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Reading: Shooting

10 hours ago: Reading police and EMS responded to the intersection of 5th & Washington Streets Saturday evening for the report of a shooting, initially described as multiple callers stating a male was shot, and taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. Police closed the sidewalk to investigate. This post will be updated when we receive additional information from authorities. Reading police and EMS responded to the intersection of 5th & Washington Streets Saturday evening for the report of a shooting, initially described as multiple callers stating a male was shot, and taken to the hospital in a personal vehicle. Police closed the sidewalk to investigate. This post will be updated when we receive additional information from authorities.

Next of Kin Request

Yesterday: The Berks County Coroner’s Office is requesting public assistance in locating Next of Kin. The decedent’s name is Robert D. Waters, a 78-year-old male from the Reading area who passed away on 5/7/2026. Anyone with information can contact the Berks County Coroner’s Office at 610-478-3280.

One year of making meals at the Helping Harvest Community Kitchen

Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank recently celebrated an amazing milestone: one full year of making meals at its Helping Harvest Community Kitchen in downtown Reading, and distributing them to area families and individuals facing food insecurity.Helping Harvest staff began the process of moving into t

Camp Connect to provide free summer grief camp for Berks County youth

Children and teens in Berks County coping with the loss of a loved one will have the opportunity to attend a free summer grief camp through the Berks County Intermediate Unit’s Camp Connect program.Now entering its 12th year, Camp Connect has supported more than 400 young people dealing with the dea

Family of Elric Johnston Endersby donates Vernacular Architecture Archive of celebrated timber frame historian to Kutztown University

The memory of Elric J. Endersby, celebrated timber framer and prolific historian of early American vernacular architecture, will be honored through the establishment of the Elric J. Endersby Archive as part of the permanent collection of the library and archives at the Pennsylvania German Cultural H

Meet a volunteer helping people with disabilities play baseball

This article originally appeared in Good Day, Berks — Spotlight PA’s free daily newsletter for Berks County and your daily dose of Berks County essentials. Sign up here.This week’s Community Spotlight honoree is Tom Frebel, 64, a volunteer with Baseballtown Charities Dream League, a nonprofit that e

Chief Wayne Holben reflects on policing, leadership, and community trust

Born in Kempton, and growing up on the Lehigh County side, Wayne Holben had his sights set on a career as early elementary school. He recalls, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to be a police officer, and I wanted to help people.”Upon graduating from Northwestern Lehigh High School, he wasted no

Jonathan Mashburn’s Lounge Around Games Co. creates space for play and connection

As a child living in Pensacola, Florida, Jonathan Mashburn had a passion for electronics. “I loved electronics. I would go to the used book depository and buy them cheap and tinker with them, often reselling them. For years I wanted to do this on the side.” The spirit of entrepreneurship was alive i

Diane Rurode: A lifetime of teaching, leading, and inspiring at Conrad Weiser

Growing up in a family where her father was transferred frequently, Diane Rurode learned early how to adapt to different learning environments and schools in New York, and New Hampshire, finally graduating from Watertown High School in Watertown, Connecticut in 1971. “I applied to all colleges in Ne

Delbert “Del” Bitting: The man behind the wheel at Reading Fairgrounds Speedway

Delbert Gene Bitting was born January 14,1936, the youngest of the four sons of Claude and Florence Bitting. His first home was a farmhouse on Butter Lane in Exeter Township, which they shared with his grandparents. “They lived on one side, and we lived on the other,” he recollected. “The home still

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