The franchise owner-operator of 56 McDonald’s restaurants in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware has donated $400,000 to support education initiatives in Central Pennsylvania.

It was quite the day Friday for Schuylkill Valley swimmers at the PIAA Swimming and Diving Championships at Bucknell University. The Panthers won two individual events, one in meet record time, and a ...

• Days of Old, a bluegrass gospel group, will present a concert today at 3 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 117 E. Arch St., Fleetwood. A free-will offering will be taken.

The Emmet Cohen Quintet will perform music by Miles Davis and John Coltrane as part of the Boscov’s Berks Jazz Fest.

Peel-and-stick lives up to its name. You peel and it sticks — to you, your clothes, your scissors, your hair, the sides of the cabinets, the tops of the cabinets and to every other inch of ...

Safe Berks has received a $100,000 state grant to help pay for safety and security upgrades at its domestic violence shelter. The nonprofit organization provides a safe haven and ongoing support ...

District plans to replace 25 diesel buses with zero-emission vehicles through partnership with Zum Services, becoming the first in Berks County to approve the transition.

Reading’s city auditor found several policy violations in the use of municipal purchasing cards, including missing receipts, unnecessary sales tax payments and transactions exceeding spending ...

Administrator Ricaurte Vásquez said Thursday that the conflict in the Middle East and rising fuel costs could ultimately benefit ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday quashed Justice Department subpoenas issued to the Federal Reserve in January, a severe blow to an investigation that has already attracted strong criticism ...

A recent fundraiser collected $150,000 for Reading Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. The Friends of Reading Hospital and the Reading Hospital Foundation hosted a Farm to Table(aux) celebration ...

During my career I’ve covered enough court proceedings, including murder trials, to internalize some of the language of the courtroom. I may not be as well-versed in jurisprudence as someone who went ...