The search for a top cop in Fort Myers, Fla., has generated a bit of interest from some area police.
A lightning strike seriously injured a 3-year-old boy and his 21-year-old babysitter at a Bucks County swim club yesterday afternoon. Three hours later, a bolt struck a Delaware County police officer.
Birdsong and the muffled talk of passing hikers were the only sounds along a fateful stretch of Brandywine Creek in Delaware early yesterday afternoon, a day after a falling tree killed a Chester County kayaker.
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An ousted constable seeking a private investigator's license is not qualified for such work, a Montgomery County Court judge ruled yesterday.
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At 4:30 p.m. Friday, a day before flying to Aruba for vacation, Mayor Nutter sat inside the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Center City, hoping to persuade the city's largest employee union to agree to a new one-year labor contract.
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Phila. man's credit card used an hour after he's killed
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An hour after a landscaper going home from work was beaten to death with a brick in West Philadelphia, a man accompanied by two boys walked into a store four blocks away and used the victim's credit card to buy three fitted baseball caps.
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School cafeterias just aren't what they used to be. Instead of sloppy joes or fish sticks, the star foods at the School Nutrition Association's annual national convention this week were chocolate-covered frozen bananas, whole-wheat pizza, and bottled hummus.
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HARRISBURG - The signs came early and were, in retrospect, unmistakable. As early as 9 months old, little Caroline Borgia would spend hours staring at a beam of sunlight, and the way it captured dust motes. Caroline would also wiggle her arms, sometimes contort her face in odd ways that made other people notice.
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Threats of violence always near for Delco Nostra, say officials
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The type of alleged bookmaking ring apparently uncovered by authorities in Delaware County represents an "enormous moneymaker" for organized crime, a former prosecutor said yesterday.
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City police officers will be riding two in a car after radio communications cut out Tuesday night for 45 minutes, and officials yesterday told Motorola it must ensure the system is working properly - and soon.
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Sparks fly over plans for a sign
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How long can a bevy of lawyers talk about a six-letter sign? We still don't know, but Philadelphia's Zoning Board of Adjustment learned the hard way yesterday that it's a lot longer than two hours.
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More than a million visitors come each year to explore its rich Revolutionary War history, but the fact is that there's never been a battle fought at Valley Forge.
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The first cameras installed as part of the city's planned $10 million police surveillance network don't work as they should, police say, and roll-out of all 250 cameras is unlikely before year's end.
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