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| Driver Smashes Cars in South Philly; Teen Groped in Bensalem Target; Two Arrested for Toddler Death |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/24/18 9:15 pm | updated: 02/24/18 9:16 pm |
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An out-of-control driver crashed into over a dozen parked cars in South Philadelphia last night. It happened after 10 p.m. Friday on 3rd Street between Ritner and Porter Streets. The driver of a pickup truck barreled down the street striking cars along the way. He smashed into 16 cars, several had to be towed away. The driver was arrested under suspicion of DUI.
UPDATE: He has been identified as 43-year-old James Keyser of Wolf Street.
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| Large Fire Destroys Buses in Lehigh Valley; DE Basketball Game Brawl; Arrests in Walmart Robberies |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/23/18 7:19 pm | updated: 02/23/18 7:25 pm |
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| Classes were canceled on Friday after a fire broke out in the bus depot for Parkland School District in the Lehigh Valley. It happened around 3 a.m. in the bus garage off of Stadium Road in Oreland, PA near the Oreland Middle School. The entire building was engulfed in flames. Parkland School District Superintendent Rich Sniscak says that 16 buses were destroyed and 14 were damaged. The 30 buses represent about a fifth of the district's fleet. They hope to have classes open on Monday. No... Read More |
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| Man Charged Killing Baby Daughter; BucksCo Man Impersonates Police; Worker Drives Forklift Off Pier |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/22/18 8:56 pm | updated: 02/22/18 9:03 pm |
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| A Chester County man has been charged with the murder of his 5-month-old infant daughter after he repeatedly shook the child in frustration on multiple occasions after losing while playing video games. Zion Isaiah Shockley of Coatesville is charged with first degree murder and other offenses. On February 10th, Coatesville police officers responded to the 500 block of E. Harmony Street to the report of an unresponsive baby suffering from cardiac arrest. Five-month-old Rosalie was taken to... Read More |
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| Philly DA Krasner Drops Cash Bail; 3 Arrested for Bensalem Murder; Pregnant Woman Stabbed to Death |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/22/18 5:15 am | updated: 02/22/18 5:15 am |
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| Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced on Wednesday that his office will no longer pursue cash bail for low-level offenses. In a statement released on the DA's website Krasner says, "There is absolutely no reason why someone who will show up for court, is not a flight risk, and is no threat to their neighbors and community, needs to sit in jail for days because they can't post a small amount of bail. It's simply... Read More |
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| UD Man in Custody After Threatening Church; PA Turnpike Closed I-476 Accident; Double Home Invasion |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/21/18 4:44 pm | updated: 02/21/18 4:44 pm |
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| Upper Darby Police now have in custody a man who threatened to kill his entire church congregation. 59-year-old Sherwood Hargrove of Drexel Hill turned himself in on Wednesday morning. He is charged with making terroristic threats. It happened on Monday at the Beulah Tabernacle church at 3400 State Road in the Drexel Hill section of Upper Darby Township. Hargrove was asked to leave during church services and shouted, "Y'all are going to die, and they told me how to do it," while being... Read More |
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| Man Arrested for Kicking Pregnant Woman; Murder Suicide at SJ Rehab; NJ School Adding Armed Police |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/20/18 9:05 pm | updated: 02/20/18 9:05 pm |
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A Center City man has been arrested after he allegedly kicked a pregnant woman when she did not given him money. 31-year-old Omar Palmer faces a number of charges including aggravated assault on an unborn child. It happened on February 11th outside the Dunkin Donuts at 11th and Arch Streets. The woman told police that Palmer asked her for $2. When she told him she didn't have any money, he attacked her. The woman was taken to Hahnemann University Hospital for observation.
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| Philly's 37-year-old Polar Bear Coldilocks Dies; SEPTA Bus hits Big Rig; Acme Parent Buys Rite Aid |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/20/18 7:29 pm | updated: 02/20/18 7:29 pm |
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| The Philadelphia Zoo has announced that their 37-year-old female polar bear Coldilocks has died. The zoo decided to euthanize the animal due to a serious decline in her health. Colidlocks was the oldest polar bear in the country. She was born on December 13, 1980 at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. Coldilocks arrived at Philadelphia Zoo on October 6, 1981. She well surpassed the typical polar bear lifespan of 23 years. You can make a donation to Polar Bear International in her honor at... Read More |
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| Pennsylvania Supreme Court Releases Map; Old City Fire Aftermath; More Eagles Parade Vandals Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/19/18 8:06 pm | updated: 02/19/18 8:08 pm |
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| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court released its own congressional redistricting map this afternoon (see map below). Back in January, the Democratic-majority court ruled that the state's 18-district map in use since 2011 was unconstitutionally gerrymandered and partisan in Republican favor and ordered a new map be drawn. Legislative leaders sent a new map to Governor Tom Wolf last Monday, who in turn sent a map of his own to the court on Friday. This map created by the court will be used in... Read More |
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| Evacuations in Old City Fire; Boy Scout Rescued from Cave; Medical Marijuana Opens in PA |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/18/18 6:09 pm | updated: 02/18/18 6:09 pm |
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| Over 100 residents and hotel guests were evacuated early this morning because of a 4-alarm fire in Old City. The fire started in a building near 3rd and Chestnut around 3 a.m. Firefighters arrived to heavy smoke and flames coming from the windows and roof. The building has retail/restaurant space at street level and apartments above. About 160 people were evacuated including neighboring buildings such as the Best Western Independence Park Hotel. The fire was brought under control by 7... Read More |
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| Snow Expected Tonight; Chain Falls on THON Dancer; 10yo Stabs 5yo Brother by Accident |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/17/18 4:43 pm | updated: 02/17/18 4:46 pm |
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| A tricky, thread-the-needle winter storm is expected to affect the Philadelphia area this evening and overnight with the possibility of accumulating snow. Sunny skies early will give way to clouds as the afternoon progresses. A cold front passed through last night bringing in enough cold enough air that a storm approaching from the south later today should produce wintry precipitation. It is perfect timing. Precipitation will start in the late afternoon and early evening. It is expected... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
