Upper Darby News

A Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, rests on the stairs leading to the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India.

No big surprises in Delaware County, where Republicans held control of the county offices but Democrats gained local control in some new areas.

The Philadelphia transit system's largest union went on strike early Tuesday, stalling the city's bus, subway and trolley operations a day after the World Series shifted to New York and forcing commuters to scramble to find other ways to get to their destinations.The strike by Transport Workers Union Local 234 will all but cripple a transit system ...

When Jeanette Marcano moved into her Kensington home it had no plumbing or interior walls.

By any external measure, change is knocking at the door of Delaware County's Republicans.

As negotiations continued yesterday between SEPTA and the union representing Philadelphia bus drivers, subway and trolley operators, and mechanics, the transit agency told its riders to get ready for a strike.

It was a scene that had many people going "What the ...." The time and place: Almost midnight Friday at the Wachovia Spectrum The setting: The encore of the "Last Call" concert - one of the last in the Final Farewell series leading up to the closing of the legendary venue.

Taking up collection during the service are ushers St. George's Laticia Stauffer , 34, of Fishtown, and Mother Bethel's Paulette Dunker-Jenkins, 68, of the Northeast.

The video clips are all over the Internet: unsuspecting thieves caught stealing cars - bait cars - set out by police and outfitted with state-of-the-art GPS tracking devices and video cameras.

Thursday night's Leonard Cohen concert, originally scheduled for the Spectrum in South Philadelphia, has been moved to the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa.

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A Delaware County man threatening to light his parents' house on fire attacked an Upper Darby police officer with a Samurai sword early Sunday, police say.

Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says 36-year-old George Rogers tried to stab officer Dan Lanni early Sunday morning.

An Upper Darby, Pa., police officer fought off an attacker who was using a Samurai sword and a high-powered weapon.

Congressman Sestak supports passage of H.R. 2892, the Homeland Security Appropriations Act and supports local homeland defense projects in district The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2010 today after the House and Senate reconciled differences in their versions of the bills.

Pennsylvania's credit unions scored a big legal victory last week as the state Commonwealth Court ruled that employer-based credit unions can hold community charters.

Upper Darby Township, Pa. police say they're continuing to hunt an armed bandit who held up the alliance bank on 69th street on Monday.

Police released Monday pictures of a robber who hit the Alliance Bank at 69th and Walnut streets in Upper Darby wearing a dreadlock wig and Rastafarian hat.

An Upper Darby man has been sentenced to life in prison in the robbery and beating death of his 85-year-old great-aunt last year.

How smart was the Kimmel Center to book the multimedia Video Games Live concert on the same weekend that the Video Game Expo 2009 is holding forth at the Pennsylvania Convention Center? The Expo will be packed with folks who appreciate just how grand and exciting today's game sound tracks can be.