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1 taken to hospital after crash involving SUV, dump truck on Route 309 in Hatfield Twp.
HATFIELD TWP., Pa. - One person was taken to the hospital after a crash on Route 309 in Montgomery County involving three vehicles. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Thursday along Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart Road, according to county dispatchers. Route 309 between Walnut Street and Lenhart...
Black Bear Captured In Montgomery County: Police
The Pennsylvania Game Commission and members of the Upper Moreland Fire Department located the bear in a tree and safely removed him for relocation, police said early Thursday, May 2. "The bear was healthy and not harmed," they said. The bear is 3 years old and weighs some 255 pounds,...
What’s happening at North Penn middle school after Stanley cup attack?
North Penn School District officials admit they could have better handled the student-on-student assault in the Pennbrook Middle School cafeteria last month. But at a school safety committee meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Todd Bauer said misinformation about the attack that left a middle school girl seriously injured has been circulating the community.
Body found stashed in duffel bag identified as missing 4-year-old Damari Carter
A tiny body found in a duffel back in a pile of trash in Philadelphia has been identified as a 4-year-old boy who disappeared last year — with cops saying he was beaten to death while his mom watched. Damari Carter’s decomposed remains were found by a worker who was clearing a trash-strewn alley in West Philadelphia on March 18, but the identity of the dead boy remained a mystery until this week, according to a report by The Philadelphia Inquirer. Damari’s mother, Dominique Bailey, and her boyfriend, Kevin Spencer, are now charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and other crimes...
Police Want Proof Penn’s Student Encampment Is Dangerous Before Clearing It
The Philadelphia Police Department declined a request from the University of Pennsylvania to forcefully disperse a pro-Palestinian encampment. Instead, law enforcement asked for evidence that the protest presented an imminent danger, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Police increased their presence on Penn’s campus on Thursday, and created a barrier of barricades and bicycles between protesters and a group of Pro-Israel counter-protesters. Last Friday, Penn’s interim president J. Larry Jameson called for the protests to be disbanded, arguing that students were violating the university’s facilities policies. On Tuesday, university officials said they’d opened “several student disciplinary cases” against protesting students. The protest is reportedly made up of students from a few different universities in Philadelphia, including Penn, Drexel University, and Temple University.Read it at The Daily PennsylvanianRead more at The Daily Beast.
1 injured in head-on collision in Towamencin Wednesday evening
One unidentified individual was taken to an area hospital for treatment of injuries following a head-on collision in Towamencin Township Wednesday evening on Sumneytown Pike. Reports from the scene indicated that both vehicles – a white Chevrolet Equinox SUV and a Chrysler Town and Country – were driving in opposite directions on Sumneytown Pike, when one vehicle attempted a left turn onto Wambold Road around 5:43 p.m.
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