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Update: Excessive heat watch affecting Bucks County Wednesday
The National Weather Service issued an updated excessive heat watch at 3:16 a.m. on Monday valid for Wednesday between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Bucks County. The weather service describes, "Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 105 degrees possible." "Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme...
Bucks County Outlaws: Unveiling the Doan Gang Legend at the Mercer Museum
History buffs, buckle up! The Mercer Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania is currently hosting an exhibition that sheds light on one of the most fascinating – and controversial – chapters in American history: The Doan Gang. Heroes or Villains? You Decide. Running from May 4, 2024, all the way...
Bucks County-based Pearl S. Buck International Celebrates 60 Years of Service to Local Community, Children Around Globe
Pearl S. Buck, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, formed Pearl S. Buck International in 1964, when she was living in her Perkasie home. Pearl S. Buck, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and Nobel laureate in literature, formed Pearl S. Buck International in 1964, when she was living in her Perkasie home, writes Samantha Freise for the Pennsylvania Heritage.
Renovation of Boone Farm Paves Way for African American Museum of Bucks County
The Boone Farm barn is now being renovated to become the future site of the African American Museum of Bucks County. The Boone Farm barn and its surrounding 32 acres in Middletown Township once empty for over 50 years, are now being renovated to become the future site of the African American Museum of Bucks County, writes Keshler Thibert for Hidden City Philadelphia.
'You are nothing but a con artist’: Judge tears into caregiver who faked Stage 4 cancer to derail trial for stealing cash, jewelry from elderly patients
"You betrayed every cancer patient, you betrayed the court system, you betrayed your attorney." The post ‘You are nothing but a con artist’: Judge tears into caregiver who faked Stage 4 cancer to derail trial for stealing cash, jewelry from elderly patients first appeared on Law & Crime.
Caregiver who faked having cancer to delay theft case sentenced to jail
A 48-year-old woman was sentenced Wednesday in Bucks County for stealing thousands of dollars in money and heirloom jewelry from the families of two elderly women she cared for and then submitting fake medical documents claiming to have stage 4 esophageal cancer so that she could delay her trial. Bucks...
Lost Boys of Bucks County taken in Cosmo DiNardo killing spree in Bucks County remembered
It was a murder spree that unfolded over a week’s time seven years ago this July, sending shockwaves through Bucks County and beyond. The chilling effects still impact our community. It began as four young men, seemingly not connected, vanished one after the other. With tips from residents and traffic light camera...
A Distinction No Area Wants: Two Bucks County Routes Make List of Pennsylvania’s Deadliest Roads
Driver caution is key on two Bucks County roads with statistical histories of fatal accidents. A MoneyGeek analysis of traffic data — specifically fatal accidents — has resulted in a statewide list of the deadliest roads in the Commonwealth. Drivers in Bucks County, home to two of them,...
Bucks County fatal flash flood: Sudden loss of parents still raw for son a year later
When Zack DePiero visits the home where he grew up, he doesn’t remember the good times he had there, first as a boy, and later a man with his own family. Those happy memories disappeared with his parents last year in the worst mass casualty weather event in Bucks County memory.
Escapees Dustin Lomas, Tyler Luntz Back In Police Custody
Dustin Lomas was taken into custody in Falls Township on Wednesday evening, July 10, troopers said. He was allegedly "an occupant" in a stolen car. Police said they took him to the Bucks County Youth Center. Lomas and 18-year-old Tyler Luntz escaped from Abraxas Academy in Morgantown on Saturday, July...
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