5+ hour, 9+ min ago  (450+ words) New Mexico's attorney general on Friday opened a criminal investigation to determine whether U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents broke state law by allowing hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills to reach the streets of Albuquerque. Current and former DEA agents, including…...

5+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1128+ words) A new report by a'Trump administration commission'suggests replacing the idea of separating church and state with the idea of building bridges between them. The assertion " challenging a longstanding concept in American law " comes amid a raft of recommendations in a…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago  (154+ words) Hamburg Grange #2103 held its All-You-Can-Eat Chicken Pot Pie Dinner March 21 at the Hamburg Area High School to benefit Blessed Beginnings. Grange members served a total of 453 units, which included people that ate in-person, purchased quarts, and/or take-out meals. "We…...

9+ hour, 46+ min ago  (474+ words) Last August, when asked to list her top three goals for the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, Kylah Schlott kept it simple. The 29yearold Muhlenberg Township woman wrote that she wanted to beat her personal bests in three swimming events: the 100meter breaststroke,…...

15+ hour, 50+ min ago  (448+ words) A long-vacant industrial property at Sixth and Chestnut streets has moved a step closer to redevelopment. The Reading Planning Commission at its meeting Tuesday unanimously approved the preliminary land development plan of House Development Corporation Mid Atlantic and Landis Quality…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago  (377+ words) Another federal lawmaker has confirmed that plans to convert a pair of warehouses in Berks and Schuylkill counties into Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities have been canceled. U. S. Rep. Dan Meuser issued a statement Friday revealing that the U. S. Department of…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago  (495+ words) The former Immaculate Conception Academy may reopen as a satellite campus of another Berks County-based Catholic academy. St. Francis Classical Catholic Academy, a Catholic school in Bally, has expressed interest in reopening Immaculate Conception, former school officials told the Reading…...

11+ hour, 20+ min ago  (407+ words) Two weeks after flames ripped through a 20-unit apartment building in Muhlenberg Township, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced financial assistance programs are available for those affected by the blaze. Dozens of people who lived in the Oak Forest apartment complex were…...

11+ hour, 35+ min ago  (471+ words) It's a rolling, hissing piece of history that has been drawing huge crowds as it makes its way across the United States. And it's headed for Berks County this week. Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014, the world's largest operating steam…...

13+ hour, 5+ min ago  (224+ words) The Historic Preservation Trust of Berks, Friends of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site and Society for Pennsylvania Archeaology Chapter 21 will offer free events daily from July 1 through 5. All programs, with the exception of those on July 4, will be held at…...