A 1947 topographic map of the Reading, Pennsylvania area. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
One man was shot and another man stabbed in less than an hour early Sunday morning in Reading.
City police said the two incidents are unrelated.
Neither victim is cooperating with investigators.
In the shooting case, police were called to the 200 block of South Ninth Street for separate reports of shots being fired in the block and that a person had been shot.
Trees fell, fires ignited and power lines came down Sunday as Berks County was hit by a thunderstorm that swept across the state bringing heavy winds, rain and lightning.
The heaviest part of the storm passed through the county between 5 and 6 p.m. It was followed by a spate of radio traffic from the 9-1-1 center dispatching emergency responders to deal with reported fallen trees around the county, and one case of a tree catching fire after it was struck by lightning, according to dispatchers.
The violent weather was caused by cool air hitting the hot and humid air that had been sitting over Berks the last few days, AccuWeather forecaster Erik Pindrock said.
Editor’s note: Some interesting facts about print media – local and national.
Sunday circulation of The Morning Call, the Lehigh Valley‘s largest news organization, is growing.
Average Sunday circulation for the six-month period ending March 31 was 125,549, up 3 percent compared to the same period a year earlier, according to figures released Tuesday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, a media industry group. Sunday is the most important day for newspapers since it brings in the bulk of advertising revenue.
Weekday circulation was down 5 percent, to 100,196. The Morning Call attributed the decline to “the impact of the single issue price increase to $1.50″ and “repositioning … to grow Sunday and other key advertising days of the week.”
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-newspaper-circulation-20120502,0,7656401.story
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A shaky video shot by an 11-year-old apparently was the ticket that got the owner of Blondies cupcake bakery in Catasauqua, PA on Sunday’s episode of “Cupcake Wars.”
In the video, Rebecca Zukowski of Blondies admitted to being “tacky, flashy and loud.”
Zukowski will compete against three other bakers in a new episode of the Food Network series at 8 p.m. Sunday.
The bakers face three elimination challenges until only one remains. The winner gets $10,000 and a chance to showcase cupcakes at a party for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls, a roller derby team.
Read more: http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/tv/mc-cupcake-wars-blondies-20120420,0,3616109.story
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The holiday service will operate every 60 minutes between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM, and follow the Night Line routing on Stowe-Sanatoga, Philadelphia Premium Outlets-Pottstown Center, North End Loop-Upland Square and Coventry Mall lines.
Contact PART for specific route and trip information at 610-326-5413.
