Thornton News

After assessing the conditions of the roads and sidewalks, many school districts last night decided to close today or open on a two-hour delayed schedule.

Gregory Thornton, superintendent of Delaware County's Chester Upland School District and a former top official in the Philadelphia district, is one of three finalists for the top job in the Milwaukee school district.

The Bethlehem Area School District, already burdened by a deep deficit, is poised to make the most drastic school spending cutbacks in Pennsylvania in response to the ongoing state budget impasse.

Andrea Arrington, a 23-year-old working mother, was a strong-willed Ridley High grad with a supportive family, big plans for the future and the drive to make them a reality.

Renny Cushing is convinced a former New Hampshire state trooper got away with murder.

Randall Sommovilla, a former lawyer with Philadelphia firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll , was arrested Friday night for allegedly trying to smuggle packets of cocaine and heroin into a local jail while on a visit to see a client.

Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church, the oldest African-American Presbyterian church in western Pennsylvania, now has a new pastor.

A solo fund manager pleaded guilty Friday to operating an $80 million Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 70 victims, including a family foundation and a couple who lost their life savings.

Peter and Joanne McManus of Thornton, Pa. drive their 1934 Railton Sports two seater during the Concours d"Elegance car show at Northampton Community College in Bethlehem Township.