Montgomery County

Fish PFOS Wissahickon Creek

Fish in the Wissahickon Creek basin have unsafe levels of forever chemicals, officials warn

Most banned book in America was written by Rosemont College grad

Most banned books Sold

Haverford College's tuition is about $100,000, but most students don't pay that. It's part of a higher ed trend

Haverford College 100k

13-year-old boy charged in shooting death of his 16-year-old friend in Norristown

Norristown shooting arrest

Montgomery County DA charges 46 businesses with selling illegal THC products

Montco DA THC

Health Screening

Free heart screenings for ages 12-25 will be offered in Montgomery County

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Vivid Seats manipulates customers into paying more for tickets, Pa. prosecutors allege in lawsuit

Vivid Seats lawsuit

Philly man charged in Blue Route stabbing also was wanted for armed robbery at Royal Farms in Delco

Assault stabbing 476

With Barnes & Noble returning to Jenkintown, a nearby indie bookstore hopes 'we can just coexist'

Barnes Noble Capricorn

M. Night Shyamalan teases a creepy romance in new trailer for 'Remain'

Remain Shyamalan trailer

How saving a 19th-century prison that's been shuttered for 40 years could solve the 'Norristown puzzle'

Norristown Prison Redevelopment

Upper Pottsgrove police officer charged with manslaughter for killing college student who knocked on wrong door

Upper Pottsgrove Shooting

Montgomery County elementary school teacher faces child pornography charges

Child porn Montco teacher

Italian grocer Uncle Guiseppe's Marketplace plans to open its first stores in the Philly region next year

Uncle Giuseppes Marketplace

Lower Merion school board member allegedly charged family vacations to employer's credit card

Lower Merion company theft

Owner of Montgomery County home care agency sentenced to prison for Medicaid fraud

Montco Medicaid fraud Mobley

Montgomery County to relocate its 9/11 memorial ahead of 25th anniversary

9/11 Memorial MontCo

With Amtrak on board, Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority appears 'ready for prime time'

Schuylkill River Passenger Rail Authority

Montgomery County man pleads guilty to child pornography charges

Child Porn Montgomery County

Phone scammer posing as Montgomery County sheriff has been grifting residents, officials say

Montco sheriff phone scam

SEPTA to run shuttle buses on sections of Norristown High Speed Line from August to December

SEPTA Bridgeport Viaduct

Montco Jazz Fest returns with more than 30 concerts across Montgomery County

Larry McKenna Montco Jazz Fest

Four coaches and six players charged in connection with football hazing incidents at Cheltenham High School

Cheltenham High football grand jury

Jenkintown man allegedly impersonated FBI agent at Philly grocery store

jenkintown man impersonating fbi.jpg

Teen set fire to American flags at 4 Montgomery County homes, police say

Arson American Flags

Montgomery County DA drops assault charges against former sports talk host Mike Missanelli

Mike Missanelli Charges Dropped

Looking for fireworks shows outside the city? Check out these July 4 festivities in the suburbs and South Jersey

New Hope Fireworks

Where to catch 'Big Boy,' the world's largest operating steam locomotive, on its tour through Philly region

Big Boy Train Philly

Norristown man charged with roping 50 people into $3.8 million Ponzi scheme

Norristown Ponzi scheme

PennDOT work to close some highway lanes in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties into the fall

Highway closures Bucks Montgomery

Abington reviews security protocols at schools after man charged with sexual assault entered facilities at least twice

Abington Sexual Assault

Montgomery County man pleads guilty to scamming people through his gravestone business

Gravestone Gregory Stefan

American doctor returns to U.S. after being declared Ebola free, Jenkintown-based missionary group says

Peter Stafford Ebola

Rising Sun Inn, a tavern on an 18th century property that once hid the Liberty Bell, closes for pending sale

Rising Sun Inn

Woman accused of faking brain cancer in GoFundMe scheme added to FBI's most wanted list

Cancer GoFundMe FBI

Woman used kids to help her steal from Wawa in Montgomery County, police say

Wawa theft Hatboro

Delaware County shooting leads police to charge Philly man for an unsolved Cheltenham homicide

Road rage arrest

Cheltenham cancels 2026 football season amid hazing investigations

Cheltenham Football Suspension

King of Prussia's new Recharge Park primes path to a more accessible community

KOP Recharge Park

Why these two congressional districts outside Philly could be key to Democrats flipping the House

Bob Harvie and Lucia Simonnelli

Man allegedly stole $9,550 in Pokémon cards at Montgomery County hobby shop

Pokémon card theft Montco

Collegeville native Elin Hinderbrand's book is becoming a Peacock series. Here's the first trailer

Five Star Weekend Peacock

Montgomery County pitmaster will compete on Bobby Flay's 'BBQ Brawl'

Bob Trudnak BBQ Brawl

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