The Daily Numbers: 1010, the Pa. House bill that would close several key loopholes concerning background checks in the state. Busloads from Delco want to the state Capitol yesterday to rally support for the bill.
53 years, how long Scaramuzza’s has operated on Springfield Road in Clifton Heights. The family will close their retail store, while focusing on its factory operations.
275,000 dollars, how much 2 business partners pleaded guilty to in a scam involving payroll deductions.
41, age of man who faces a DUI charge after the pickup truck he was driving wound up in the drink off Route 291 in Tinicum yesterday.
6:30 tonight, when Upper Darby School District will hold a special meeting to roll out their final proposed budget plan.
1 year later: Today the feds will deliver their report on what caused that deadly Amtrak derailment last year in Philly. It is expected to focus on human error, including reports that the engineer was distracted.
18,801 DUI arrests reported by state police in 2015.
6.2 percent increase from the year before.
4,431 of those arrests were for people impaired by drugs.
43 percent increase in those violations.
193-2 vote by the Pa. House yesterday to back move to require ignition interlock devices for 1st-time DUI offenders whose blood-alcohol content level was over 0.10 percent.
1 road worker killed when struck by vehicle on I-95 in Delaware last night.
2 straight losses for the Phils, who fell to the Marlins 5-3 last night.
1-6 record for Jerad Eickhoff now, who pitched better last night but was still saddled with the loss.
3 runs on 6 hits over 6 innings for Eickhoff.
16-6 mark for the Marlins after starting the season 5-11.
.310 batting average for the Phils’ Tyler Goeddel since April 23.
13 for 42 in that span, he also drove in a run last night.
1 and 4, what would be the optimal result for the Sixers in tonight’s NBA Draft Lottery.
26.9 percent chance of getting No. 1 pick for the Sixers.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
We’ll hear from Sam Bradford today. Here’s what I’d like to hear him say: I did a dumb thing, I overreacted to the deal and let my emotions get the best of me. I’d like to apologize to the team, my teammates and the great fans here in Philly. I know I have some fences to mend. Let’s go win a Super Bowl!
I Don’t Get It: The Sixers will now sport a corporate logo on their uniforms. I don’t get it. Actually I do. It’s about money.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Republican legislators Tom Killion and James Santora, who addressed crowd seeking new gun control legislation in Harrisburg yesterday.
Quote Box: “We want to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people.”
- Terry Rumsey, longtime Delco gun control supporter.
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