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| Jim Kenney To Resign Council; Delco Bonnie and Clyde Caught; Lululemon Roof Collapse |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/27/15 9:34 pm | updated: 01/27/15 9:35 pm |
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| Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney has announced that he will resign his position on council this week. Kenny's final council meeting will be this Thursday. This is in anticipation of the Councilman-at-large's larger announcement that he will run for mayor. The city's 'resign to run law' forces elected city officials to resign before running for another office. Kenney, a 23-year veteran of the council, joins Lynne Abraham, Anthony Williams, and Nelson Diaz in the Democratic running.... Read More |
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| Snow Emergency in Philadelphia/NJ; Chester County Earthquake; Man Shoots Teen Throwing Snowballs |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/26/15 10:34 pm | updated: 01/26/15 10:34 pm |
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| Ahead of the forecasted Nor'Easter, Philadelphia has declared a Snow Emergency starting at 6 pm tonight. Residents who have cars parked along posted Snow Emergency routes will need to move their cars or else they will be ticketed and towed. Homeowners are reminded to clear a three foot wide path in front of their homes within 6 hours of the end of the snow. Throwing snow back into the streets could result in a fine. A number of PPA garages will be open for a flat rate of $5 starting at 5... Read More |
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| Body of Missing Teacher Christopher Tully Found in Schuylkill River |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/25/15 10:25 pm | updated: 01/25/15 10:25 pm |
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A body pulled from the Schuylkill River near Falls Bridge in East Falls has been identified as a missing Bucks County teacher and father. 40-year-old Christopher Tully was last seen exiting his parent's car where City Ave meets Lincoln Drive. Tully was an award winning teacher at Middle Bucks Institute of Technology in Warwick and a married father of three. His cause of death is currently unknown.
SEE ALSO: $9,000 Reward for Missing... Read More |
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| NJ Parking Garage Collapses While Plowing; McNabb and Westbrook in Havertown; DE Teen Shot in Head |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/25/15 5:23 am | updated: 01/25/15 5:25 am |
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| A snowplow operator suffered only minor injuries when the top deck of a parking garage he was plowing collapsed. It happened just after 7 a.m. Saturday in Secaucus, NJ, leaving a large hole in the top of the garage. The parking garage serves the nearby Empire Hotel and a multistory office building. No one else was injured but a SUV on the next level was destroyed. Hotel guests were eventually allowed to remove their vehicles, but the garage will remain closed as engineers determine what... Read More |
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| Darby Baby Chewed by Ferrets; Video in SEPTA 15 Trolley Attack; Vol. Firefighter Charged Child Rape |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/23/15 9:27 pm | updated: 01/23/15 10:08 pm |
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| A one-month-old baby is in stable condition after a quarter of her face was chewed off by ferrets in her home. It happened Thursday on the 300 block of Poplar Street in Darby Borough, Delaware County. The baby's mother left the child in a car seat on the floor and went upstairs. She rushed back downstairs after hearing screaming to find the baby's face had been chewed by the family's pet ferrets. The baby lost her nose, lips, and part of her cheek. She was taken to Children's Hospital... Read More |
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| Bucks County Family's $20m Scheme; Ex-Detective Charged w/ Obstruction; PA Court Halts Kane Charges |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/22/15 11:07 pm | updated: 01/22/15 11:18 pm |
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| Five members of a Bucks County family and two others have been charged with defrauding insurance companies of over $20 million. The investigation into the Risoldi family began after an October 2013 fire at 67-year-old Claire Risoldi's home in New Hope that she called 'Claremont.' (pictured below) That was the third fire at the home in the past 5 years. The Risoldi's filed insurance claims on the other fires and were paid $20 million. They were seeking $20 million more for this third fire... Read More |
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| Don Tollefson Found Guilty; Grand Jury Charges for Kane; Ken Trujillo Leaves Mayor's Race |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/21/15 11:58 pm | updated: 01/21/15 11:58 pm |
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| A jury in Bucks County found former Philadelphia sportscaster Don Tollefson guilty on all counts today in his theft and fraud case. 62-year-old Tollefson was charged with taking more than $340,000 from 200 people for sports and travel packages that he never delivered and on the other end depriving charities of their fundraising. Tollefson represented himself in the trial. He contended that he was simply a bad bookkeeper and businessman and tried to make good when the money ran out. The... Read More |
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| Tom Wolf Inaugurated as Governor; Union Boss Convicted of Racketeering; DE Mom Robs Wawa, Takes Cab |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/20/15 11:18 pm | updated: 01/20/15 11:18 pm |
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| Democrat Tom Wolf was sworn in this afternoon as the 47th Governor of the state of Pennsylvania in front of a crowd of a few thousand outside the Capitol building in Harrisburg. Wolf, a political outsider, spent $10 million of his own money on his campaign to unseat the Republican incumbent Tom Corbett. In his inauguration speech, Wolf called himself "an unconventional leader," perhaps the first governor to operate a forklift and manage a hardware store. Wolf ran his family business for... Read More |
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| 1,000's at Martini Luther King March in Philly; MLK Day of Service; Woman Chases Kid w/ Knife |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/19/15 10:47 pm | updated: 01/19/15 10:48 pm |
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| Thousands marched today in Philadelphia on Martin Luther King day. The event was organized by a group called MLK Day of Action, Resistance, and Empowerment or 'MLK Dare'. The march started on North Broad Street outside the headquarters of the Philadelphia School District and headed south around City Hall. The protestors marched down Market Street to a rally at Independence Hall around 3:30 pm. Protestors were calling for action on numerous issues related to social justice, education, and... Read More |
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| 3 Dead in Icy Pileups Sunday Morning; NJ Woman Sets Newborn on Fire; $9k Reward Missing Teacher |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/19/15 4:20 am | updated: 01/19/15 4:21 am |
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| Three motorists died and dozens more were injured in multiple chain reaction pileups on area highways Sunday morning due to icy roads. Starting at 7:00 a.m. on the westbound Schuylkill Expressway near the Gulph Mills exit a near 60-car pileup had I-76 closed in both directions for hours. 31-year-old Eric Blau from Philadelphia was killed in the crash and 30 people were injured. At the same time on the southbound Blue Route near the West Chester Pike exit in Broomall, Delaware County a... Read More |
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