Hero Day raises awareness of childhood cancer
The second-annual Hero Day event raised awareness of childhood cancer on Sunday. “For Hero Day, we are honoring the heroes among us that are children and teens battling childhood cancer,” organizer Naomi Quick said. “What we’re trying to do is just equip the community with ways that they can easily join the battle...
Haverford Twp. passes new helmet ordinance for kids on e-bikes, e-scooters
The ordinance includes a grace period through the end of the year, during which police will focus on education and issue warnings.
Appoquinimink district officials lay out next steps, community members call for resignations
Assurances from the Appoquinimink School District superintendent that t failure to track millions of dollars would not happen again, left many angry residents unswayed The post Appoquinimink district officials lay out next steps, community members call for resignations appeared first on Spotlight Delaware .
Health Care Advocates in Delaware County Put Legislators on Notice: Stop Allowing Hospital and...
Advocates to reopen the former Crozer-Chester Medical Center, founded in 1958 as Delaware County Hospital, demonstrated outside the shuttered and mostly vacant health care facility Monday, demanding it be reopened as part of National Day of ActionforMedicaid Comes to PA – in 12 states across the U.S., according to...
‘Am I worth 0?’ | Smyrna teachers voicing frustration over lower pay
Smyrna School District teachers are voicing frustration that they have the lowest pay in their region, with no raise in sight. New Smyrna teachers receive roughly $1,000-$2,000 less than their counterparts in southern New Castle County and northern Kent County, and partially as a result of recent failed referendum...
Flags wave and bells toll at 9/11 remembrances across Philly region
The 2,977 victims of the Sept. 11 attacks were remembered as the Philly region marked 24 years since the tragedy.
Philadelphia police officers who responded to Ground Zero say the city won’t formally recognize...
About a dozen Philly cops were sent to New York on 9/11. Many of them are now sick with cancer and other illnesses. They are again calling on the city to formally acknowledge their diseases as on-duty injuries so they could receive certain benefits.
Philadelphia man arrested for carjacking at Altoona Sheetz
ALTOONA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Philadelphia resident was arrested after an alleged carjacking at Sheetz in the Greenwood area of Altoona. Squan Edgar Washington, 25, was arrested when Logan Township Police were dispatched to Sheetz at 1661 E. Pleasant Valley Boulevard Sept. 10, for a reported robbery/carjacking. According...
Main Street Confrontation in Parkesburg Results in Arrest and Charges
PARKESBURG, PA — Parkesburg Borough Police announced the arrest of a local man following a disturbance in the borough’s central business district on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Officers responded to the 300 block of Main Street and, during the investigation, determined that 58-year-old Jerry Wayne Persley was wanted...
Dealer Skates with Light Sentence in Death of Woman
A Newark man has received a four-year prison sentence, followed by probation, in connection with two drug distribution cases, one of which was tied to a woman’s death. On August 29, 2025, 27-year-old Naquan Watson was sentenced on two counts of Manufacture/Deliver/Possession with Intent to Deliver, both class D...
