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Healthy, fun snack ideas for kids
The YMCA is running kids camps all summer long, and each week has a different theme. With the Olympics starting next week, Shawn Borup, nutrition and wellness coach and chef for the YMCA of Reading and Berks County, has a fun themed snack idea that you can make at home.
Update: Excessive heat warning likely to expire at 8 p.m.
The warning was for Western Chester, Eastern Chester, Western Montgomery, Eastern Montgomery, Upper Bucks and Lower Bucks as well as Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Delaware and Philadelphia counties. "The threat of dangerous heat has ended," states the National Weather Service. Weather service Heat wave safety tips: Stay safe with these recommendations.
Pa. mayor’s ‘try harder’ post after Trump shooting ignites backlash, calls for removal
A Berks County mayor’s Facebook post after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has drawn condemnation, spurred a petition to remove him from office and forced the borough’s office to close. Bernville Mayor Shawn Raup-Konsavage, a Democrat, went on Facebook after Saturday’s shooting at a Butler...
10 most expensive homes sold in Berks County, July 8-14
A house in Reading that sold for $878,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Berks County in the past week. In total, 127 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $282,304. The average price per square foot was $166.
Strausstown man sentenced to decade in prison in child pornography case
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A Berks County man will spend a decade behind bars after pleading guilty in a child pornography case. Authorities say 39-year-old Michael Coleman of Strausstown was sentenced Wednesday in United States District Court to 10 years’ imprisonment, 10 years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution.
Berks County resident, Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology student wins National Masonry Competition
Sam Berryman, a first-year student at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, and 2023 graduate of Brandywine Heights High School and Berks Career Technical Center, has won the gold medal at the 2024 SkillsUSA Championship in masonry. The competition, held between June 24-28 in Atlanta, GA, tested participants on their ability...
Thousands without power after severe storms hit central Pa.
More than 28,000 Pennsylvanians do not have electricity Wednesday morning, hours after thunderstorms with powerful winds lashed the midstate. Nearly 10,000 PPL customers reported outages as of 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. About 2,000 of those outages are in Lancaster County, and another nearly 3,000 are in Chester County. PPL estimated power...
Fleetwood man trains for shot to win gold at Olympics
MAIDENCREEK TWP., Pa. - Just a little over a week away from the 2024 Olympic Games, a Berks County man is gearing up for his chance to compete. He'll be the seventh person with ties to the county to head to the Olympics. On Aug. 2, you can tune into...
Berks man sentenced after pleading guilty to child pornography crime
A Strausstown man was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after earlier having plead guilty to a child pornography charge. Bradley M. Coleman, 39, was sentenced in U.S. district court in Philadelphia to 10 years in federal prison followed by 10 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay $35,000 in restitution.
20-year-old Reading man killed in weather-related crash on Route 222 in northern Berks
The Berks County coroner’s office said a 20-year-old Reading man was killed when his car hydroplaned on a large puddle on Route 222 in Maidencreek Township and struck a tree following heavy rainfall last weekend. Anthony Alonso-Hernandez was pronounced dead at 5:50 a.m. July 13 by Deputy Coroner Eric...
Congresswoman visits Berks baby formula plant to discuss supply chain protection
The vision of empty shelves where baby formula should have been is likely one that parents won’t soon forget. Back in 2022, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s exactly what fearful and frustrated parents saw. The U.S. was facing a severe baby formula shortage, one that saw out-of-stock rates reach 70%.
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