Bucks County News

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.

A project in Quakertown, Bucks County could bring lots of jobs to the borough. Gorski Engineering says it's trying to get conditional use zoning for an old factory property at 5th and Apple Streets.

Williams & Hand, P.C. is pleased to announce that its Founder and Managing Partner Jeffrey M. Williams has been recognized by Thomson Reuters, published annually in Philadelphia magazine, as a 2013 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers.

The Pennsylvania State Police at Trevose on Monday announced the results of a DUI checkpoint it staged over the weekend.

The following are the candidates running for office at the state, county and township level and seeking the nomination from Tuesday's primary election.

Police say two suburban Philadelphia teenagers were arrested following an altercation after one of them tried to re-enter their high school prom.

'Tis the season, says the Pennsylvania Game Commission, when bears wander. And sometimes they just wander into the wrong places.

Jermaine Jackson, the Trenton man accused of masterminding a plot that left Levittown musician Danny DeGennaro dead, was convicted Monday of second-degree murder in Bucks County Court.

Though it may lack the glamour of a national campaign, this election year is no less important, especially if you believe in the old adage, "All politics is local." The following are the candidates running for office at the county level and seeking the nomination from the Tuesday's primary .

The latest in impostor scams has hit Bucks County, according to information from the Newtown Township Police.

Prepare your taste buds for a feast that comes just once a year. Bucks County Community College's Tyler Tasting Party will be held June 1 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The 24 th annual event will be held in historic Tyler Hall on the Newtown Campus .

Police and wildlife officers are trying to track down a black bear that's been spotted wandering around several residential areas in suburban Philadelphia for days.

A Bucks County community is on high alert Sunday as there has been yet another black bear sighting, this time in Croydon.

The contractors in charge of building Centennial School District's new Region 2 Elementary School will cover the costs of heat pump damage and construction debris runoff, an official told Patch.

In a meeting room packed with his family, friends and co-workers, Warminster's new Chief of Police James Donnelly III was sworn into his new office Thursday night at the township's board of supervisors meeting.

Doylestown will be featured on live television from 7 to 10 a.m. as part of the Good Day Philadelphia show's "Celebrate Your Town" series.

Residents of the Zimmerman Road and Midway Avenue area of Middletown Township were treated to two black bear sightings in the past week.

Two Shots Fired at Newtown Borough Home, Bucks DA Says No one was injured in a shooting that occurred Monday morning in Newtown Borough.