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Russell Vender used a .22-caliber rifle to murder his wife before shooting himself in the head, the coroner said.

Democrat John Monahan 3,515 Republican James McCullen 2,462 Council Democrats Tina Davis 3,404 Bob Lewis 2,962 Rick Pluta 2,903 Tony Tucker 2,804 Republicans Republican Barbara Da Emidio 2,543 Theresa Susan Gabriella-Frey 2,166 Joseph Turner 2,129 William Priestley 2,290 Independent Wayne Turner 568 Uncontested constables Bill Keyser Kevin Wagner ...

Officials say the reason the tech school's PSSA scores are so low is due to about 30 percent of the test takers are special education students.

More than 60 works by the late Bill Bagley, a longtime teacher and an accomplished though unheralded artist, are on view from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Tracy Mansion in Bristol.

The $28 million Route 13 revitalization would include grassy medians and pedestrian crossings, officials said.

My great-great-grandfather Thomas McGowan was born 1825 in Ireland. He immigrated to the United States and lived his life in Newtown, PA.

People have such varied appreciations in things they enjoy doing while traveling.

Share + Oct 20, 2009 5:42 pm US/Eastern Reporting Ben Simmoneau BENSALEM, Pa. It might be one of the few sure bets in this economy: if you need a job, try a casino in Pennsylvania.

About 20 agencies, including the Center for Independent Living of Bucks County and Goodwill Employment Services, will be represented at the fair.

Sheppton is a small community in Schuylkill County with just 30 or so acres of ground, a few hundred residents, and one busy post office box on Center Street.

Years ago I was the editor of a small weekly newspaper and hired freelance news photographers when the budget allowed.

The Bucks County District Attorney's Office on Tuesday withdrew a summary traffic citation against a Falls man who was involved in a fatal motorcycle accident in May that killed a Bristol Township man.

Aries Electronics, an international manufacturer of standard, programmed and custom interconnection products, recently added new BGA Switch-A-Pitch Adapters.

The long range plan is to build two floating docks for dozens of large and small boats along the waterfront park in Bristol.

Julian Bley died while fighting an arson fire at the Purex building in June 1984.

On the surface, everything seems just fine at the Radcliffe Learning Center for preschool children in Bucks County's Bristol Borough.

A Chinese court has sentenced factory owner Yan Xiancheng to 3-1/2 years in prison for counterfeiting Megatouch games, according to an announcement by Megatouch manufacturer AMI Entertainment Network .

Bucks County commissioners this year have continued their practice of giving municipalities that do not touch Philadelphia Park casino's host township of Bensalem a chance to vie for gaming grant money.

First, Bristol officials found a 40-year-old man living in a rented home on Harrison Street after he'd been evicted earlier this week.

Neighbors in a quiet neighborhood of Bristol, Pa. were surprised to find themselves in the middle of a police standoff on Tuesday afternoon -- after a man said to be armed with an unknown chemical barricaded himself in his home.