Thousands endured the blistering, record-breaking heat Thursday for the once-in-a-lifetime experience of seeing the world’s largest steam locomotive still in operation steam its way into Pottstown for ...

George Washington slept here. The Gilbert Charles Stuart circa 1795 painting of George Washington in the Reading Public Museum has received a frame recently purchased by the museum that is a stylistic ...

Congress is focused almost exclusively on increasing revenue while largely ignoring the investment policy governing nearly $3 trillion in Social Security trust fund assets.

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Berks County League. Boyertown 16, Topton/Oley Post 217 6 (5 innings) Boyertown captured the Berks County League regular season title in style on Thursday night as th ...

A recent poll indicated that only 27% of Democrats will fly a flag on July 4. At this rate, we’re more likely to see another civil war before another 250th Anniversary. JD Vance said recently, “I was ...

Federal prosecutors said a physician with ties to Lower Pottsgrove and Wayne will pay $100,000 to resolve allegations he ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to intervene after a judge ordered an $800-a-day fine for a former Fox News reporter ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The FBI has asked its field offices across the country to dedicate more than 200 staffers to its investigation ...

Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the ...

The 76ers are signing Anfernee Simons to a two-year deal, per reports. ESPN’s Shams Charania reports it is a two-year deal ...

Esmerlyn Valdez tripled, singled and knocked in two runs, Endy Rodriguez and Nick Gonzales homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates ...