The Daily Numbers: 19, age of recent Upper Darby High grad who is charged with entering the school, attacking a female teacher with a hammer and trying to steal a latop.
13, age of middle schooler at Drexel Hill Middle School charged with threatening to shoot up his school.
4 public hearings set on the Upper Darby School District budget in an innovative new process developed by the University of Pensylvania's Project for Civic Engagement.
87.6 million dollar budget in Garnet Valley School District that calls for a 2.45 percent tax hike.
3.49 percent tax hike coming in Haverford.
150 dollar hike in taxes for most folks in Haverford, for a total of about $4,426.
5,883 dollars, what the average homeowner in the district will pay in taxes.
4 suspects being sought in robbery at Concord pharmacy
7 months after he was critically injured in what police believe was a hit-run crash in Springfield, Thomas Quercetti died at his home in Boothwyn. He was hit in the early morning hours of July 4 on State Road.
176 live plants, 1,271 cut plants and 15 pounds of processed marijuana discovered in a Chester County home police say was a major pot-growing operation.
15 DUI convictions for a man in Pittsburgh. He says the 7-15 years in prison he received is too harsh.
750,000 dollars in campaign funds Jesse Jackson Jr. is now admitting he stole. He now faces 46 to 57 months in prison.
57-34 win for Neumann-Goretti over Archbishop Carroll in Catholic League Semifinals.
94-87 loss for the Sixers last night in Milwaukee.
1, number of field goals the Bucks made in the 4th quarter, and still won by 7.
6-5 win for the Flyers in a wild offensive affair against the Pens in Pittsburgh.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Chase Utley will be in the lineup Friday and Saturday when the Phillies kick off their Grapefruit League play. That hasn't happened in a while.
I Don’t Get It: Going into a high school to steal computers is brazen enough. But to wield a hammer in confronting a female teacher? I dont' get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Upper Darby School District and the Penn Center for Civic Engagement for the novel series of community forums the district will use to craft its budget this year.
Quote Box: “When you hear in this day and age that somebody is going to shoot up a school, it's top priority. It's zero tolerance."
- Mike Chitwood, Upper Darby top cop, on charges filed against a student who made threats against his school.
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