Attorney General Josh Shapiro has announced that the owner of a Berks County construction company has pleaded guilty to falsifying lab reports for water samples.

The Health Resources and Services Administration or HRSA, has awarded St. Luke’s Miners Campus a $1 million grant to help combat the opioid crisis.

East Penn Manufacturing, which manufactures batteries in Lyon Station, and is Berks County’s largest employer, has acquired a manufacturer of lithium battery technology and systems for the heavy-duty commercial, government and defense markets.

Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing will be having a change in leadership at the end of the year.

Just when John Loyack was about to retire from corporate life, a new opportunity came knocking, one that would transform his plans to slow down. Loyack heeded opportunity's call and dove into academia. No longer running corporations, today he is leading Reading's Alvernia University into the future.

Alvernia University is investing in Reading's future workforce with the Reading Collegiate Scholarship Program.

Randy Peers has resigned as president and CEO of The Greater Reading Chamber Alliance, the result of a mutual decision between Peers and the GRCA.

With the impending sale of the Reading Eagle Co. to Media News Group of Denver, the company has issued a notice that calls for the elimination of 81 jobs effective June 30 – the day the sale is expected to be complete.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Commission has approved the award of a Category 4 casino license to Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, through its Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association.