Keith Phucas
Montco transition team: Streamline, modernize government
May 10, 2012 at 12:42 p.m.
NORRISTOWN - The transition team appointed by the Montgomery County commissioners has issued reports recommending restructuring and streamlining the way county government operates. At a public meeting Wednesday, the team's...
Trucker convicted of fatal I-76 crash imprisoned for falsifying log books
May 8, 2012 at 8:34 a.m.
PHILADELPHIA - A trucker convicted of killing a motorist on the Schuylkill Expressway in 2009 was sentenced in federal court to prison for falsifying his truck's log book. Valerijs Nikolaevich...
Montco negotiating with Homeland Security to house detainees awaiting deportation
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County Correctional Facility plans to contract with THE U.S. Department of Homeland Security to house illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. At Thursday's meeting, the commissioners passed a...
Law Day celebration invokes 'I Have a Dream' speech
May 2, 2012 at 12:48 p.m.
NORRISTOWN - Montgomery County judges, attorneys, employees and officials gathered to celebrate the rule of law during Tuesday's annual observance of Law Day. During the late morning ceremony, 130 new...
Convicted killer Eichinger denied new trial
NORRISTOWN - Convicted murderer John Charles Eichinger lost his appeal for a new trial last month. Eichinger was convicted in 2005 of the stabbing deaths of three women and one...
Trial of man who allegedly shot 16-year-old postponed
NORRISTOWN - The trial scheduled to begin this week for accused murderer Brandon Pierce has been postponed until later this year. Pierce, 20, is alleged to have shot and killed...
Commissioners reflect on first 100 days, repeal ethics and procurement policies (video)
April 13, 2012 at 8:30 a.m.
NORRISTOWN - At a special Montgomery County Commissioners meeting to report on the administration's first 100 days, the board repealed ethics and contract procurement ordinances from the last administration and...
Montgomery County reconsiders bids on 911 radio project
NORRISTOWN - Citing a potential conflict of interest, the Montgomery County commissioners decided against hiring a company recently picked to evaluate the county's 911 radio system. At an April 5...
Mold being removed from Montco judicial chambers (video)
April 6, 2012 at 10:06 p.m.
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County commissioners approved an emergency resolution Thursday to rid several judges' chambers of mold that was growing inside their office walls. Commissioners' Chairman Josh Shapiro said...
Montco commissioners remember teen with Distracted Driving Awareness Week (video)
NORRISTOWN - Casey Feldman was struck and killed by a distracted driver while crossing the street in Ocean City, N.J. in 2009. In the wake of the devastating loss, the...