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HARRISBURG - A federal judge on Friday set June 9 as the trial date for a lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's gay-marriage ban.U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III scheduled the trial at the federal courthouse in Harrisburg and set a timetable for pr...

There was fur, and there were plenty of feathers.But on a recent day at La Salle Academy in Shillington, the very different visitors made it a point not to cross paths.At a "Fun Friday" celebration to mark the end of the first academic quarter, stude...

Fugitive back in Berks, arraigned in wife's slaying

The City of Reading Revitalization and Improvement Zone Authority - working fast to meet a Nov. 30 deadline - on Friday approved 250 parcels spread over 129 acres to be included in the zone.At its next meeting Monday, the 10-member board will be aske...

Daily thought"You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything. " Exodus 20: 4aWe have an unseen God who needs no manmade statue to represent Him. - The Rev. Bill Miller, St. Thomas Church, BernvilleBirthsIn Reading Hospital:A daughter...

Sept. 9, 2005: Torres is served a protection from abuse order, demanding he stay away from his estranged wife, Barbara West-Torres.Sept. 12, 2005: Authorities say Torres ambushes his wife in a parking lot, fatally shooting her.June 2011: Torres is ad...

One of the sticking points in getting transportation funding legislation passed by the state House of Representatives this week was the prevailing wage.I thought it might be helpful to explain how the prevailing wage works and why it's an important i...

Connie Ramsey says she has always felt a kinship with the kids at The Children's Home of Reading. Teaming up with a local restaurant franchise owner, she brought a little bit of Thanksgiving to them Friday evening, providing meals to about 80 kids. "...

Born: June 15, 1925, in Mendoza, Argentina.Died: Oct. 3 at 88 in her Wyomissing home.Background: Had lived in Berks County since 1950, spending most of those years in West Lawn.Family: Married to Dean Langdon from 1949 until he died in 2003. Had thre...

Of all those who worked in the Berks County court system in the 1970s and '80s, Beatrice B. Langdon may have been the most essential.Candy, as she was known, was the first full-time Spanish-speaking interpreter in the Berks courts, and for years she ...