Bucks County News

Almost immediately after opening, the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope became known as one of the nation's top summer theaters.

A little humble pie isn't the worst thing. Actually Jim Jenks' response to what he and wife Kathy have learned in the four years since they opened Unami Ridge Winery in Bucks County was, at least, honest.

After a daylong standoff, police persuaded a Bucks County man who had barricaded himself in his house to come out - but not, they said, before he allegedly tried to disable a SWAT team robot with a stick.

Kristofor Stonesifer, 28, was one of the first to die fighting in the War on Terror in October of 2001.

Beneath a dark cloud of a stormy Friday morning, there was a sense of optimism amongst the guests, honorees and dignitaries gathered under a tent in the courtyard of the Bucks County Courthouse.

As we head into another Memorial Day weekend and remember the men and women who gave their lives fighting for our freedom, consumer advocates say this is a big weekend for veterans to be targeted by scams.

More than 800 students graduated from Bucks County Community College during a commencement ceremony Thursday at the Newtown Campus.

Bucks County EMT Bryan Elwell is heading out to Oklahoma to help assist overwhelmed emergency responders dealing with the deadly tornado aftermath in Moore, just outside Oklahoma City.

The Quakertown man wanted by Hatfield Township Police for allegedly stealing from ShopRite and then dragging an employee as he fled in his SUV has been missing for more than three weeks, this according to a post from his mother on the "I Hate Heroin" community Facebook page .

It's a sight you likely don't want to see in your backyard. A black bear was spotted in Croydon, Bucks County over the weekend.

Mike Kersten and his wife Lisa of Croydon, Lower Bucks County opened their front door over the weekend only to find police telling them to stay inside.

Sentence imposed in prison assault Justin O'Brien was sentenced last week to 74 months in prison for the assault of openly gay inmate Kenneth J. Houck Jr.

Jermaine M. Jackson was sentenced to life without parole masterminding a robbery scheme that ended with the shooting death of a popular Bucks County musician.

Eddie Coogan, a former bartender at a number of venues in New Hope, died May 11.

A digital publisher plans to release a newly unearthed novel written by Pulitzer Prize winner, and long-time Bucks County resident, Pearl S. Buck, a long-time Bucks County native until her death in 1973.

Doylestown Borough has again opted in to the Bucks County Integrated Pest Management Program despite recent protests from residents about the spraying of pesticides to kill mosquitoes.

The Bucks County Playhouse will open its second season since its revival Thursday with Jerry Herman's beloved 1966 Broadway musical, "Mame." The production stars Andrea McArdle as Mame and off-Broadway star Lea DeLaria as her bosom buddy, Vera Charles.

Trevose Fire Chief Ron Doster received what he calls "the best Christmas gift ever" last December when he found out his sons, Tim and Chris Doster, along with fellow Trevose firefighter Brian Armstrong, survived a successful rescue attempt from a house fire on Orchard Lane in Feasterville.

Police are asking for the public's help in locating Yang Li, a 16-year-old student who went missing from the Solebury Private School in Bucks County on Wednesday.

Pennsylvania law mandates that state court judges retire when they are 70 years old, a rule which has been in existence since 1968.