The Daily Numbers: 186, number of concealed carry permits issued in Delco from Dec. 17, 2011 and Jan. 4, 2012.
439, number issued from Dec. 17, 2012, and Jan. 4, 2013, after Newtown school shootings.
14 homicides so far this year in Delaware County. All of them but 1 have been committed with firearms.
32 homicides in the county last year, 23 of them in Chester.
3 new police officers hired in Darby Borough.
1 percent tax hike looking in Chichester School District, that's down from 1.5 percent first eyed.
150 years of history being celebrated at Gettysburg.
8-0 ugly loss for the Phils to the Mets at Citizens Bank Park yesterday.
44,951 shoehorned into the Bank for this ugly little episode.
10 game road trip starts tonight in San Diego.
20 minute rain delay during yesterday's game.
17 home runs at Citizens Bank Park for Mets star third baseman David Wright, who also tripled while going 4-for-5.
15 day disabled list for Michael Stutes.
12-game hitting streak snapped for Ben Revere.
3-0 win for Union over the New York Red Bull in MLS action at PPL Park in Chester.
19,013 sellout at PPL Park.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Phillies are 4 games under .500 and going nowhere. They celebrated the official start of summer by falling 7.5 games behind the Braves.
I Don’t Get It: How long has it been since the Flyers played a game? Forever? Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Blackhawks and Bruins is tonight.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the legacy of Wilbur Henderson, whose name became synonymous with the idea of a corporate park, an idea he originated right here in Delco.
Quote Box: “Sandy Hook is 26 people killed in one day. In Chester, it is 23 people killed in one year. So in Chester, it's cumulative and developmental. but it's not any less traumatic in Chester than it is in Sandy Hook.
- Chester Mayor John Linder, on the problem of gun violence in his city.
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