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A Cedars, Montgomery County organization has established itself as a safe space for the whole community. The "So Much to Give Inclusive Cafe" mainly employs people with special needs, offering them a place to grow and thrive.

Investigators say a group of people were at the cemetery for a birthday celebration at the grave of a man who was shot and killed in 2013.

HARRISBURG PA – Free motorcycle safety training is being offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in classes that are expected to be available in Chester, Montgomery, and Berks counties, the agency said Tuesday (March 21, 2023). Prospective, experienced, and new Pennsylvania riders who have a motorcycle learner’s permit...

Authorities are continuing to investigate after a car accident left a pedestrian seriously wounded in Perkasie. It happened on Friday, March 17 on the 400 block of East Walnut Street, borough police said in a statement. Witnesses said the victim was crossing the street in the middle of the block when he was struck by a westbound car, the department wrote.

NORRISTOWN — A Pottstown man awaiting trial for allegedly fatally shooting another man in the borough in May 2022 has admitted to a previous shooting and was sentenced to a stint in prison. Tyshaun Lorenzo Harvey, 22, who listed addresses in the 300 and 400 blocks of Lincoln Avenue,...

PHILADELPHIA - Police say a man is injured after a person, posing as a solicitor for a solar power company, carjacked and kidnapped him at gunpoint in Lower Merion Township on Monday. At around 5 p.m., police responded to the 200 block of Wilshire Road in the Penn Wynne section...

A King of Prussia man has been convicted for the 2021 stalking and murder of Nicole Crawford. On March 16, Justin Chaffier, 36, was found guilty of Murder 1st Degree in addition to a felony Stalking charge. The conviction followed an investigation in which it was confirmed through multiple Ring camera videos, phone records, and DNA testing that Chaffier had stalked Crawford and strangled her to death.

If you drive on the roadways in Southeastern Pennsylvania, heads up! Local and state police have just started a massive spring ticketing blitz for motorists. Yeah, you're gonna read this if you drive through Philadelphia or its surrounding suburbs. More than 80 municipalities have joined with the Pennsylvania State Police...

Police in Montgomery County are investigating after multiple victims were reportedly stabbed in an early morning attack on Monday. According to police, the incident happened just before 4 a.m., along York Street in Pottstown, where three people were stabbed. The full extent of the victims' injuries has not yet been detailed by law enforcement officials, but one of the victims was reportedly stabbed in the neck.

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former suburban Philadelphia police officer has been sentenced to decades in prison on convictions of sexual abuse of several teenage boys while he was working with a youth drug prevention program decades ago.Bucks County Judge Wallace Bateman Jr. on Tuesday sentenced 54-year-old James Carey to 24 1/2 to 55 years in state prison on 20 counts of statutory rape, aggravated indecent assault without consent and related charges."Your badge and uniform became weapons of your depravity," the judge told the former Warminster Township officer. "You preyed upon the most vulnerable of the community."Prosecutors alleged that Carey...

KING OF PRUSSIA PA – More than 80 municipal police departments across southeastern Pennsylvania, including 12 in western Montgomery and northern Chester counties, are joining Pennsylvania State Police for “aggressive driving enforcement” activities through April 23 (2023; Sunday) to reduce highway crashes. The enforcement effort organized by...

HATFIELD — A man who worked as a North Penn School District maintenance worker must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that he allegedly struck an elderly pedestrian in Hatfield Township while operating a district van and left the scene of the fatal crash. Nicholas William Shaw, 26,...

Designer’s Choice (131 East 10th Avenue) in Conshohocken has extended its showroom sale to March 27th. Over the past two weeks, Designer’s Choice has opened its showroom to the public and offered furniture and accessories from top brands at 50-60% off. Designer’s Choice is normally only open to interior designers and architects, so this is your chance to get access to shop how the area’s top designers.

POTTSTOWN, Pa. - People in Pottstown, Montgomery County say crime seems to be increasing. Their thoughts come after a heavy police presence on North York early Monday morning. Officers cordoned off the area around a building in the 100 block that they were seen focusing on. They say three people were rushed to the hospital after reportedly being stabbed around 4 a.m.

North Penn High School teacher Syeda Mirza left her home in Bangladesh at age 21, with her education career already gelling. As Julie Shearer reported in The Knight Crier, it took her a while to find her niche in Lansdale. Mirza, a special education paraprofessional who works to ensure classroom...

POTTSTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- Firefighters are wrapping up their work at a 2-alarm fire at a 2-story structure in Montgomery County.Fire crews were called out to Jefferson Avenue and Hale Street around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday.It took about an hour for the fire to be placed under control.Emergency workers tell us that no major injuries are reported.Investigators are working to figure out a cause.The fire happened just a few blocks from the explosion that killed five people, including four children, in May of last year.

POTTSTOWN PA – Firefighters and other first-responders were called out Tuesday morning (March 21, 2023) at 4:17 a.m., in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Hale Street, to battle a fully-involved house fire. Coincidentally, the blaze occurred in the same area in which a May 2022 explosion – of...

NORRISTOWN — A West Norriton man already serving a prison sentence for raping a woman at gunpoint in Norristown Farm Park admitted to participating in a scheme to smuggle papers soaked with illegal drugs into the Montgomery County Correctional Facility. Mason Alexander Hall, 23, formerly of the 2000 block...

A college professor from Montgomery County went all the way to Africa to bring home the "Jeopardy!" championship in Monday's episode. Melissa Klapper, of Merion Station, is now the reigning champion on the hit trivia gameshow following a commanding performance in her first aired episode. ...

Daniel Elijah Hawkins, 29, was shot at the Whitemarsh Memorial Park during the celebrations.