25 People Scramble As Cockfighting Ring Is Uncovered In Bucks County: SPCA
A cockfighting ring was uncovered in the garage of a Bucks County home this week, officials said.
Twenty-five people fled when officials from the Bucks County SPCA and Plumstead police arrived to the Doylestown property Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, the Bucks SPCA said.
Cesar Cordova-Morales, who remained at the scene, was detained by police. He was carrying a satchel containing several bottles of steroids, cutting instruments, string, artificial metal spurs, spur covers, and other items commonly used in cockfighting, police said. He has been arraigned and is being held on $50,000 bail at Buck…
Snow Emergencies Declared Across PA Ahead Of Storm
Officials are advising residents across southeastern and central Pennsylvania to take caution ahead of the snowstorm predicted for Friday, Jan. 19, according to National Weather Service meteorologists.
Chester, Delaware, Philadelphia, and parts of lower Bucks and Montgomery counties are under a winter storm warning as of 5 p.m. Thursday. In Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Northampton, and upper Bucks and Montgomery counties, a winter weather advisory is in place.
NWS's Mount Holly, New Jersey station says snow will begin to fall around 4 to 7 a.m. …
Storm Downs Trees, Closes Roads Across Southeastern PA
Authorities advise residents to adjust their travel routes after heavy rains flooded parts of greater Philadelphia Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, Jan. 9 and 10.
Flood and coastal flood warnings remain in effect Wednesday for Philadelphia and parts of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Lehigh, and Northampton counties, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service.
Drivers should take care to avoid flooded roadways and should never drive into pooled water, authorities note.
Here is a rolling, inexhaustive list of the most recent travel advisorie…
Steer Clear: Flooding Closes Roads Across Southeast Pennsylvania
Nearly three inches of rain have fallen across southeastern Pennsylvania between Sunday and Monday mornings, Dec. 17 and 18, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service.
The Mount Holly, New Jersey station reports that flood warnings and areal flood warnings are in effect for parts of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Lehigh, and Philadelphia counties through late Monday night, though the rain is expected to "taper off" by midday.
We have a number of Flood Warnings and Flood Advisories in effect, and more are likely to come. While we understand many peopl…
No Charges For PA Husband In Wife's Garage Suicide: Police
A Pennsylvania husband will not be charged in his wife's suicide, police said.
The Doylestown woman, 83, had only days or weeks to live when her husband of 60 years returned home one day in August 2023, and found the car running in their closed garage, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said.
The woman had been researching doctor-assisted death options and suicide, and had been receiving hospice care, police said.
And so, when her 90-year-old husband found his wife comatose and barely responsible, because she had discussed with him her intent to end her own life, he did not shut o…
