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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/08/13 9:47 pm | updated: 12/08/13 9:47 pm |
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A motorist who got out of his car after a minor crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was struck and killed, and about 50 cars behind him were involved in a series of fender-benders that closed westbound lanes as a storm brought heavy snow to the region yesterday afternoon. The victim got out of his car and was struck by another vehicle, as dozens of cars behind him were involved in a series of chain-reaction crashes.
Princeton University is getting ready to administer the first... Read More |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/08/13 8:30 pm | updated: 12/08/13 8:30 pm |
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There was a shooting over the weekend outside a Meek Mill hosted event in Wilmington Delaware that left four people wounded. Just before 2 am Sunday, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of MoodSwing Nightclub Lounge on the Kirkwood Highway. Multiple gunshots in a crowd of over 600 people hit four victims and several cars. None of the injuries were life threatening.
The Dow Chemical building on Independence Mall will get a $20 million renovation by the developers who purchased... Read More |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/07/13 1:17 am | updated: 12/07/13 1:17 am |
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And the Grammy Nominations Go To...
The 2014 Grammy nominations were announced tonight in front of a live audience in Los Angeles and broadcast on CBS. Included in the broadcast were several performances from artists expected to garner nominations to this year's award show. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis opened the show with a performance of the their breakthrough hit "Thrift Shop." The duo is nominated
Taylor Swift joined the show with a “live” performance of “I... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/06/13 7:06 pm | updated: 12/06/13 7:06 pm |
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| Temple University announced this afternoon that it was shutting down seven of it's 24 intercollegiate athletic programs. This was the culmination of a seven-month-long analysis of the university's athletic department. They cited costs, inadequate facilities, and Title IX non-compliance as reasons for the cuts. Baseball, softball, men’s crew, women’s crew, men’s gymnastics, men’s outdoor track and field, and men’s indoor track and field are the sports that will be dropped after... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/06/13 8:54 am | updated: 12/06/13 8:54 am |
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| Funeral arrangements have been announced for former South African President, Nelson Mandela. Mandela spent 27 years in prison, convicted of treason by the white minority government. He was released in 1990 and led his country out of Apartheid negotiating a peaceful end to segregation while urging forgiveness for the white government that had kept him in prison. The memorial service for Nelson Mandela will take place December 10th in Johannesburg stadium. His remains will lie in state... Read More |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 12/05/13 10:29 pm | updated: 12/05/13 10:29 pm |
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Nelson Mandela, who battled apartheid in South Africa before becoming its first democratic leader, died at his home in South Africa yesterday after several months of ongoing health problems. President Obama has ordered all flags to half-staff. All flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on Dec. 9, 2013. Nelson Mandela was 95.
Friends and family of Timothy Loper Jr. packed a Camden court room Thursday for the arraignment of the former Marine’s accused killer Darrell... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/05/13 6:31 pm | updated: 12/05/13 6:31 pm |
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| Eighteen people were busted this morning in a pair of drugs raids in Collingdale, Delaware County. The raid dubbed “Operation My Block” focused on the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue that had become overrun by two rival drug gangs. Neighbor complained of the increasing violence, gun fire, and drug activity on their block. Seventeen were arrested for possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance. One was arrested on a domestic warrant. Authorities seized small amounts of... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/05/13 5:56 pm | updated: 12/05/13 5:56 pm |
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| Nelson Mandela, former South African president, has passed away at the age of 95. Mandela spent 27 years in prison for treason for opposing the apartheid government of the National Party. He was released in 1990 and continued his work as head of the African National Congress, eventually leading to the end of apartheid and his election as the first black president. Nelson won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. He was also presented with the 1993 Liberty Medal in Philadelphia along with F. W. De Klerk.... Read More |
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 by: JoeS - Springfield, PA
started: 12/05/13 1:40 pm | updated: 12/05/13 1:40 pm |
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| The Pennsylvania Colonial Plantation is a living history museum and farm located within the limits of Ridley Creek Sate Park in Delaware County Pa. Come visit the farm this Saturday Dec.7th between 11AM and 4PM and be treated to a Colonial Christmas. The farm house will be decorated by the Springfield Garden Club as it might have been in the 18th Century. Come meet Father Christmas, see a puppet show at 2:30, make some candles and corn cob dolls. See our animals, sing some holiday songs,... Read More |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/05/13 8:51 am | updated: 12/05/13 8:51 am |
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Legendary boxer Joe Frazier, who made Philadelphia his home, will be memorialized in a 9 foot statue to be placed in the stadium complex area in South Philly. The Art Commission approved sculptor Stephen Layne's design yesterday. The pose is from one of Frazier's most storied moments, his knockdown of Muhammad Ali with a left hook in the 15th round of the "Fight of the Century" in 1971. Joe Frazier was the first to beat Ali.
City Council President Darrell Clarke would like to... Read More |
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