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Cop Shooter 'In Name of Islam' (video); Salvation Army Collapse Sentence; Man Arrest 13yo Sex Slave |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/08/16 11:13 pm | updated: 01/08/16 11:14 pm |
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The suspect in last night's ambush shooting of a Philadelphia Police officer in West Philadelphia has confessed to the crime. 30-year-old Edward Archer of Yeadon attacked 33-year-old Officer Jesse Hartnett while he was sitting in his patrol car at 60th and Spruce Streets around 11:30 p.m. Thursday. Archer told police that he had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and ISIS and that he did it 'in the name of Islam.' He said that the shooting was "an attempted assassination of a police... Read More |
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Man Jumps from Boulevard After Accident; Video from NYE Robbery; Halo Returns To Joe Paterno Mural |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/07/16 11:20 pm | updated: 01/07/16 11:20 pm |
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An accident in the southbound lanes of the Roosevelt Boulevard extension between the Schuylkill Expressway and Ridge Ave around 4:00 p.m. closed the road forcing vehicles off at Ridge and backing traffic up past Broad Street. It began with a domestic incident. A man then stole a car with his girlfriend's mother still inside. He was driving in the wrong direction on southbound Route 1 when he collided head on with another car. The suspect tried to flee from authorities on foot and jumped... Read More |
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Music News - Philly's RJD2 New Album/Tour; Sia/Kanye West's Reaper; Janet Jackson Says No Cancer |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/07/16 7:48 am | updated: 01/07/16 7:48 am |
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Philadelphia producer RJD2 has just announced a brand new album and tour dates for the new year. The new LP Dame Fortune more deeply explores soul music and draws inspiration from the sounds of Philly itself. He explains that before living in Philadelphia he had no context for the soul music he was in to. "Philly was a place where there were enough people who had the same musical vocabulary that I did, which made the music more than something I had just discovered on my own." The... Read More |
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Upper Darby 'Suicide By Cop'; Homeless Couple Loses Donations; Skeletal Remains In Kensington |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/06/16 11:33 pm | updated: 01/06/16 11:33 pm |
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Upper Darby police shot and killed a man outside of his apartment on Tuesday night during a violent confrontation. Police responded to a call at the Bishop Hill Apartments located at 151 E. Bishop Avenue at 7:10 p.m. 54-year-old David Zollo was threatening suicide. When officers arrived, Zollo was outside in the parking lot with a knife. He threatened officers and moved towards them. After being hit with a Taser, he still continued towards the officers. They opened fire, hitting him a... Read More |
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New Police Commissioner Richard Ross; Philly Cop Suspended; Teens Cause $5k in Damage (Video) |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/05/16 10:32 pm | updated: 01/05/16 10:32 pm |
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Philadelphia's new police commissioner was sworn in today at his alma mater in North Philly. 51-year-old Richard Ross is a familiar face in the force. The 26-year veteran joined the department in 1989 and most recently served as First Deputy Commissioner under departing Charles Ramsey. The ceremony was held at Central High, just blocks from where Ross grew up. Mayor Jim Kenney presided over the swearing in ceremony while District Attorney Seth Williams held the Bible. Ross acknowledges... Read More |
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Couple Left 3 Kids in Casino Parking Lot; Mayor Kenney Inaugurated; No Results Jayliel Vega Autopsy |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/04/16 10:42 pm | updated: 01/04/16 10:42 pm |
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A New Jersey couple is under arrest after they left their three children outside in a car for almost two hours while they went inside to gamble at a Bensalem casino. 39-year-old Jarrett Evan Nelson and 30-year-old Ebony Walker of Newark, NJ, are charged with endangering the welfare of children and recklessly endangering another person. Police were called to Parx Casino around 9 p.m. on Saturday night after a patron saw the kids in the car. The three children, ages 1, 3, and 8, were found... Read More |
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January 2/3 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/04/16 8:55 pm | updated: 01/04/16 8:56 pm |
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January 2/3 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment
1) "Going Back" by Richard Thompson
2) "Calvary Cross" by Richard Thompson
3) "One of Those Days in England" by Roy Harper
4) "Budapest" by Jethro Tull
5) "Said She Was a Dancer" by Jethro Tull
6) "One of Those Days in England (parts 2-10)" by Roy Harper
7) "Ring Them Bells" by Bob Dylan
Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment plays each weekend. 8 am Saturdays on... Read More |
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Bigot Mummer Banned From Parade; Pennsylvania Turnpike Rates; Philadelphia Christmas Tree Recycling |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/04/16 3:21 am | updated: 01/04/16 4:27 am |
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Following an incident during Friday's Mummer's parade where a member of the Finnegan New Year Brigade was caught on video yelling homophobic epithets while walking on Broad Street, both Mummers' officials and Mayor-Elect Kenney have condemned the act. The man was carrying a sign that pictured Bruce Jenner on the front of a box of Wheaties after the 1976 Olympics and then Caitlyn Jenner on a box of Fruit Loops in 2016. "It was bad. Hurtful to many Philadelphians. Our Trans Citizens do not... Read More |
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Update: Missing 5-year-old Jayliel Vega Found Dead in Allentown Canal |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/02/16 10:13 pm | updated: 01/02/16 10:13 pm |
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The body of a missing autistic boy was found in a canal this afternoon. 5-year-old Jayliel Vega ran from a relative's home during a New Year's Eve party on Thursday evening. He was not wearing a coat, socks, or shoes. A massive search effort was deployed to search the entire neighborhood on the East Side of Allentown. K9 units, helicopters, and officers on the ground searched the woods and water near the Lehigh River. Today, a volunteer found the boy's tablet near the Lehigh canal. Divers... Read More |
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Autistic Boy Missing in Allentown; 2 Mummer Protestors Arrested; Natalie Cole Passed Away |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/02/16 12:30 am | updated: 01/02/16 12:32 am |
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Allentown police are searching for a 5-year-old autistic boy that went missing on New Year's Eve during a holiday party at a relative's house. 5-year-old Jayliel Vega disappeared around 11 p.m. on Thursday evening from his great aunt's home near S. Aubrey Street and E. South Street on the East Side. He was not wearing a coat, socks, or shoes. Vega is 50-60 lbs, brown hair, brown eyes, 3.5 - 4' tall. He was wearing a long sleeve camouflage shirt and green pants. Vega is non-verbal and... Read More |
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