Philanthropists Ray and Carole Neag of Wyomissing donated $2 million to expand Penn State Health St. Joseph’s robotic surgery program in Berks County, the health system announced.

Continuing its expansion of urgent care clinics, St. Luke’s University Health Network opened St. Luke’s Care Now-Hamburg in Tilden Township, its first in Berks County.

West Reading-based Tower Health and Independence Blue Cross have agreed to a three-year contract, officials announced today.

Tower Health, the newly formed health system of Reading Health System and five other hospitals, and Independence Blue Cross are at loggerheads over the terms and rate structures of insurance plans.

A tuxedo shop that was a fixture in Muhlenberg Township for decades will become a medical marijuana dispensary.

Anna. D. Weitz, president of Reading Area Community College, will retire at the end of the school year, the college announced.

As he watched the news coverage of Hurricane Harvey, Justin Spannuth worried about his wife Melissa's family and friends who were in its destructive path through Texas.

Lidl, the German discount supermarket chain that opened its first stores in the U.S. this summer, plans to open two stores in Berks and Montgomery counties.