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PHILADELPHIA, PA — An Indiana tax preparer was convicted Friday of conspiring for more than eight years to defraud the IRS by using false business losses, education credits and deductions …
Tax Preparer Convicted in Years-Long IRS Fraud Scheme Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Burlington Stores Inc. will relocate its corporate headquarters to Philadelphia and invest $370 million in the project, a move expected to create at least 2,000 Pennsylvania jobs …
Burlington Plans Philadelphia HQ With $370 Million Investment Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Franklin Towne Charter High School and its former chief executive agreed to pay nearly $3.9 million to settle federal claims that the Philadelphia public charter school manipulated …
Philadelphia Charter School Pays $3.6 Million in Race Case Read More
WALLACE TWP, PA — Route 282 (Creek Road) will close for 10 hours on Saturday, September 12, forcing drivers onto a detour while PennDOT replaces a pipe in Wallace Township. …
Route 282 Closure Could Throw Saturday Plans Off Course Read More
NEWARK, DE — A joint Delaware-Pennsylvania drug investigation led to the arrest of a 40-year-old Newark man after detectives reported seizing fentanyl, crack cocaine, a handgun and more than $7,000 …
Joint Drug Probe Leads to Fentanyl, Gun Charges in Newark Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania authorities charged 12 people in western Pennsylvania with offenses tied to alleged straw purchases and illegal firearm transfers, expanding an investigation into guns that prosecutors say …
12 Charged in Western Pa. Gun Trafficking Crackdown Read More
HUNTINGDON VALLEY, PA — Lower Moreland Township police reported arresting a 25-year-old registered sex offender on Aug. 20 after investigators allegedly found child sexual abuse material while he was serving …
Sex Offender Faces New Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges Read More
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Drivers should expect four nights of delays on U.S. 422 beginning Tuesday, September 8, as milling and paving restrict traffic in both directions through Limerick and …
Four Nights of U.S. 422 Roadwork Could Slow Drivers to a Crawl Read More
PHILADELPHIA, PA — Philadelphia police are searching for a man accused of robbing a gas station employee at gunpoint as the worker prepared to take the business’s money to a …
Gunman Waited 90 Minutes Before Gas Station Robbery, Police Say Read More
HARRISBURG, PA — A Columbia County judge this week rejected Michael Crimi’s bid to overturn his murder conviction in the 2017 beating death of his then-girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, leaving intact …
Court Upholds Murder Conviction in 3-Year-Old’s Killing Read More