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| Funeral Held for Nick Flacco; Body of Man Found in Bucks Co. Canal; Recycling Fire in Vineland |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/19 4:59 pm | updated: 04/04/19 4:59 pm |
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| A funeral was held today, 4/4, for Nicholas Flacco, the son of Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, who was shot and killed last weekend in FDR Park. Services were held at St. Albert the Great Church in Lower Moreland at noon. Nick had returned home from Penn State University for the weekend to celebrate his 20th birthday with family and friends. On Saturday night, 3/30, Flacco was with a group of friends tailgating in the park following a Phillies game. Fights broke out... Read More |
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| Glen Mills Schools to Layoff 250 Staff; Meek Mill, Lawmakers Propose HB 1925; AC McDs Arrests |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/19 12:16 am | updated: 04/04/19 12:16 am |
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| Glen Mills Schools announced plans to layoff 250 employees amid allegations and investigations into child abuse at the country's oldest reform school. Last week, state officials ordered the emergency removal of all remained children at the school located about 25 miles west of Philadelphia in Delaware County. Before that many agencies, both local and in other states, had begun to remove children placed at the school after an investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer exposed decades of... Read More |
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| Suspect ID'd in Flacco FDR Park Murder; NE High School Lockdown; 28,000 Chickens Die in Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/19 4:35 pm | updated: 04/03/19 4:35 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police identified a suspect on Wednesday afternoon, 4/3, wanted in the murder of 20-year-old Nick Flacco. Police are searching for 19-year-old Tyquan 'Fats' Atkinson. His last known address is on the 1600 block of South 32nd Street. The shooting took place late on Saturday night in FDR Park on the 1900 block of Pattison Ave. Flacco, who is the son of Philadelphia Internal Affairs Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, was in the park tailgating with friends following a Phillies game.... Read More |
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| First Frat Members Sentenced to Jail in Piazza Death; Congestion Toll in Philly?; Delco Gas Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/19 1:50 pm | updated: 04/03/19 1:50 pm |
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The first four members of Penn State's former Beta Theta Pi fraternity were sentenced Wednesday, 4/3, in the hazing death of Timothy Piazza.
20-year-old Joshua Kurczewski from Erie, pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit hazing, one count of hazing and one count of furnishing liquor to a minor. He was sentenced to three to nine months in the Centre County Correctional Facility and ordered him to pay a $2,250 fine, serve 100 hours of community... Read More |
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| Valley Forge Park Controlled Burn; Temple University Going Tobacco-Free; Kensington Safehouse Debate |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/02/19 4:21 pm | updated: 04/02/19 4:23 pm |
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| National Park Service officials announced that beginning on Tuesday, April 2nd, they will be conducting a controlled burn at Valley Forge National Historical Park. The burns could take from two days to one week to complete. The burn will total 135 acres in two distinct meadows in the Grand Parade area near Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) and Gulph Road. The burns are being conducted to control non-native invasive species. You can actually go out and watch. "It's an opportunity to come out... Read More |
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| Made in America 2019 Initial Lineup Announced; Cardi B and Travis Scott Headlining, Aug. 31-Sept. 1 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/02/19 12:57 pm | updated: 04/02/19 12:58 pm |
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| The initial lineup for the 2019 Made in America has been announced. This year's music fest will once again take place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway over Labor Day Weekend on Saturday August 31st and Sunday September 1st. The festival was founded and curated by Jay Z. Headlining this year will be Cardi B and Travis Scott. The lineup also includes Juice Wrld, James Blake, Kaskade, Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Kodak Black, Bazzi, Jorja Smith, Blueface, and more. Philadelphia area... Read More |
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| Friends Dared Gunman to Shoot, $35,000 Reward; NJ Texting While Driving Crackdown; Airline Delays |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/19 5:12 pm | updated: 04/01/19 5:12 pm |
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| The reward is now $35,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of the son of a Philadelphia police chief inspector over the weekend. It happened around 10 p.m. Saturday, 3/30, in FDR Park on the 1400 block of Pattison Avenue. 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, son of Internal Affairs Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, was shot and killed after his friends dared the gunman to shoot. Nick was tailgating with friends after the Phillies game in the park. At one... Read More |
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| Abington Cop Impersonator Steals Weed; CCP and Teachers at Table; Wawa Liquor Licenses, The Rooster |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/19 2:23 pm | updated: 04/01/19 2:23 pm |
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| Abington Police have arrested a man for impersonating an officer in Montgomery County on March 25th. It happened at 10 p.m. on the 1100 block of Colonial Avenue in the Roslyn section of Abington. 42-year-old Dennis McGowen pulled over a vehicle using flashing white and blue lights on his SUV. He approached the three occupants of the vehicle and said, "Give me the weed or I will let my dog out on you." They complied and McGowen drove off. Police arrested McGowen on Saturday, 3/30. He is... Read More |
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| Philadelphia-area School Districts Named NAMM's 2019 Best Communities For Music Education |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/31/19 5:09 pm | updated: 03/31/19 5:09 pm |
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| NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, has released a list of 623 school districts that are among the 'Best Communities in the nation for music education.' There several school districts in the Philadelphia area that received this designation (see list below). "The award program recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who have made music education part of a well-rounded education. Designations are made to districts and... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Inspector's Son Shot in FDR Park; South Street Melee; NJ Forest Fire Grows 10,000 Acres |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/31/19 4:00 pm | updated: 03/31/19 4:00 pm |
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| The son of a Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector was shot and killed on Saturday night, 3/30, while tailgating in FDR Park following the late afternoon Phillies game. It happened around 10 p.m. inside of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park on the 1400 block of Pattison Ave. 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, the son of Chief Inspector of Internal Affairs Chris Flacco, was shot once in the chest. He was rushed to Penn Presbyterian Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.... Read More |
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Alvin Clay
