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LOS ANGELES - Elinor Otto braces her slight frame and grips the riveting gun with both hands, her bright red hair and flowered sweater a blossom of color in Long Beach, Calif.'s clanking Boeing C-17 plant.Boom, boom, boom.She leans back as the gun's ...

Reading EagleMuhlenberg Township police say a tip to Crime Alert Berks County resulted in the arrest of a suspect in a Tuesday holdup.The suspect was identified late Tuesday night by police as Robert Y. Mohamed.No further information about him was av...

A 17-year-old former Conrad Weiser High School student pleaded guilty Tuesday to punching two police officers Nov. 15 after a fight between two girls on a school bus.Taylor J. Clark admitted to Senior Judge Arthur E. Grim in Berks County Juvenile Cou...

A former executive director of Pennsylvania's Farm Service Agency was granted the Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau.Richard Pallman of Lackawanna County grew up on a turkey farm near Clarks Summit, raised mar...

Ask the Horse Doctor By Dr. Christina Vittoria

Pennsylvania is just as much of a forestry capital today as it was in 1681 when William Penn was granted "Penn's Woods."People continue to enjoy clean water and air, hunt plentiful game for food, and secure wood for shelter, furniture, paper, tools, ...

Floor Plans By Michelle Napoletano Lynch

Mountain Folklore By Dave Kline

Hot Stuff By Fred Bernardo

Farm bill, transportation, immigration reform head the list