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Rocket Launch and Colored Clouds Visible in Philadelphia, NJ, and DE area tonight; Watch Live Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 10/07/15 10:33 pm | updated: 10/07/15 10:34 pm |
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NASA will be launching a suborbital rocket tonight from it's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. The launch is scheduled for 7 p.m. EDT with a two hour launch window to 9 pm. The rocket launch should be visible from many points across the U.S. East Coast including right here in the Philadelphia, NJ, and DE area.
NASA is testing a number of technologies including a Black Brant sounding rocket motor and ejection technologies for suborbital payloads. In addition to... Read More |
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Community College of Philadelphia Lockdown/Arrest; Transgender Attack/Murder; Assault After Accident |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 10/06/15 11:17 pm | updated: 10/06/15 11:17 pm |
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The Community College of Philadelphia was put on lockdown and students told to shelter in place around 9:30 a.m. as Philadelphia Police searched for a man seen with a gun near campus at 17th and Spring Garden Streets. Two men were having an argument outside the Winnet Student Life Building when one pulled out a gun and then fled into a nearby building. About two hours later, authorities found and caught the 17-year-old suspect hiding in the business school building, but he no longer had... Read More |
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Philly Colleges on Alert, All Calm; Regusters Sentenced 40 yrs to Life; Mom Injects Daughter Heroin |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 10/05/15 9:38 pm | updated: 10/05/15 10:30 pm |
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Philadelphia area colleges and universities were on alert today after a non-specific threat against a "a university near Philadelphia" was revealed to local officials by the FBI and ATF on Sunday. The threat was posted on forum site 4chan. It was on the same message board that contained a similar threat against Oregon schools the day before the attack there last week. Officials took it seriously and public safety was visibly increased on campuses in and around the city. Although no... Read More |
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Alert Sent to Philadelphia Colleges; Former Philly NCAAP Leader Passes; Swarthmore Student ID'd |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 10/05/15 4:46 am | updated: 10/05/15 4:46 am |
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Local colleges and universities are on heightened alert going into Monday after the FBI and ATF sent out a warning of a threat of violence made against Philadelphia area colleges. The threat itself surfaced on the online forum 4chan and was posted anonymously on Friday. It threatened violence to a "university near Philadelphia" on October 5th at 2 pm, as a possible follow-up to the recent attack in Oregon. The FBI says that... Read More |
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Pope Francis Spoke to Congress Thursday; Man Fatally Stabbed Near Convention Center; Listen to WMOF |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/25/15 12:19 am | updated: 09/25/15 12:19 am |
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Pope Francis spoke today at the Capitol building in front a joint meeting of Congress, the first such appearance by a pontiff. He spoke on many topics including the abolition of the death penalty, immigration, our role in protecting the environment, poverty, and the importance of the family. Pope Francis included references to American figures Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Thomas Merton, and Dorothy Day. Following his address to Congress, Pope Francis went to St. Patrick's in... Read More |
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363 lbs Cocaine Seized in Philly; Chairs, Strollers Allowed on Parkway; Man Found in NJ Waterway ID |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/23/15 9:51 pm | updated: 09/23/15 9:51 pm |
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Federal authorities in Philadelphia announced that over 360 lbs of cocaine were discovered last week in a shipment of pumpkins and squash from Costa Rica. The street value of the drugs is around $6 million. Thin packages containing the powder were laminated inside the boxes of fruit. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers confiscated it all. It arrived aboard the M/V Santa Maria and was headed to a distributor in the Bronx. No arrests have been made, but the investigation is... Read More |
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Phillies Hire Pete Mackanin as Manager; World Meeting of Families Starts Today; Body in Camden Lake |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/22/15 10:31 pm | updated: 09/22/15 10:31 pm |
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The Philadelphia Phillies have extended interim manager Pete Mackanin's contract through 2016 with and option for 2017. 64-year-old Mackanin becomes the 53rd manager in Phillies' team history. He took over the role after Ryne Sandberg resigned on June 26. Incoming team president Andy MacPhail said in a statement, "We believe that Pete is the best fit for the role. Since assuming the interim manager position in June, Pete has developed an excellent rapport with our players and has also... Read More |
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Stream Kurt Vile's b'lieve i'm goin down... Before Release on Friday. |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/22/15 4:32 am | updated: 09/22/15 4:32 am |
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Philadelphia's indie rock king Kurt Vile is about to deliver his follow up to 2013's critically acclaimed Waking on a Pretty Daze this Friday, September 25th. The 12-track LP b'lieve i'm goin down... comes out on Matador records. You can get a sneak preview and stream the album below before you go out and buy it courtesy of Matador. Kurt will be playing Union Transfer on October 9th.
Tracklist b'lieve i'm goin down...:
01 Pretty... Read More |
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PA Supreme Court Suspends Kane's License; DE Roomates Catch Burglar; No Charges Hatboro Councilman |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/21/15 10:54 pm | updated: 09/21/15 10:54 pm |
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously voted on Monday to suspend the law license of Attorney General Kathleen Kane as she fights criminal charges. Kane is accused of leaking grand jury information to a newspaper and lying about it under oath in front of another grand jury. The order for suspension should not be construed as removal from office, but it may prompt efforts to have her removed. The PA constitution requires the top law enforcement officer to be a licensed lawyer. Kane... Read More |
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Main Line Fortune Teller Arrested; 3 Men Rob Northeast Woman; AMOR Statue Comes to Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 09/18/15 10:13 pm | updated: 09/18/15 10:26 pm |
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A Main Line woman was arrested after an investigation into her spiritual reading and meditation services. 36-year-old Semeinta Siganoff of Devon, PA, is charged with theft by deception and fortune telling. A client reported her to Tredyffrin Township police saying that between February and December of 2014 they paid Siganoff $24,000 for spiritual readings, meditation services and other life improvement promises. Each time the client would go to her office on the 700 block of Lancaster... Read More |
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