food waste.

In addition to the lack of hot water for handwashing at one place, there was some inventive plumbing work-arounds at other locations.

Rich Scarcella gives a preview of today's game against Maryland at 3:30 p.m.

Top-seeded Lampeter-Stasburg defeated Conrad Weiser 56-35 Friday night, but the Scouts refused to surrender during their District 3 Class 4A football semifinal.