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LIMERICK PA – A car (at top) collided with a utility pole Sunday (June 4, 2023) shortly after 6:05 a.m. in the 400 block of Swamp Pike in Limerick, near the entrance to Schaffer’s Auto Refinishing, Montgomery County emergency dispatchers reported from callers’ accounts. Several Limerick Fire...

A crash shut down eastbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Montgomery County early Monday morning.

Allegrini failed to yield to troopers trying to contact him during a car meet on the highway at mile marker 21 near Penn's Landing around 3:25 a.m. Sunday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. The Glen Mills man struck two troopers, prompting one to fire his service weapon. Allegrini was...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new fire station is being built in Montgomery County in honor of fallen Pennsylvania State Trooper Branden Sisca.Sisca was killed in the line of duty last year after he, another trooper and a pedestrian were struck and killed on I-95 in South Philadelphia.The troopers were responding to calls of a man walking along the southbound lanes and were trying to take him into custody when a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed struck all three men. Sisca was chief of the Trappe Volunteer Fire Company.The new facility has been in the works for about two years and will help crews better serve the community, which is something those who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony said Sisca strived for.ALSO SEE: How fallen Trooper Branden Sisca's widow turned heartbreak to hope for othersBorough officials expect the new facility to be completed in a year.Gov. Josh Shapiro also participated in the ceremony.

Gov. Shapiro Stresses Importance Of Free Breakfast For School Children. (Harrisburg, PA) - Governor Shapiro is advocating for free breakfasts for students in schools across the state. He was in Montgomery County last week to highlight his proposal for 38-and-a-half million-dollars in funding for the universal breakfast program. He said feeding children is part of the effort to give every child in Pennsylvania a great opportunity to get the greatest education there is . The final state budget must be adopted by June 30.

A multi-vehicle crash has shut down a portion of the Blue Route in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.

An accident this morning involving multiple vehicles on the northbound Blue Route in Lower Merion just below Conshohocken and Plymouth Meeting has closed the northbound lanes. FOX29 reports that there has been one death and three others are injured and taken to the hospital. Photos: Submitted.

TRAPPE TWP., Pa. - Brittany Sisca took part in a groundbreaking ceremony next to the current Trappe fire station. It is where a new station will be built in honor of her late husband Trooper Branden Sisca, who was also a fire chief in Trappe, previously serving with the Spring Township Fire Company in Berks County.

The Philadelphia Inquirer published an interview with Joseph F. Coradino, CEO of PREIT, on June 4th. While the article, titled “Facing almost $1 billion in debt, Philly mall owner PREIT emphasizes strong sales and high occupancy,” focuses on the overall business of malls, there is an interesting portion about the Plymouth Meeting Mall and its effort to add an apartment community to an outlying area of the property.

LOWER POTTSGROVE PA – A 22-year-old Pottstown man is being sought by the Lower Pottsgrove Police Department on drug- and traffic-related charges under an arrest warrant, it said Thursday (June 1, 2023). Wanted is Jonah Dade Beaver, who is charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to deliver,...

NORRISTOWN — A path primed for bicyclists passes by a slice of land just beyond the Schuylkill River Trail. For about a dozen people, the land is their home. Those experiencing homelessness reside just beyond the green leaves and surrounding foliage. “One of the reasons why people go along...

RADNOR – Radnor’s first responders are hosting the third annual Battle of the Badges blood drive between the police and fire departments, and they are asking residents to get involved. The event is a competition to see which department can recruit the most community members to donate blood...

COLLEGEVILLE PA – If you love craft beer, good food, an “outlaw country” band, and animated conversation, then Saturday’s Still Waters Brewfest was right up your alley. It was held at the Montgomery County 4-H Center in Collegeville. https://travelswiththepost.com/2023/06/04/still-waters-brewfest-collegeville-20230603/

Royersford’s Mikey Smith has been faced with many challenges throughout his life, but that never stopped him from wanting to help others, writes Matteo Iadonisi for 6ABC. Smith, who was born with a brain injury, began volunteering when he was a teenager. He would help out with the sports teams in the Spring-Ford Area School District. And then after he graduated, he volunteered at Pottstown Hospital, delivering packages.

Montgomery County released its annual count of people who are unsheltered or homeless. It shows a drop from last year, but officials say it’s only one snapshot of a nationwide issue.

If you grew up in Norristown, or competed against Norristown in track and field, or drove by Roosevelt Field with someone who knew Norristown sports, you heard that name. The name is basically interchangeable with greatness, at least when it comes to jumping — that is, triple and high.

Two Chester County men are accused of locking the 62-year-old woman they lived with in the basement, taking her Social Security funds and trying to get her to sign away the deed to the house she owned. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Christopher Ruse, 24, and David Frame, 37, both...

Jamie Lundmark, the founder of Method Hockey in West Chester who spent the better part of two decades playing professional hockey, has joined the Princeton women’s hockey staff as both Director of Player Development and Assistant Coach, according to a staff report from Go Princeton Tigers. “The women’s college...

Montgomery County welcomes you to show off your pride this June 2023 with its LGBTQ+ friendly events, businesses, and residents. Whether you are honoring your own unique identity or supporting loved ones, these pride events are the best spots in the county to embrace and celebrate the vibrant LGBTQ+ community:

Warren Jeffries, 58, is charged with misdemeanor loitering and evading arrest, North Coventry Township police said in a release. It happened on Feb. 20, the department claimed. Officers were called to the CVS at 351 W. Schuylkill Road for reports of a "suspicious male" standing around outside, they said. Jeffries...