Pennsylvania State

Bucks County, PA

Newtown, PA

Yardley, PA

Feasterville-Trevose Times

Olivia Beno, of Yardley, a junior at Pennsbury High School, was awarded first place for her story Death and Dreaming on the Golden Coast in Bucks County Community College’s 7th annual High School Short Fiction Contest. Alaina Kass, of Levittown, a junior at Neshaminy High School, won second place for The Sin of a Smile. Katie Krom, also of Levittown, a senior at Neshaminy, captured third place for Forever, Shattered. Dr. David Venditto, a faculty member at BCCC, made the final selections.

Bucks Community College announces winners of 7th annual High School Short Fiction Contest

Bensalem Township, PA

Bensalem Times

Tonight, May 9, is the final evening of the Annual District Fine Arts Festival, hosted by the students and faculty of the Bensalem Township School District Art Department. The festival is open to the public from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Bensalem High School Gymnasium Lobby, 4319 Hulmeville Road. There is no charge for admission.

Annual District Fine Arts Festival

Bucks County Community College announced the 16th annual Tyler Formal Gardens & Landscaping Lecture featuring Tom Smarr, executive director of Jenkins Arboretum & Gardens, to be held on Saturday, April 27, at 10 a.m. at the college’s Newtown Campus, 275 Swamp Road. The lecture topic is “For Love of...

Tyler Formal Gardens & Landscaping Lecture set for April 27

Sunshine Foundation is hosting its 22nd annual RunWalkBark4Dreams 5K fun run and 2-mile walk on Saturday, May 18, at Tyler State Park. This family-friendly event is for everyone, including dogs. Para athletes are encouraged. The $15 entry fee per adult or child benefits the Sunshine Foundation to make children’s dreams...

Sunshine Foundation’s Run/Walk 5K set for May 18

New Jersey State

The start of summer might be a few weeks away, but locals can get a taste of the season now thanks to the opening of Playa Bowls. Located at 2645 Street Road in Bensalem, the shop, which celebrated its grand opening in April, specializes in healthy acai and pitaya bowls that are regularly found in tropical locales, as well as smoothies, juices, cold brew and more.

Playa Bowls celebrates grand opening in Bensalem

Bensalem Police are investigating a retail theft that occurred at Barnes and Noble, 3900 Neshaminy Mall, on April 5. It was reported that, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an unknown white male entered the store and stole a box of Legos valued at $100. The man fled the area without paying for the merchandise.

CRIME ROUNDUP

The Bucks County Community College Foundation is holding its 17th annual Salute to Mothers Scholarship Tea Event on Friday, April 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Newtown Campus, 275 Swamp Road. The afternoon raises scholarship funds for current student mothers who attend Bucks County Community College. Guests of...

Salute to Mothers Scholarship Tea Event is April 19

Kitten season is here and, during this critical time, many litters of stray, abandoned and orphaned baby kittens — newborn to less than 6 weeks old — are brought to Women’s Animal Center needing specialized care to survive, thrive and grow. The center needs additional kitten foster...

Women’s Animal Center seeks kitten foster volunteers

Texas State

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Houston, TX

Lance R. Fletcher

A Texas teacher and her husband are now in custody, accused of taking thousands of dollars from home renovation clients and gambling away money they took for work they never finished.

Texas teacher and husband arrested, accused of gambling away $1.53 million in home renovation scam

Morris County, NJ

Mount Olive Township, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. — Christina Susco, 38, a daycare teacher at the Mount Olive Child Care & Learning Center, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated assault, as announced by Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Mount Olive Township Police Chief Michael Spitzer.

Daycare Teacher Charged with Child Endangerment and Assault

Two new episodes of APB Cold Case, a true crime audio podcast featuring unsolved missing persons and murder cases from across the country, discusses Bucks County cases. In “Girl in the Well: Who Killed Lisa Todd?,” podcast host and former police Chief Mark Spawn delves deep inside the case of Lisa Todd, previously known as “Publicker” or “Bucks County” Jane Doe, alongside former Bensalem Police Detective Chris McMullin, who chronicles the moment he glimpsed the forensic sculpture of Publicker Jane Doe in his boss’ office through the years of his dogged investigation as he painstakingly searched for clues and utilized ever-evolving DNA technology and genetic genealogy to identity the remains of a young pregnant girl found in a well.

New ‘APB Cold Case’ episodes feature local cases

Langhorne, PA

The Lower Bucks County Chamber of Commerce is hosting its next keynote networking and breakfast meeting on Wednesday, May 8, at Woods Services, 40 Martin Gross Drive, Langhorne. Networking is from 8:30 to 9 a.m. and the program is from 9 to 10:15 a.m. Gary Lewandowski Jr., Ph.D., professor of...

Lower Bucks Chamber keynote program

Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic Group announced that Sarah Goodheart, DO, an experienced obstetrician/gynecologist, joined the OB/GYN Langhorne practice at St. Mary Medical Center and is accepting new patients. “We are excited for the addition of Dr. Goodheart to join our expert team of physicians,” said Roman Tatarowicz, MD, medical director and...

Sarah Goodheart, DO, joins OB/GYN Langhorne

Benton Harbor, MI

Karla Marie Speaks

On February 15, 2001, 12-year-old Steven Earl Kraft, Jr. vanished without a trace from his neighborhood in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Steven was last seen between 7 and 8 p.m. that evening, walking his two family dogs near his home on Holly Drive in the Benton Heights area. He was expected to return home around 8 p.m. to have dinner with his family, but never made it back.

23-Year-Old Cold Case: The Tragic Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Steven Kraft

Chicago, IL

Santa Ana, CA

NewSantaAna

Ismael Salgado , a 44-year-old Chicago man, was sentenced this Friday to 25 years to life in prison, for kidnapped and repeatedly raping an 11-year-old Santa Ana girl on Feb. 3, 1999.

Chicago man gets 25 years to life in prison for repeatedly raping a girl in Santa Ana

Andalusia, PA

Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum announced the return of its Andalusia Garden Symposium. This year’s day-long event on Friday, May 3, features four world-renowned horticulturists speaking in Bucks County. The Garden Symposium brings together garden enthusiasts from near and far to hear from some of the most influential...

Andalusia hosting Garden Symposium May 3

Wycombe, PA

Richboro, PA

Washington Crossing, PA

Titusville, NJ

Southampton, PA

Furlong, PA

New Hope, PA

Trenton, NJ

Jamison, PA

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29th annual High School Art Exhibition at Bucks

Hicks Art Center announced that it’s hosting the 2024 United States Congressional Art Competition for the Pennsylvania First Congressional District and is presenting the 29th annual...

29th annual High School Art Exhibition at Bucks

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