Bensalem News

Adrian Porrazza was being treated for mental illness when he fired a sawed-off shotgun at police during a tense standoff.

Police in four Bucks towns soon will be trained in a jail diversion program designed to prevent violent interactions between cops and people with mental illness.

A gunman smashed a teller with a handgun several times while robbing a Bensalem bank Friday morning.

You won't find it in a dictionary, but you will find Parx lit up in Bensalem. The new name for Philadelphia Park Casino appeared in bright lights through the night sky over Bensalem Saturday as the casino and racetrack hosted its "first Fourth of July fireworks extravaganza." The music and light show by Zambelli Fireworks International marked a ...

Chief Warrant Officer Brian Potts of Middletown returns to Iraq this month for his third tour of duty.

Where is money from casinos going? Editor: Regarding the opinion in June 22 Reading Eagle : Where is all the money from the new casinos going? With just Wilkes-Barre, Bensalem, Chester and Erie up and running, the projected income is $66 million, not to mention the cost for each casino to just get a license, which was more than $20 million.

June 30, 2009 -- State police have arrested the brother and sister owners of a used car dealership on charges of theft.

Top executives at Bensalem's Media Enterprises, Inc. are having an internal meeting today, a spokeswoman confirms, to decide whether the company will continue to air commercials for its products hosted by pitchman Billy Mays , who died at home Sunday in Tampa Bay, Florida .

Maureen Ramsey experienced the first rumblings of the civil rights movement as a child.

Bensalem, PA, June 26, 2009 /EIN News/ -- Research says engaging in creative activity can significantly improve the mind-body connection in seniors, enhancing long term health and well being.

OF COURSE this should have been a law LONG ago My step-dad lives in California and has been using it for years now LEGALLY.

School property tax bills will soon arrive in mailboxes across the state, and some homeowners may be surprised by the bottom line.

Two men have been charged in connection with the gunpoint robbery of a convenience store on Route 13 in Bensalem Thursday night.

A 36-year-old mother of two was allegedly so drunk she couldn't sit on a bench without help as officers spoke with her inside a Bensalem McDonald's Playland, according to police.

Homeowners in Bensalem can expect an even bigger casino rebate this year, and low-income seniors may receive enough money to cover their entire township tax bill, officials said this week.

William Gretzula wouldearn $159,000if he's approved as superintendent. The Bensalem school board will decide tonight whether to appoint William Gretzula as the next superintendent of the estimated 6,000-student school district.

The case against a Philadelphia man who allegedly tried to run over a Bensalem cop following an undercover drug deal has been sent to county court for trial.

URINATING IN PUBLIC, 7:36 p.m. May 18: Police said they saw George Keller, 51, no known home address, urinating outside the former Denny's restaurant on Route 202 North.

A 33-year-old Willingboro man, struck by a car on Bristol Pike in Bensalem, Pa., died Tuesday from injuries sustained in the accident, Bensalem police said.

A robbery suspect ended a long standoff with police by jumping to his death from the Platt Bridge Saturday morning.