The Daily Numbers for Friday, Jan. 17

The Daily Numbers: 26 people chased from their homes after flames roared through Darby apartments.

26th District state Senate seat being sought by Tom McGarrigle, who got the backing of the Delco GOP.

4 women in a girl gang who have been targeting local Apple stores, ripping off high-tech gadgets.

24, age of man being sought in an attempted luring try in Upper Darby.

2 people accused in a wave of armed robberies targeting local convenience stores who waived their hearings yesterday. They’ll now face trial.

5 students who have now been caught with either BB or pellet guns in schools in Chester Township this year.

154 bags of heroin found on Penn-Delco school bus driver. He entered a guilty plea yesterday.

40-room inn coming to Swarthmore as part of the Town Center development.

20 minutes, how long it took to kill a convict in Ohio via lethal injection. The case is causing an uproar 20 subpoenas that have now gone out in the New Jersey Bridgegate probe.

41, age of suspect being referred to as the ‘Swiss Cheese Pervert.’ The man was arrested at his Norristown home yesterday.

730 million dollars raked in by Pa.’s 12 casinos off of table games in 2013, up 6 percent from 2012.

1.4 percent dip in overall casino revenue, down to $3.1 billion, because of a decline in slots play.

7,089,634 dollars in table games revenue for Harrah’s in Chester, down slightly from 2012.

64.93 point dip for the stock market yesterday.

1, as in the No. 1 pick in the MLS Super Draft, for the Union. They traded up and took goalkeeper Andre Blake.

4-3 loss in a shootout for the Flyers to the Predators.

7.675 million dollar contract for Kyle Kendrick with the Phillies.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

You read it right. The Phillies will pay Kyle Kendrick $7.65 million this year.

I Don’t Get It: Kids keep bringing BB guns or pellet guns to school in Chester Township. I don’t get it.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to police and firefighters in Darby Borough who managed to get everyone out alive when fire broke out in borough apartments. They averted a real tragedy.

Quote Box: “If this would have happened later, at about 1 a.m., there could have been some fatalities.” - Darby Borough Fire Chief Bob Childs, on apartment fire.

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