The Berks County sheriff's department has provided this information about people wanted for failure to appear in family court.

Berks County has had three deaths linked to swine flu, according to the state Department of Health.

Students studying German in Berks County classrooms put aside their textbooks and got a real-life lesson in German culture Tuesday at the Reading Liederkranz.

They served during World War II, the Vietnam War, and in Korea, Afghanistan and Iraq.

North Heidelberg/Bernville-Robesonia Road is closed between Brownsville and Meadow roads in North Heidelberg Township after an accident involving a commercial truck.

A second death in Berks County has been linked to swine flu, according to the state Department of Health.

Incumbent District Judge Ann L. Young defeated challenger Dave Debiec for another six-year term on the bench.

Two candidates for Robesonia mayor have different ideas on the future of the borough's small police department.

Teens are not solely to blame Editor's note: This letter was submitted by a student in Stacey Long's journalism classes at Conrad Weiser High School as part of a class project.

Reading Eagle A 28-year-old Robesonia man was killed Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle collided head-on with another vehicle in North Heidelberg Township, authorities said.

It's no surprise that public libraries are as strapped for cash as everyone else.

Reading Eagle Shaun B. Hauschild, 17, son of Terry D. and Wendy A. Hauschild, Wernersville, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

Reading Eagle The Miller-Keystone Blood Center, 2745 Leisz's Bridge Road, Bern Township, has scheduled the following blood drive sites: Thursday: Sacred Heart Villa, 51 Seminary Ave., Hyde Park, 7 to 10:20 a.m. Friday: Threshold Rehabilitation Services, 1000 Lancaster Ave., 8 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. Saturday: Bern Reformed United Church of Christ, 3196 ...

Reading Eagle: Jeremy Drey Friends of the Robesonia Furnace board member Randy Gartner, above, in the basement of an original furnace structure that is part of the group's library and history center.

Road projects Route 222 between Business Route 222 in Ontelaunee Township and Berkshire Boulevard in Wyomissing: overnight lane restrictions, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Route 422 in Lower and South Heidelberg townships: single-lane conditions around the clock.