Montgomery County News

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A Firefighters are at 545 Greystone Road in Merion Station this morning for a house on fire, according to Montgomery County dispatch.

The Spring-Ford Area School District's board of education anonymously approved a mutual agreement to end a two-year contract between outsourced janitorial company Jani-King and the district at Tuesday night's regular meeting.

Msgr. William J. Lynn asserted again Tuesday that he did more than his predecessors at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to curb or stop sexual abuse by priests, but that he had little choice but to follow directives of his bosses and medical professionals.

A Churchville man is behind bars after allegedly drinking and driving on two separate occasions this month in Hatboro.A Brian M. Wladyka, 18, of Churchville, was arrested on May 24 at 6:11 p.m. after officersA investigated reports of a possible intoxicated driver on Horsham Road.

An accident involving a tractor trailer and an overturned dump truck has closed the eastbound lanes of the Schuylkill Expressway near the Conshohocken Curve.

According to the Montgomery County ReadyNotifyPA alert system, the National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Montgomery County and the surrounding area.

Over 60 people attended the annual general meeting of the Willow Grove Chamber of Commerce in order to hear plans that will directly affect the Upper Moreland area business community.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, NJ has issued a flash flood watch for the area, including Bucks and Montgomery counties.

A Lansdale man on Tuesday has waived all 12 charges against him to county arraignment July 18, in connection to his alleged involvement in a huge methamphetamine trafficking bust in Philadelphia and Montgomery counties.

Former Montgomery County DA Michael Marino was treated for a "closed head wound" he suffered in an assault on his Skippack property, Sunday, May 27, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.

Emergency workers were alerted of the incident at 9:48 a.m. and responded to the scene on the 1000 block of Ford Street.

In Philadelphia, the health commissioner issued an excessive heat warning and is urging residents to check on elderly family members and neighbors to ensure that their air conditioners and fans are working.

Overall attendance may have been sparse, but a number of township and borough police officers were conspicuous among those who were at the public meeting held to unveil the results of a regional police study commissioned by Hellertown Borough and Lower Saucon Township councils last year.

A Montgomery County man is facing felony charges after he allegedly broke into the home of Falls woman in violation of a protection from abuse order.

Larry Fisher said the bamboo on his Berns Township property was there before the previous owners bought it in 1985, and a longtime neighbor doesn't remember a time when it wasn't there.

Warren Ruda / The Citizens' Voice Donald Williams of Kingston talks with Mary Ann Janoski about fife playing.

The Montgomery County Health Department was notified that one mosquito pool tested West Nile Virus positive from Pottstown Borough.

Douglas J. Heller was instrumental in developing ushistory.org, a website that hundreds of publications have turned to for details about Revolutionary War events.

Savoy, TX was hit by an F4 tornado. 14 people were killed and 60 others were injured.