The Daily Numbers: 17, as in March 17. Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
650 people who jammed the Connelly Center at Villanova for a town hall rally with Republican presidential hopeful Ohio Gov. John Kasich.
200 more watching via video in an adjoining room.
67, age of man now facing charges in the unprovoked stabbing of a teenager on a SEPTA bus on Baltimore Pike in Springfield.
1 female police chief in Delaware County’s history. That will be the case when Regina Price takes the helm of the Darby Township force in April.
73,965 square foot hotel at Lawrence and Langford Run roads in Marple that got the OK from commissioners.
60 foot drop in the property means it’s 5 stories in the front toward the road, 4 stories in the back facing adjacent homes.
18, age of Villanova student who is latest to face LSD charges on the Main Line campus.
70 mph speed limit for most sections of the Pa. Turnpike, bumped up from the current 65.
200,000 dollars stolen from Visit Philly tourism group in Philly by their former chief financial officer, according to charges filed by Philly D.A.
800 teachers being hired by the Philadelphia School District.
149-43 vote in the Pa. House to legalize medical marijuana.
8 month budget fight in Harrisburg that shows no signs of easing, with Gov. Tom Wolf saying he will veto the latest GOP proposal.
31-18 vote in favor of the Republican plan in Senate.
128-63 vote in the House.
14 Democrats in the House who backed the GOP spending plan.
72, age of Frank Sinatra Jr., who died or cardiac arrest while on tour in Florida yesterday.
3-2 win for the Flyers in Chicago vs. Blackhawks last night.
1 point ahead of Red Wings for the last Eastern Conference playoff spot, where Flyers sit right now.
8-1-1 mark for Flyers in their last 10 games.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
We interrupt March Madness to bring you the hockey season. How ‘bout those Flyers!
I Don’t Get It: As if the death of Jacai Olson, the Upper Chichester native and Prince Georges County, Md., officer who was gunned down in a gun battle with a suicidal suspect was not tragic enough, yesterday we learned this. Apparently Colson was deliberately shot by a fellow officer, who mistook him for part of the armed threat. Olson was not in uniform and not wearing body armor at the time.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Regina Price. She’s in line to become the first female police chief in Delco history when she takes command of the Darby Township force in April.
Quote Box: “I am not going to take the low road to the White House.”
- John Kasich, during town hall meeting at Villanova University yesterday.
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