Norristown News

A blue Oldsmobile Alero was stolen by an unknown person around 1:30 a.m., Feb. 11, after it was left running outside the Skippack Wawa .

Founded in 2009 by a group of like-minded professional and amateur astronomers as an outreach organization, the Norristown, Penn.-based group is the only 24-hour Internet radio station dedicated to astronomy and other sciences.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A county coroner says he examined the body of late Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua at the request of prosecutors because of the odd timing of his death a day after he was found competent to testify at a high-profile church sex abuse trial.

On August 1, 1944, Hubert Callison and Virginia Beard were united in marriage at the Oak Grove?Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro.

According to 6ABC Action News , West Norriton police are charging a Norristown resident in connection with a car crash that took out a utility pole in West Norriton in the wee hours of Monday morning, knocking out power to residents in the surrounding area.

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - One Pennsylvania college student's attempt to boost his failing grades didn't get him an A for effort.

As part of its 25th Anniversary Lively Arts season, the Montgomery County Community College, together with Theatre Horizon of Norristown, will present two performances of "Pretty Fire." The first performance will be presented on Friday, Feb.

According to reports from the Norristown Police Department , a Norristown woman was robbed at gunpoint late Sunday night and, in a bizarre turn of events, the robber attempted to pick up his victim.

Pennsylvanians are people who embrace important qualities. We value service. We value bravery.

The following is Governor Tom Corbett 's 2012-13 Budget Address to the General Assembly : Speaker Smith, President Pro Tempore Scarnati, Lieutenant Governor Cawley, members of the General Assembly, distinguished cabinet, fellow citizens.

Settlement May Be Near In Rupert Road Bridge Lawsuit The sidewalls of the Rupert Road bridge across Hartenstine Creek on Lower Pottsgrove's east side are cracked and splintering.

According to a report from the Lower Providence Police Department, their officers responded to a report of a one vehicle accident on Crosskeys Road between Ridge Pike and Germantown Pike in Collegeville on Saturday, Feb.

Pottstown Hair Salon Workers Help Offset Medical Costs Sunday was a busy ay at the Great Clips hair salon in Pottstown Plaza by Wal-Mart on Shoemaker Road.

Peter Vitale envisions a place in Lower Merion where local beer connoisseurs and novices alike can choose among craft, import, and other specialty brews when they want to take a break from the pricey beer cases or the easy Bud Light purchase.

A surge in autism cases among children has been attributed to better diagnostics, which poses the question: What of the thousands of aging adults who were never diagnosed? LOS ANGELES When autism researchers arrived at Norristown State Hospital near Philadelphia a few years ago, they found a 63-year-old man who rambled on about Elvis Presley, ... (more)

OK, so without the Eagles in the mix, there's not much to get psyched about this Super Bowl Sunday except the food.

NORRISTOWN, Pa - A Montgomery County mother is headed to county prison for at least eight months after admitting that she caused injuries - including first and second degree burns - to the young daughter she adopted from Russia when the girl was three-years-old. Theresa McNulty told the court she accepted responsibility for causing the injuries to ... (more)

According to NewsWorks.org , new legislation proposed by state representative Eugene DePasquale would provide $30 million in grants for Pennsylvania's neediest schools.

License Board Hears LGS Concern Arguments Feb. 21 Members of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board will conduct an inquiry in Norristown later this month on whether environmental documents filed by Exelon to support the re-licensing of its Limerick nuclear generators need further review.

You may have decided to live in Norristown, but plug the city into an online apartment finder, and you're apt to get results for any of the following: East or West Norriton, Plymouth Meeting, Bridgeport, Conshohocken or West Conshohocken, and King of Prussia.