Keith Mayer

2 days ago | readingeagle.com | Keith Mayer

The temperatures so far this week at Reading Regional Airport have knocked off a few date records. The highs of 99 and 100 degrees on Monday and Tuesday, respectively, each set marks, bettering the prior date records of 98 each day. Previous 98s for Monday were set in 1908 and equaled in 1923 and 1943. The Tuesday 98 was from 1943. The record for Wednesday is 99 from 1943. One low temperature was also a record.

1 week ago | readingeagle.com | Susan Smith |Keith Mayer

The heat is on in Berks County and southeastern Pennsylvania in general. The National Weather Service issued heat advisories Wednesday for parts of the region, but Berks just evaded that. Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery counties are under the advisory until 8 p.m. tonight as the high temperatures mix with extreme humidity, pushing the heat index to 99 degrees. In Berks, the forecast high for today is 88 degrees with the chance of showers and thunderstorms hitting the area after 11 a.m. increasing.

2 weeks ago | delcotimes.com | Keith Mayer

Diamond State Financial Group, an independent financial services firm based in Newark, Del., has established its second home at 124 E. State St., Media. The purchase was the next natural step for DSFG’s expansion into Media and surrounding Delaware County communities, following their 2018 merger with Wechsler Marsico Simpson, a Media-based comprehensive financial services firm that strongly aligned with DSFG’s core values and business practices, according to a press release.

2 weeks ago | delcotimes.com | Keith Mayer

East Lansdowne police arrested two women on charges in a police pursuit and allegedly attempting to run down an officer. They are Amani Brown, 26, and Rhonda Scruggs, 28, both of Philadelphia. Brown was committed to the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in lieu of 10% of $100,000 bail after arraignment by District Judge Walter A. Strohl on fleeing and eluding, reckless endangerment, aggravated Assault – attempts to cause SBI or causes injury with extreme indifference, and related offenses.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Keith Mayer

Measurable rainfall was recorded on 18 of 31 days in May at Reading Regional Airport as umbrella weary Berks County residents slogged through the third-wettest May in a lengthy record period of 156 years. An even 10 inches of rain was recorded at the airport. “This May was wet throughout with no more than three consecutive days without rain,” said retired meteorologist and Berks Area Rainfall Networks founder Jeffrey R. Stoudt.