The Daily Numbers: 6 Delco schools thar rank among the top 50 in the state under the School Performance Profiles.
99.1 percent score for Garnet Valley, tops in Delco.
99.0 rank for Haverford High.
25 point increase over last year for Chester Charter School for the Arts, best improvement in the county.
3 lowest-scoring school in the county all in Chester Upland.
33.5 ranking for Chester High, worse in the county.
15 people who turned out for public hearing on plan to develop Rose Hill tract in Chester Heights.
33 luxury townhouses and 1 single home eyed for the site at Llewelyn and Lenni roads.
20 people seeking shelter after being chased from their home during a fire in Chester Saturday night.
17, age of volunteer firefighter from Ridley credited with saving a Philadelphia police officer after his cruiser burst into flames following a crash in the city. The teen helped pull the officer from his vehicle.
2 men in critical condition after an attempted murder-suicide in Paoli.
3 spots on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that will be on ballot next year.
3 inches of snow falling on Minnesota to start the week.
62 degrees high here in Delco today; 66 tomorrow, then plunging with high only in 40s later in the week.
0-7 start for the Sixers, who got blasted last night in Toronto.
40-point deficit for the 76ers at one point in the 4th quarter.
49, age of Bernard Hopkins, who lost a decision to Sergey Kovalev Saturday night.
1st start for Mark Sanchez tonight as the Eagles take on the Carolina Panthers.
2 weeks, how long Flyers’ Luke Schenn is expected to be out with shoulder injury after going hard into the boards.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Watch how much time Mark Sanchez spends under center tonight. Much more than Nick Foles. That’s because Sanchez is a little more mobile. Ground game will be key tonight as the Eagles roll over the Panthers. I hope.
I Don’t Get It: Still trying to come to grips with what happened to 3-year-old Scotty McMillan out in Chester County. Just hard to fathom what some so-called humans are capable of doing.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Joe Chambers. The 17-year-old volunteer with Leedom Fire Co. was visiting relatives in Philly when he witnessed a Philly police cruiser involved in a crash and then burst into flames. Chambers is being credited with helping get the officer out of his car.
Quote Box: “Within 30 seconds, the whole car was gone.”
Chambers, describing the rescue effort.
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