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| Hot Air Balloon Landing In Park, No Charges For Victim Shooting Robbers, SEPTA Detours for Marathon |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/16/16 10:08 pm | updated: 11/16/16 10:08 pm |
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| A hot air balloon made an unexpected landing at a park on Wednesday afternoon. The balloon landed at McKinley Playground at C and Westmoreland Streets in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The balloon reportedly had the proper clearances to fly in the air and was coming from Pottstown. The pilot stated that the balloon was supposed to make a landing at a Home Depot along Roosevelt Boulevard. No injuries were reported in the incident, and officials are continuing to investigate the... Read More |
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| Search For Bank Robbing Suspect, Six Men Arrested In Prostitution Sting, Milestone For Building |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/16/16 5:32 pm | updated: 11/16/16 5:32 pm |
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| Police are now searching for a suspect who is wanted for robbing a bank in Center City. The robbery took place Wednesday afternoon at the Republic Bank on the 1600 block of Market Street. Police say the man walked into the bank, and handed the teller a note demanding cash. After receiving the unknown amount of cash, the man was able to run away on foot. He was last seen heading westbound on Market Street. If anyone has any information they are asked to call the Philadelphia Police, or... Read More |
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| Possible Change in Philly School Calendar, Dirt Bike/ATV Crackdown, Woman Killed In House Fire |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 10:15 pm | updated: 11/15/16 10:15 pm |
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| City officials announced today that Philadelphia schools may be seeing a change in their calendar over the next year. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission was given a proposal on Tuesday at their meeting that would bring the start day of schools up to September 5th and have school finish up on June 14th. The following 2018-2019 year would start up on August 27th, before Labor Day, and finish up as early as June 4th. The School Reform Commission will take the proposal into... Read More |
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| Star Career Academy Closes, PPA Suffers Financial Hit, Man Sentenced To Life For Murder |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 5:39 pm | updated: 11/15/16 5:39 pm |
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| The Star Career Academy which has campuses in Philadelphia as well as New Jersey, announced Tuesday that it will be shutting it's doors effective immediately and all future classes have since been cancelled. The school is closing due to "the result of the negative financial impact of a continued declining student population while operating in the challenging for-profit post-secondary school industry." Now over a thousand students face an uncertain future as many of them were days away... Read More |
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| Man on Dirt Bike Hits Police Cruiser, Mayor Kenney Addresses Hate Crimes,Cherry Hill PD Body Cams |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/14/16 10:24 pm | updated: 11/14/16 10:24 pm |
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| A 20-year-old man is now in critical condition after an accident involving a police cruiser that happened Monday night. The incident happened at around 5 pm Monday at Torresdale Avenue and Howell Street in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia. Police stated that one of their cruisers on patrol made a left turn onto Howell Street. That's when their cruiser was struck by the 20-year-old man who was riding down the street at a high speed on a dirt bike. The 20-year-old man was then... Read More |
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| Philly Student Hospitalized After Fight, Woman Found Wandering Streets, City Preventing Hate Crimes |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/14/16 5:45 pm | updated: 11/14/16 5:45 pm |
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| A Philadelphia high school student was rushed to the hospital on Monday after a fight broke out at school. The incident took place at the Penn Treaty School on the 600 block of Thompson Street in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Police reported that a fight had broken out between four seniors in the bathroom, and when police were able to break up the fight, one of the victims was found on the floor with a swollen face. The student was taken to the hospital, and is being treated for... Read More |
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| Anti-Trump Protests Continue, Trump Picks Chief of Staff, Racially Charged Attack At Villanova |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/13/16 9:35 pm | updated: 11/13/16 9:35 pm |
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| Demonstrators gathered on Sunday for the fifth time this week to protest Donald Trump being elected as President. Protestors met on Sunday at Thomas Paine Plaza near City Hall, and continued their march down Market Street towards Independence Mall. Police had rolling closures of streets in the city going while protestors marched. Not only were protestors gathering in Philadelphia, but all over the countries major cities, including one in New York on Saturday that had around 5,000... Read More |
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| Man Killed in Tioga-Nicetown, Dilworth Park Ice Rink Opening, Racist Cyber Attacks At UPenn |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/11/16 5:53 pm | updated: 11/11/16 5:53 pm |
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| Police are now investigating after a man was shot and killed in the Tioga-Nicetown section of Philadelphia. Police say the incident happened at around 3:00 pm Friday, on the 3800 block of North 18th Street. Police arrived on the scene to find a 34-year-old man with gun shot wounds to his chest and chin, the man died on the scene. The identity of the victim has not yet been released. Police are also still searching for the gunman in the shooting, and are investigating a possible motive... Read More |
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| Peaceful Anti-Trump Protest, Trump Vandalism at Council Rock H.S., Rowan Student's Charger Ignites |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/10/16 10:33 pm | updated: 11/10/16 10:33 pm |
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| Demonstrators hit the streets of Philadelphia for the second night in a row on Thursday to protest Donald Trump being elected as President. Demonstrators started their protest at City hall with a candlelight vigil, then proceeded to march up JFK Boulevard, protesters caused some traffic stoppage to the Schuylkill Expressway once protestors hit 30th Street Station. Protestors then started to disperse and go their various ways. The demonstrators kept the protest quiet and peaceful, and... Read More |
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| Second Anti-Trump Rally Tonight, Man Hit And Killed By Train, Home Invasion Off Temple's Campus |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/10/16 6:05 pm | updated: 11/10/16 6:05 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police, and other Police forces in big cities around the country are preparing for another round protest by demonstrators who are upset with the election of Donald Trump as President. A protest is set to happen again Thursday night, and organizers of the protests stated they will start rallying again at City Hall. This protest comes just one day after an anti-trump walk that took place Wednesday night and involved between 700-1000 people. Police say that the protests... Read More |
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