4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (415+ words) PINE FORGE — Pine Forge Academy, the Seventh-day Adventist Christian boarding school that serves grades nine through 12, celebrated its 80th anniversary last weekend by giving the gift of hope to those who have sickle cell anemia or certain blood cancers more close…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (320+ words) NORRISTOWN — A Montgomery Township man is facing a stint behind bars after he admitted to possessing child pornography. William Marquis Martin, 45, of the unit block of Meadow Glen Road, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to a felony charge of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (830+ words) LOWER MERION — A Philadelphia man is being held on $1 million bail after he was charged with participating in burglaries or attempted burglaries at three residences in Montgomery and Chester counties during which jewelry valued at nearly $800,000 and a home safe…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (429+ words) PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsburg man who worked as a political consultant admitted to evading taxes of up to $750,000 in federal court and awaits his fate from a judge. William F. Dunbar Sr., 42, whose exact address was not provided, pleaded guilty in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (432+ words) NORRISTOWN — Ten men are accused of being involved in a drug trafficking organization that peddled cocaine and marijuana throughout Montgomery County and surrounding areas. The organization trafficked drugs from residences and storage units throughout Montgomery County. Investigators also identified a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (584+ words) NORRISTOWN — A Bucks County woman was sent to jail for embezzling more than $197,000 from a Lower Moreland Township business for which she worked as a bookkeeper while the owner was out sick. Susan M. Staples, 55, of the 200 block of Jennifer…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (465+ words) LANSDALE — A Chester County man must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that his reckless driving caused a three-vehicle crash that killed his passenger and injured three others in Towamencin Township. Pecket now faces a Sept. 30 formal arraignment hearing…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (180+ words) Stroudsburg’s mayor has placed the borough under a state of emergency and issued a curfew following a car takeover on Main Street over the weekend. Currie, in her declaration, said there was a “substantial” number of people and vehicles gathered…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (858+ words) NORRISTOWN — A former member of a Norristown church that traces its origins back to 1890 was jailed and has a hefty restitution bill for stealing $351,000 from church coffers while acting as volunteer treasurer. Judge William R. Carpenter also ordered Foster to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (821+ words) NORRISTOWN — A former Abington Township man who targeted his onetime neighbors for a gunpoint home invasion robbery during which he used packing tape and a dog leash to restrain a woman and her adult son will spend at least two…...