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| Tommy Ramone, drummer, last original member of The Ramones, has passed. |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/12/14 4:40 am | updated: 07/12/14 4:41 am |
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Drummer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of New York punk back The Ramones, has passed away at age 65. The band announced the news via their Twitter account early Saturday morning. He was the last living of the four original members. Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Tommy founded the iconic band in 1974.
Thomas Erdelyi was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1949 and moved with his parents to New York. Tommy initially was initially the manager of The Ramones but was recruited... Read More |
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| Camden Child Slasher Found Guilty; Meek Mill Ordered to Jail; New Station! 'Pulsations' EDM/Dance |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/11/14 6:36 pm | updated: 07/11/14 6:36 pm |
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| A Camden, NJ, man was found guilty today of all charges in the 2012 rape of a 12-year-old girl and murder of her younger brother. It happened on September 12th, 2012 when the then 31-year-old Osvaldo Rivera broke into the home on Ware Street. The 12-year-old was on the couch. He slashed her throat as he raped her. The 6-year-old brother walked in on the commotion and Rivera slashed his throat, killing him. He then fled the house and was found a few blocks away hiding behind a mattress.... Read More |
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| Pharmacy Deliveryman Shot in North Philly; Gov. Corbett Signs Budget; 10 Car Pileup in I-95 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/10/14 7:03 pm | updated: 07/10/14 7:03 pm |
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| A pharmaceutical deliveryman was shot this morning while making a delivery in North Philadelphia. It happened around 10:30 a.m. on the 2300 block of Ridge Avenue outside of the Wellness Pharmacy. The man was delivering a supply of prescriptions when he was approached by a gunman on the sidewalk and shot once in the index finger. He was rushed to Hahnemann Hospital and is in stable condition. The robber and accomplice took off leaving a whole van of drugs untouched. Police do have... Read More |
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| Upper Darby Bedroom Intruder Arrested; 92-year-old Woman Attacked; DE Man Put Heroin in Son's Diaper |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/09/14 6:18 pm | updated: 07/09/14 6:18 pm |
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| Police in Upper Darby have arrested a man they say has been sneaking into women's bedrooms at night while they were sleeping then stood over and watched them. The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Tyrell Booker of Yeadon, PA. So far he has been charged for one incident, but authorities believe he is responsible for the other 5 incidents reported. The bedroom stalker started back on April 16th. This latest incident happened Friday, June 27th, on the 7000 block of Clinton Road. A... Read More |
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| Southwest Philly Fire Response Timeline; North Philadelphia Crash: Bus, Cars, Pedestrians. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/08/14 7:02 pm | updated: 07/08/14 7:02 pm |
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| Authorities have released the response timeline for the fatal Southwest Philadelphia fire on the 6500 block of Gesner Street that killed four children on Saturday. The timeline shows that the first 911 call came in at 2:44 a.m. and the first fire truck arrived on scene at 2:49 a.m. Frustrated neighbors and members of the community have let tensions boil in the neighborhood following the deadly blaze over what Mayor Nutter has called “misconceptions” of the fire department's... Read More |
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| Cobbs Creek House Collapse; Ship Bottom Fire; Police Dog Scared by Fireworks, Killed by Car |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/07/14 6:56 pm | updated: 07/07/14 9:54 pm |
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| Several houses in Philadelphia's Cobbs Creek neighborhood have collapsed today. It happened just before 12 noon near 60th and Spruce Streets. The roofs of two homes collapsed, crushing the second floors and weighing down on the first buckling the porches out over the front steps. Neighboring homes also sustained damage. No one was inside any of the homes at the time, and there are no reported injuries. There was a search for one neighbor's champion Scottish deerhound show dogs. They... Read More |
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| 4th of July in Philadelphia; Body Found in Ocean City; Freezer Son Turns Self In |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/03/14 6:06 pm | updated: 07/03/14 6:14 pm |
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| Philadelphia is the place to be for 4th of July. We are the birthplace of the nation, and we certainly know how to celebrate. Head to the Old City, 5th and Market, from 10-2 for readings of the Declaration, Parade, and tapping of the Liberty Bell. The Party on the Parkway runs all afternoon from Noon to 7pm with activities, music, games, and food. That all culminates with “Largest Free Concert in America” of course that's the Philly 4th of July Jam & Fireworks at the Art Museum.... Read More |
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| Styx Foreigner Tour Bus Fire; Drug User Cigarette Started Motel Fire; Son/Grandson Kill Grandfather |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/02/14 7:11 pm | updated: 07/02/14 7:11 pm |
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| The tour buses of two popular classic rock bands were damaged in a fire this afternoon at a parking facility in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. The fire broke out at a bus parking lot at 2nd and Callowhill St. around 12:20pm Wednesday afternoon. The bus belonging to rock band Styx caught fire and the rear was engulfed in flames. It spread to the adjacent bus belonging to the band Foreigner. The two bands are in town and scheduled to play at the Let Freedom Rock Fest on... Read More |
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| Grandmother Found in Freezer; Food Truck Explosion (video); 5 Kids Left Alone in SUV |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/01/14 6:49 pm | updated: 07/01/14 6:49 pm |
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| Police investigators discovered the naked body of an 83-year-old grandmother inside of a basement freezer this morning in the city's Feltonville neighborhood. Police were tipped of by an in-law that the woman, identified as Andrea Carrasquillo, had passed away in January and was placed in the freezer by a relative when they got scared. Neighbors on the 4500 block of Lee Street did not find it odd that they did not see her because she did not leave very often. The medical examiner will... Read More |
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| Coast Guard Calls Off Search in OC; Tossed Cigarette Lights Up Car; Rita's Gate Investigation |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/30/14 6:27 pm | updated: 06/30/14 6:27 pm |
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| The US Coast Guard has suspended it's search for a 14-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in the water off Ocean City, NJ. They called off the search at 4:30 Monday afternoon. They had been searching a 50 square mile area. Ocean City Fire and Beach Patrol will continue their search on Tuesday morning. The Philadelphia teen had been with a group of friends on a jetty near 9th street when he was swept out into the water by a rip current. Attempts to rescue him only caught others... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
