Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy Tuesday:

• A truck-stop business wants to buy a financially troubled chain of restaurants with a local franchise. We'll tell you what it means for the future of the eatery.

• Frank Spencer's friends continue to recount his last days from the witness stand. Read more here.

• Neighbors praise the police after they bust another suspected meth lab. We'll give you the latest.

• A township draws up rules governing chickens after it finds lots of residents raising their own.

Look for these stories and more in Wednesday's Press Enterprise.