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U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone outlines her reasons for granting a preliminary injunction forcing mask mandate back in school dist.
U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone granted a plaintiffs' preliminary injunction in a case challenging Perkiomen Valley mask policy.
Plymouth Township Police are looking to identify two suspects who stole $2,000 worth of Ulta Beauty merchandise. A reward is available.
The town hall event will take place in the Maple Glen Elementary School cafeteria on Tuesday from 6 to 7:15. Questions are welcome.
Upper Moreland Police are warning the community of an Internet extortion scam that has so far targeted three teenagers in the township.
Judge Wendy Beetlestone is expected to hand down a decision Monday in the Perkiomen Valley Mask suit as restraining order expires.
Lansdale Police have named department member John Albany as its Officer of the Year for 2021.
Paul Munyuki was driving his wife to the hospital when she went into labor at the Collegeville exit of Route 422. Dad delivered the baby.
Limekiln Pike is scheduled to be closed between Willow Grove Avenue and Mount Carmel Avenue from 3 p.m. Sat. to 8 a.m. Sunday.
The parent claims a teacher separated white and Black kids during an exercise. The school district said there is little truth to the claims.
The Lower Moreland Police Department has a designated spot in its lot for area residents to conduct safe, face-to-face Internet sales.
Fegley & Associates, P.C., has merged its practice into Blue Bell-based Morison Cogen LLP, a tax, accounting and business consulting firm.
One of the Montgomery County inmates charged with a scheme to smuggle drugs inside the prison walls is a man doing time for gunpoint rape.
Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, a Democrat who was running for U.S. Senate, announced Friday she was suspending her campaign.
Samir Bentley, 20, and Ahmed Mohammed, 16, of Philadelphia, are being charged in connection with the killing of Robert Stiles in Pottstown.
A handful of police departments in the North Penn area sent patches and swag to a boy who is battling cancer in a Pittsburgh hospital.
West Waverly Road in Glenside will now be closed an additional four to six weeks for utility relocation during new Wawa construction.
Marc Zumoff, now retired, was for years the voice of the Philadelphia 76ers. The longtime Montgomery County resident is now focused on beer.
A water main break occurred in Horsham Township Wednesday on Rutledge Avenue. The damage has since been repaired.
Rep. Joe Ciresi of Montgomery County is unveiling legislation that would provide grant money to build sustainable community safehouses
