The Daily Numbers: 9 mm Tec-9, fully loaded, found in possession of man who struggled with Upper Darby police inside the police station yesterday.
2 Upper Darby officers who had to subdue 22 year-old Kenneth Stewart after a physical confrontation erupted when he arrived looking to spring his girlfriend, who was jailed on public drunkenness charges.
75 parents who registered their children for classes at Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast.
50 dollar registration fee for new students; 75 dollars for returning students.
1 body pulled from Cobbs Creek in Upper Darby yesterday. Authorities are now trying to ID the body.
800,000 dollar budget gap being faced by Marcus Hook Borough. Sunoco has indicated they will help out with the shortfall, but they oppose a proposed zoning change that would limit activity at their refinery.
4.5 million dollar nonprofit grocery store that will be run in Chester by Philabundance.
13,000 square foot facility will provide 30 new jobs. It’s the first supermarket in the city in more than a decade.
7.5 cent jump in gas cost at the pump in the last week.
3.73, average price for gas in Philly region. $3.33 what we were paying last year.
3.69, the national average price per gallon.
84th annual Academy Awards handed out last night.
83 years since a silent film captured Best Picture. ‘The Artist’ took the top award last night.
3 Oscars for Meryl Streep, who won for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in ‘The Iron Lady.’
22 houses destroyed, 34 people homeless after fire roared through block of row homes in Morrisville, Bucks County, yesterday.
500,000 dollars, how much the theft of copper wire from rail tracks is costing SEPTA every year.
1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting in North Philly early this morning.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Cliff Lee is nursing an abdominal strain. Ryan Howard is headed to Baltimore for a check-up on his Achilles tendon. Yep, must be Phillies season.
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I Don’t Get It: Not exactly a good idea to pick a fight with the police – inside the police station.
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Today’s Upper: Lots of people attended a registration event Sunday for students at Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast. Yes, the tradition lives on.
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Quote Box: “This was a big struggle for life. It was a real drama.”
- Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, on confrontation between officers and armed man inside the police station Sunday.
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