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John Luvisi originally planned to retire from his post as Director of Grants and Prospect Research at Alvernia University during the summer.But the lure of 700 frozen turkeys swayed him into staying until the end of the Reading university's 26th annu...

Question: Did JFK prepare a Thanksgiving Day address in 1963?

If the taps dispensing George Killian's and Samuel Adams OctoberFest and the "Big Buck Hunter Pro" video game are not enough to draw you into the Penn Werner Hotel bar, maybe some small-time gambling might.That is what owner David Shefter is thinking...

Minutes of the Reading Redevelopment Authority's Oct. 16 meeting have put a new rift between Mayor Vaughn D. Spencer and City Council.Spencer's assistant Lawrence P. Murin was describing the mayor's planned community development corporation, or CDC, ...

Icy rain was falling hard outside and flooding rain gutters, but Cathy Kochel and Jensennia Vallejo were still talking about a pool party held during the summer.It was at a Reading Fightin Phils game. The girls, both from Reading, went with other par...

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch officials, including Gov. Tom Corbett, will see a few hundred dollars more in salary in 2014, unless they decline it.The increase is just 0.3 percent, smaller than most other ...

The Associated PressWASHINGTON - An agreement secured with its greatest global foe, the Obama administration pleaded Tuesday with a more familiar if often difficult negotiating partner not to scuttle last weekend's Iran nuclear deal: Congress.Just ba...

The Associated PressNEW YORK - Thanksgiving travelers scrambled to book earlier flights Tuesday to avoid a sprawling storm bearing down on the East Coast with a messy mix of snow, rain and wind that threatened to snarl one of the busiest travel days ...

Officials at the Hamburg School District and Reading Area Community College are working on setting up a dual enrollment program that would allow Hamburg students to earn college credits.Among the classes the program would offer are calculus, biology,...

Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to sign a bill today that will allow thousands of Pennsylvania bars to operate small games of chance. Among other things, the bill:Amends the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to allow bars to seek a license to offer...