Yearly Archives: 2013

Letters to the Editor: September 4, 2013

Hey Corbett, stop slashing school fundingDear Gov. Corbett,I was reading some articles about education and something made me Google your name. In particular, I found two...

Gunman holds up Frankford bank

Surveillance image of the suspectA man with a handgun and iPod-style earbuds robbed a busy Frankford bank branch on Tuesday morning.The FBI is trying to identify...

Two pinched in bank robbery

Deana PaulikA Holmesburg man and a young Cherry Hill woman tried to knock off a Bensalem bank on Aug. 27, but they didn’t get...

Gunman uses restroom, then robs bar

Surveillance photo of the suspect.A robber used a gun and a knife to hold up a Castor Gardens bar on Aug. 27, but not before...

Fatal shooting stemmed from video game dispute

Malik AndersonThe fatal shooting of a Somerton teen at a neighborhood construction site on Aug. 19 was even more “personal” than even homicide detectives...

Wire art represents city’s homicide victims

Remembering those lost: Five local artists, including Karen McLaughlin of Holmesburg, have created 331 handcrafted wire vessels to represent the number of murders that...

The New Year: Looking forward, looking back

The extra leaves for the dining room table have been dusted off and jammed into place. The 18 unmatched chairs are being assembled around...

Shootings are down in the 15th district

Capt. John McCloskey, the 15th Police District commander, said shootings in the district, the city’s largest and busiest, are down 50 percent over last year.But...

Authorities: NE man downloaded child pornography

A Castor Gardens man is facing child pornography charges as a result of the Pennsylvania attorney general’s investigation into the online sharing, downloading and...

Troopers issue Labor Day holiday DUIs

Pennsylvania State Police arrested 23 motorists for drunk-driving in Philadelphia, Montgomery and Delaware counties during the Labor Day holiday period from Friday through Monday....

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