PA's Top 5: Our Most Popular Facebook Stories This Week

From a Newtown 7-Eleven robbed at gunpoint to the discovery of "coywolves," check out the stories Pennsylvania Patch readers were sharing, reading and commenting on for the week of March 27.

Wissahickon High School Selected As 2016 National Blue Ribbon Winner

Wissahickon High School has been named one of 2016's National Blue Ribbon Schools, the U.S. Department of Education recently announced. The 329 public and private elementary, middle and high schools were selected based on overall academic excellence or progress in closing achievement gaps.

Dog Missing In Radnor

A dog living in the Wayne section of Radnor has gone missing and the family wants the public's help bringing him home. Louis is a 3-year-old Bichon Frise who went missing from his Brooke Road home the evening of Wednesday, March 29. Louis was last seen at about 5:15 p.m.

Newtown 7-Eleven Robbed At Gunpoint

The 7-Eleven in Newtown was robbed at gunpoint early on March 30. According to police, the suspect came into the store displaying the handgun and approach the sole on-duty employee, demanding cash. The suspect was inside the store for 45 seconds, police estimated, before fleeing toward Richboro Road.

Legoland Discovery Center To Open At Plymouth Meeting Mall Next Week

The Legoland Discovery Center at the Plymouth Meeting Mall is scheduled to open Thursday, April 6.
The center will include an interactive display of the city of Philadelphia, composed of 1.5 million Lego bricks. Other features are set to include building stations, themed build-and-play areas, a 4-D cinema and a Lego-themed ride.

'Coywolves,' Coyote-Wolf Hybrids, Living In Roxborough

Weilbacher says Roxborough residents who have been seeing these coyotes, or "coywolves," are witnessing evolution happen in front of them, as the "coywolves" enter the area. This coyote-wolf-dog hybrid is "mostly coyote ... with others mixed in," and some biologists have suggested it's a new species altogether, according to Schuylkill Center Executive Director Mike Weilbacher.

Photo credit: Family of Louis (Bichon Frise)