Montgomery County News

F. Bruce Covington, who's accused of bringing illegal drugs to the home where a young man was killed in 2006, was sentenced this week to three years of probation for drug offenses in a separate incident.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri-Ferman and Upper Gwynedd Township Police Chief David Duffy report the following details related to the late June double shooting in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County.

On a flatbed trailer between two trucks and another trailer containing hay, Ricardo Diaz Muldonalo set on fire baby clothes and other items that were meant for his unborn child, police said.

A Warminster contractor is going to jail for engaging with another small contractor in a check-kiting scam that cost a bank about $100,000. However, to save 17 full-time jobs during the busy summer contracting season, Montgomery County Judge Thomas C. Branca told contractor Henry R. Buhner he does not have to begin serving his time until Sept.

A man is dead and his wife in critical condition after an apparent murder-suicide attempt in Lansdale last Friday, according to a statement released yesterday by the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

A Republican state senator insists no Pennsylvania state police troopers would be laid off under a proposed GOP budget cut of $16 million to the agency.

An Upper Gwynedd woman who allegedly shot and killed her estranged husband and then attempted to kill herself remained in critical condition Monday at Abington Memorial Hospital, according to authorities.

State police say three people have been fatally shot at an eastern Kentucky home.

Authorities at a military base outside Philadelphia have given the all-clear after a bomb squad was called in to investigate a suspicious vehicle.

WHEATON, Md. - A woman is missing after a stakeout at her home following a domestic dispute, and police are concerned that she may be in danger.

Levittown - mgibbons@phillyBurbs.comA female passenger on a motorcycle that crashed Tuesday night on a Norristown, Pa., bridge was dead before her body entered the Schuylkill River, according to Montgomery County Coroner Dr.

Frederick Mayor Jeff Holtzinger said speed cameras could become an item on the agenda during the last few months of his administration.

A quick moving thunderstorm rumbled through the Philadelphia region Friday night, dropping hail on parts of Montgomery County, knocking out power in scattered areas and fooling one man into thinking he'd been struck by lightning.

A tractor-trailer driver Friday admitted he knew his rig had no functioning brakes when he careened around a curve on the Schuylkill Expressway and caused a six-vehicle pileup that took the life of a Fort Washington man last January.

UPPER GWYNEDD TWP., Pa. - June 26, 2009 -- Montgomery County authorities are investigating a shooting incident in Upper Gwynedd Township Friday night that sent two people to area hospitals.

A suburban Philadelphia landlord has admitted setting up spy cameras and secretly recording women tenants for nearly two decades.

A Montgomery County, Pa. couple has been charged with stealing several thousand dollars from the parent-teacher association at their child's elementary school in Springfield Township .

A suburban Philadelphia landlord has admitted setting up spy cameras and secretly recording women tenants for nearly two decades.Thomas Daley, of Phoenixville, put cameras behind mirrors and in ceiling fans in bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms at five apartment buildings in Norristown.Prosecutors say it began in 1989 and continued until ...

A woman is dead after being thrown from a motorcycle and into the Schuylkill River in Montgomery County.

Kate Gosselin says in divorce papers that she and her husband Jon have lived "separate and apart" for at least two years.