The Daily Numbers - March 22

The Daily Numbers: 16, age of Clifton Heights teen who had been missing since March 3 who was found safe and sound in Philadelphia.


2,000 dollar reward that had been offered for info on her whereabouts.


42, age of Sean Burton, who is on trial this week in a love-triangle slaying. He’s charged with stabbing his estranged wife’s boyfriend to death in the parking lot of a crowded Springfield shopping center.


850,000 dollars in federal aid that has helped the war on crime in Chester in recent years. That aid is now in jeopardy.


44.83 percent of Chester High students who graduate, second worst in the state, according to new state figures.


99.16 percent of kids in Garnet Valley who graduate, tops in the county.


10 cents more, what it will cost to buy breakfast and lunch in Springfield School District next year.


650,000 dollars, apparent sale price of the former borough hall building in Media.


4 sex abuse suits filed against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in the past few weeks.


50 bags of heroin, along with 31 empty bags, prescription pills and


$51.22 in cash found after authorities did a body cavity search on a woman in Scranton. Don’t ask where they found the cache.


4 inches of snow possible in some northern portions of Pa. tonight into Wednesday as a new storm blows through. Welcome to spring.


10 million gift to Penn State by a graduate and his wife for 2 endowments for the university’s liberal arts college.


6,000 faculty members and coaches at Pennsylvania’s state-owned universities who are willing to talk about a pay freeze.


2 men who pleaded guilty in Philly yesterday in an armored car heist, chase and shootout that left a city officer wounded.


.290 hitter, that would be Luis Castillo, who the Phils signed yesterday as possible insurance for injured second baseman Chase Utley.


7 plus innings from Phillies ace Roy Halladay yesterday as the Phils beat the Red Sox.


10,000-plus fans who packed into Bright House Field. This team sells out everywhere.


10 days until opening day at Citizens Bank Park.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Let’s hear it for March Madness, Delco Style. We have four teams still in contention for state titles. The Archbishop Carroll girls play a AAAA semifinal game tonight.


 


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I Don’t Get It: An 8-year-old was charged with stabbing his great-grandmother 3 times in the back in Cheltenham.


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Today’s Upper: We’re glad to hear that missing teen Anna Evans, who had last been seen by her family on March 3, has been found safe and sound.


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Quote Box: “It’s just a shame that a police officer hurts another officer.”


- Colwyn Borough Council President Tonette Pray, on allegations that one of her officers was injured in a scuffle with Darby police.

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