Good morning, Reading.

In Minersville — neighbors complained about a strong odor — rescuers spent nine hours on Tuesday removing 74 cats from a Twin Street house.

The SPCA effort is now seeking foster homes and donations at River Run Veterinary Hospital in Pottsville.

Weis Markets has opened registration for its seventh annual Weis 4 School program, which will donate $500,000 to pre-K to eighth grade schools until May 31, 2027 (schools must register online by Oct.

31).

Animal Rescue League announced leadership transitions by electing Eden Bucher as board president + naming new directors Lorin Basden Arnold and Kyle Giles as part of its effort to strengthen animal welfare services in the county.

The Reading Mayor’s office and State Rep. Manny Guzman teamed with local vendors for a back-to-school event in downtown Reading Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. that provided free school supplies, food, haircuts and eye exams for Berks County kids.

The Reading Public Museum is asking for community support today to fund a chandelier project that reuses old glass from the Dale Chihuly exhibit.

It has raised ($200,000) and needs ($48,000) more through its GoFundMe to brighten its atrium for visitors.

Artist Sally Veach creates a new exhibit that uses mine waste pigments in a personal act of atonement for coal mining damage.

The drawings open tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. at GoggleWorks (201 Washington St.) and run until Oct. 12.

The Patton Avenue Learning Center in Oakbrook earned the STAR 4 rating, Pennsylvania’s highest quality mark in child care, seven months after its September 2025 opening; officials and community partners celebrated the achievement on Aug.

17 at the Oakbrook Neighborhood Resource Center + an anonymous donor gifted $10,000 for improvements.

State health officials said two measles exposures occurred in Lancaster County—one at a Millersville University soccer camp on Aug.

4–5 and another at a Whole Foods on Fruitville Pike on Aug. 12; the incidents are part of 340 measles cases reported statewide, including four in Berks.

Daniel Boone football in Birdsboro hires new coach Steven Pangburn to launch a cultural shift for the 2026 season.

The team, aiming to reverse a 1-9 record, will open its schedule on Aug. 28 in Lebanon (focusing on faster practices and stronger defense).

Reading High football team is working to build unity and leadership as they prepare for a busy season, according to Coach Troy Godinet.

They will open their schedule on Aug. 28 in Phoenixville and hope to turn culture into wins.

Billy Harris won the Performance Volvo Pro Tennis Challenge at the Emkey Tennis Garden in Wyomissing on Tuesday and raised $6,000 for the Olivet Boys and Girls Club of Reading and Berks County; he beat DK Suresh and now heads to New York for the US Open next week.