Taylor Swift's connections to sports go back to her early days performing the national anthem

Taylor Swift got her singing career started by performing the national anthem at sporting events as a young child and teenager. She sang the anthem before 45,900 fans at Game 3 of the 2008 World Series. The World Series. Yes, even the Double-A Reading Phillies.

Crews respond to apparent house explosion in Berks County

Crews responded to reports of an explosion at a two-story dwelling in Berks County early Friday morning.

Judge rejects plea for Berks County woman charged with killing her 2 young children

Forty-year-old Lisa Snyder on Friday pleaded no contest but mentally ill to third-degree murder. The judge said the plea doesn't serve justice and rejected it. The case now heads to trial.

Judge rejects plea for Berks County woman charged with killing her 2 children
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A judge on Friday rejected a plea agreement for a Berks County woman charged with killing her two young children, who were found hanging in the basement of their home nearly four years ago.

Senior women cheerleaders are spreading joy in Berks County: ‘It’s very good exercise’

A group of senior women, known as the "Heritage Hotties" are spreading joy and getting great exercise as cheerleaders each week as they pick up their gold and blue poms, in their community.

Senior women cheerleaders are spreading joy in Berks County
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A group of senior women, known as the "Heritage Hotties" are spreading joy and getting great exercise as cheerleaders each week as they pick up their gold and blue poms, in their community.

Seeking the best retirement locations? Look no further than Reading or Allentown, according to a new survery

Seven cities in Pennsylvania have cracked the Top 10 on a new U.S. News & World Report survey for "2024 Best Places to Retire in the U.S." Reading and Allentown rank in the top five.

Man reunited with parents' wedding rings after they were found hidden in his childhood home

A set of wedding rings that belong to the parents of a Pennsylvania man were returned to him after the current owners of his childhood home found them hidden in a light.

Berks County K-9 retires after five years of service

Berks County Sheriif's offices gives warm send-off to K-9 Axel after five years of service.

Pennsylvania chocolate factory fined for failing to evacuate before fatal natural gas explosion

A Pennsylvania chocolate factory was fined more than $44,000 by the federal workplace safety agency on Thursday for failing to evacuate before a natural gas explosion that killed seven people.

Federal investigators subpoena Pennsylvania agency for records related to chocolate plant explosion

Federal safety investigators issued a subpoena to Pennsylvania’s public utility regulator on Monday for documents related to a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory, escalating a months-long legal dispute over the state agency's authority to share the sensitive information.

'Catastrophic flooding' closes Berks County school for upcoming school year, according to officials

Clean up is underway after heavy flooding in Reading. Officials are saying that Antietam Middle-Senior High School suffered catastrophic flood damage that will keep it closed next school year.

Gas leaked from bad fitting at Pennsylvania chocolate factory where 7 died in blast, report says

Federal safety investigators say they've determined that natural gas was leaking from a defective fitting at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory where a powerful explosion killed seven people.

Pennsylvania town overrun by floodwaters from recent storm: 'There was no stopping it'

A massive cleanup effort is underway in Stony Creek Mills after drenching rain from a weekend storm caused the nearby Antietam Creek to spill over and turn the town's streets into raging rivers. 

Delaware Valley, Lehigh Valley overwhelmed as heavy rain causes flash flooding

The Delaware Valley and Lehigh Valley have seen a lot of rain in the last week and Sunday brought more of a deluge, creating widespread flash flooding issues in a few counties.