The Daily Numbers: 36 firefighters from the Springfield Fire Department who were on hand at last night's commissioners meeting to honor Ed Williams for his efforts in helping an older township couple esvape their burning home.
4:45 a.m., as Williams was returning from dropping off his son at a job at the U.S. Open, when he noticed the flames billowing from the home on Rolling Road in Springfield.
10, as in Act 10, signed into law by Gov. Tom Corbett yesterday at Crozer Chester Medical Center, which will help create more health care clinics. It was sponsored by Sen. Ted Erickson, R-126, of Newtown Square.
4 man investigative team from Upper Darby that continues to search in the area of York for missing 7-year-old Hamza Ali.
25 mph, the speed limit many people in Middletown would like to see posted on Fox Road. Right now the speed limit there is 35 mph.
3,400 dollars in scratch-off lottery tix believed stolen by a man at a lottery kiosk in the Wawa on Lansdowne Avenue. A Chester County man was taken into custody yesterday.
6.53 inches of rain recorded yesterday in Coatesville.
2 inches in Upper Chichester.
3.76 inches of rainfall so far in August recorded at Philly International Airport.
27.54 inches so far this summer, after we set records in both June and July.
4 children for the 41-year-old veteran Philly Officer Edward Davies, who was shot 1 time in the abdomen during a confrontation with a man after a traffic stop in Philly.
45 million dollars in promised state aid that city and state officials want released by Gov. Tom Corbett to bail out the Philadelphia School District. The state wants concessions from the teachers union first.
30 years, how long we've been holding out annual end of summer softball tournament, the Champs 'n' Charity Classic, to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
3 runs on 6 hits surrendered by Phils rookie pitcher Ethan Martin in loss to Braves last night.
4 straight wins for Braves starter Kris Medlen.
6 hits and 1 run, all the Phils could muster.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Springfield commissioners who last night honored Ed Williams for his efforts to alert an older township couple to the billowing flames that were consuming their house. Everyone escaped unharmed.
Quote Box: “There is no doubt in our minds it would have been a totally different outcome with mr. Williams' action."
- Springfield fire chief Robert Woolson, on the efforts of the local hero.
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