Reading, Bergs County | featured news

Two people were injured Friday in a crash that sent an ambulance careening into a city row home.According to Reading Fire Acting Chief Gary A. Mogel, the crash happened just before 9:20 a.m. at Perkiomen Avenue and 16th Street. A vehicle collided wit...

OMAHA, Neb. - An Omaha toddler is hospitalized in critical condition after being bitten in the face by a family dog.KETV reports the incident happened at a home in southwest Omaha around 9 a.m. Nov. 21.The 1-year-old boy was taken to Creighton Unive...

WASHINGTON, Ill. - A dog and his owner have been reunited after the animal was found under a pile of rubble more than a week after a tornado ripped through a central Illinois city.Jacob Montgomery of Washington and his dog Dexter were separated when...

Sitting by a campfire, Caitlyn Walker and her boyfriend, Randy Kersteen, tossed a pound of bacon and some "stinky" bologna into a pan and stirred it around, hoping the aroma would spread into the woods.They never intended to eat the unusual mix of fo...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Animal welfare officers in Albuquerque are trying to locate a man who threw two dogs from a pickup truck onto a street.Officer Kathryn Waite said a bulldog suffered a serious leg injury during the incident Wednesday but that the s...

RAPID CITY, S.D. - The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery to a Rapid City neighborhood because a carrier was bitten by a dog.The last piece of mail residents on the 100 block of Montana Street got was a Nov. 8 letter saying they can pic...

Cumru Township firefighters are trying to contain oil that is leaking from an unknown source into a storm water retention basin along Old Lancaster Pike at Goose Lane in the township.The leak was discovered about 1:15 p.m. Friday in the Route 222 cor...

Emergency crews are on the scene of a crash on Old Route 22 in Upper Tulpehocken Township, near Strausstown.According to initial reports, one person was reported to be unconscious after a two-vehicle crash at 1:50 p.m. at Cabin Creek Lane, about a mi...

Fishing conditionsWinter officially may start three weeks from now, but unofficially it's here already. Fishing is arduous and often unsatisfying. Lake and stream temperatures have reached the low to mid-40s and fish are hunkered down. Trout anglers ...

Reading Eagle and wire reportsThe Reading Royals are looking at two familiar faces to bolster their depleted lineup.The team is expected to sign free agent forward Brandon Blandina today and claimed forward Tyler Brenner off waivers from Bakersfield ...