17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (959+ words) Eva Lemieux and the Springfield girls lacrosse program were faced with a set of differences in the lead-up to the 2026 season. The most obvious came on the field, where a legendary class of 2025 had departed. That group inspired a magical…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (357+ words) Criminal mischief: At 2:01 p.m., playground equipment was found to have graffiti containing vulgar language at Williams Park on Powell Road. Retail theft: At 2:14 p.m., a 12-year-old Chester boy was taken into custody and will be charged with retail theft after security at…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (873+ words) SPRINGFIELD — The exclamation from the Springfield coaching box when the Cougars had the ball Thursday night was simple: Win your matchup. In a District 1 Class 3A semifinal against Ridley, the defense of the third-seeded Green Raiders would focus on Springfield’s two…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (763+ words) SPRINGFIELD – Springfield’s lineup was already loaded enough to make pitchers lose sleep. Then the Cougars casually added another talented rookie to the mix Tuesday afternoon. Freshman Hailey Schreiber, who spent most of the spring mowing hitters down at the JV…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (366+ words) The latest reports from the Springfield Township Police Department: Theft: At 2:29 p.m. a medical stretcher was reported stolen from an ambulance transport vehicle on the property of Keystone Quality Transport in the 1200 block of East Woodland Avenue sometime overnight. Theft: At…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (436+ words) Springfield School District property owners are facing a tax increase. At the recent school board meeting, elected officials approved a 2.95 percent increase in the real estate tax levy for Springfield Township and Morton for 2026-27. The assessment will move from the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1252+ words) RIDLEY TWP. – Springfield is playing winning baseball, and Jack Rea is right in the middle of the Cougars’ resurgence. The Cougars have taken their lumps, but they’ve continued trending up. The 6-2 senior Rea has been a reliable arm since his…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (547+ words) UPPER PROVIDENCE — On Sept. 2, 1945, a 19-year-old Ed Buffman was on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay for one of the most important events of World War II, the Signing of the Surrender, putting an official end to World War II....

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (991+ words) Springfield Township will enact a 1 percent earned income tax while committing to a nearly 20 percent reduction in real estate taxes. By a 5-1 vote township commissioners passed the ordinance at their meeting Tuesday night. The EIT will take effect July 1. First…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (967+ words) Two bidders have emerged to buy the closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Springfield Hospital and all that’s needed is the federal bankruptcy court’s approval. Court records show that Chariot Allaire Partners LLC wants to purchase the Crozer-Chester Medical Center for…...