Berks County news

A door-to-door pitch says Met-Ed chose a solar company and will pay for your panels. Here is what is true, what is not, and how to check.

A running tracker of Berks County data centers: what is operating now, the one big AI campus proposed, and which towns have zoning rules.

The Berks County Register of Wills handles probate, estate letters, short certificates, and inheritance tax. What the office does and how to start.

The Sept. 3 Berks County commissioners meeting: $4.5 million shifted for child and youth costs, opioid-settlement money, and a $500,000 escrow set-aside.

The county and City of Reading say fraudulent emails using real employee names and logos are targeting Berks businesses to get financial information.

Bern supervisors are set to decide Sept. 1 on a conditional-use agreement for the Stinson warehouse off W. Leesport Road, hemmed in by 32 conditions.

How to clear a Berks County criminal record: what Clean Slate seals for free, what expungement erases, and how to petition the court.

The steps in a Berks County criminal case after an arrest: booking, preliminary arraignment and bail, the preliminary hearing, and formal arraignment in court.

What the Berks County commissioners did Aug. 27: a first step toward up to $30 million in youth-detention bonds, plus a 600 Penn tower agreement of sale.

Mount Penn wants to take control of the water system its authority has run since 1941. A court fight now affects 3,500 homes in four towns.

The Aug. 27 Berks County commissioners meeting: a step toward up to $30 million in bonds for the regional youth detention center, plus a vote to buy 600 Penn Street.

The Reading School District board votes Aug. 26 on a three-year contract for its food-service workers, with an hourly raise and new starting wages.

South Heidelberg supervisors vote Aug. 25 on a zoning change that defines data centers and would allow them in the township's I3 industrial district.

How to put money on a Berks County Jail inmate's account or tablet, mail letters and photos through TextBehind, and what you cannot send.

Visit an inmate at Berks County Jail: get on the approved list, schedule by phone at 610-208-4800, plus free video calls, ID rules, and dress code.

Find someone in the Berks County Jail System: call the jail at 610-208-4800, look them up free on VINE, or search Pennsylvania court dockets by name.

What the Berks County commissioners did Aug. 20: an arena-authority bond refinancing, an $82,675 courthouse-relocation study, and $304,500 in new ballot scanners.

The Aug. 20 Berks County commissioners agenda: a Convention Center Authority bond refinancing, a courthouse-relocation study, and new election scanners.

Windsor Township adopted Ordinance 2026-01 on Aug. 11, setting where data centers can go in Berks County and what they must prove before they build.

Amity Township holds a public hearing Aug. 19 on adopting a joint comprehensive plan with three neighbors, and weighs sewer-plant costs and a tapping-fee study.