Regional Roundup: Bensalem Mother Arrested in Child Abuse Investigation

Here are some highlights from area Patches.

: After a lengthy investigation by the police department's Special Victims Unit, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office and Bucks County Children and Youth, a 24-year-old mother was arrested and charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and simple assault.

: Starting Saturday, Amazon will offer consumers discounts in exchange for providing competitors’ prices. One Doylestown local business owner said, "What’s ironic is they claim they want to work with independent businesses, but all they’re really trying to do is put independent businesses under."

: Montgomery County Community College students voiced concerns over the proposed $11 per credit hour tuition increase under the proposed county budget. At that rate, increases would amount to $132 a semester for a full-time student carrying 12 credits.

: Upper Southampton's board approved an updated ordinance that bans firearms, air soft guns, bow and arrows, hatchets, axes and saws from township parks.

: Police reported that someone robbed a store at gunpoint on Bristol Pike in Levittown. The robber was described as a man, approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt with the hood up, a tan or brown mask, gloves and jeans.

: The Feasterville Business Association has taken time during the holiday season to remember fallen police officers with a tree adorned in blue lights.

: The Rock Rovers were chosen from applicants nationwide to participate in NASA’s Microgravity Experience Program this February.