Community Corner

Popular Restaurant Flunks Health Inspection / Priest Sex Abuse / KKK Costumes At Local School / Pa. Powerball Winners

Check out the region's top Patch headlines from the past week.

Here’s a look at the top news that made headlines this week across the Patch network in Pennsylvania:

Catholic Bishops Hid Sex Abuse Of Hundreds Of PA Children: Grand Jury

  • A Pennsylvania grand jury this week implicated more than 50 priests and religious leaders who have served at churches across the state in a sex-abuse scandal dating back 40 years.

3 Pa. Friends Win $291M Powerball Jackpot

  • The three Pennsylvania residents purchased the jackpot winning ticket in the Florida Keys at the end of their vacation.

3 Philly Restaurants Ordered To Close By Health Department

  • Three Philadelphia restaurants, including the popular McCormick & Schmick's, were ordered to shut their doors after flunking health inspections this week.

Sodomy Allegations at Conestoga High School, 3 Students Charged: DA

  • A series of horrifying allegations of brutal hazing came to light Friday, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office.

KKK Costumes At Delco School Prompt Apology

  • Students dressed as KKK members for a history assignment illustrating the historical impact of the 1920s, a Delaware County district said.

2 Men Try To Break Into Woman's Car With Child Inside

  • The woman had just left Panera when two men with "foreign accents and long beards" asked her for money and attempted to break into her car

8 Pennsylvania Billionaires Make Forbes List Of World's Richest

  • Eight Pennsylvania residents have made the 2016 Forbes magazine billionaires list.

Dad Had Kids In Car During DUI Crash: Police

  • Justin Green of Warminster, Bucks County, is charged with endangering the welfare of children, DUI, resisting arrest, having improper child restraint systems and more.

Pot Brownies Sold At Bucks County Middle School: Police

  • A high school student in Bucks County who sold brownies laced with marijuana to “multiple students” at a local middle school has been arrested, police said Monday.

Montco Native Wins Academy Award For 'Spotlight'

  • An Ambler man and Harvard Law School graduate has won an Oscar for his work on the feature film Spotlight, which has been nominated for several other Academy Awards.

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.