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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/20/13 6:15 pm | updated: 09/20/13 6:15 pm |
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An ambulance was carjacked this afternoon on I-76 that was transporting a patient. It happened around 3:00pm near the Girard Ave exit of the Schuylkill Expressway. A man hijacked the ambulance while it was traveling westbound forcing the crew out with a gun. Police began to pursue the ambulance until it became disabled near City Line Ave where the suspect pulled over and began to run. He was then apprehended. The female patient was transported to Roxborough Hospital.
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/18/13 5:00 pm | updated: 09/18/13 5:00 pm |
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| A Philadelphia man has been arrested for stealing more than $156,000 from Victory Fellowship Church in Lower Providence Township while working as a bookkeeper for the church. James Lee Moody was employed from May 2011 to May 2013. Moody had the church's payroll company make regularly scheduled deposits into his personal credit union accounts. Meanwhile, the church was paying him directly for his work managing it's finances. He is charged with theft by failure to make required disposition... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/17/13 2:44 pm | updated: 09/17/13 2:44 pm |
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| Officials say that last week's massive boardwalk fire in Seaside Park was caused by an electrical issue. Live wires underneath the boardwalk which had been eroded by Hurricane Sandy sparked the blaze. The wires were located between the boardwalk and the building and were inaccessible to people. During Sandy they would have been exposed to salt water and sand for an extended period of time. Authorities ruled out arson or smoking as causes of the fire. It started near Kohr's Custard and... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/16/13 7:03 pm | updated: 09/16/13 7:03 pm |
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| At least 12 people were killed and others wounded this morning in Washington D.C. when a gunmen opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard in the heart of the capital. The shooting broke out in Building 197 of the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters. The Navy Yard is supposed to be a heavily secured office building where around 3,000 workers, both military and civilian, go to work everyday. Three wounded are expected to survive. One gunman is also dead and has been identified as... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/13/13 6:48 pm | updated: 09/13/13 6:48 pm |
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| Join iradiophilly this weekend as we rebroadcast last Saturday's Haverford Music Festival. We were proud to broadcast LIVE all the performances from the Field Stage with over a dozen musical acts playing rock, pop, jazz, indie folk, and more. If you were one of the roughly 15,000 or more who attended, then tune into the Haverford Music Festival Replay station and relive the great performances or join in for the first time and hear something new. If you miss something, don't worry, we'll... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/12/13 4:02 pm | updated: 09/12/13 11:17 pm |
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A six-alarm blaze is still burning in Seaside Heights, New Jersey at the the FunTown Amusement Pier as of 9:45pm. It started at around 2:15pm this afternoon near Kohr Brothers Frozen Custard shop, 1800 Boardwalk and quickly grew. The fire is giving off a large plume of smoke and embers. Strong winds are making it difficult to fight. The pier was damaged last year in Hurricane Sandy and underwent repairs with FEMA aid. At this time the fire is still being fought though.
Gov. Chris... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/12/13 6:04 pm | updated: 09/12/13 6:04 pm |
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| This past August 16-year-old Justin Robinson confessed to the October 2012 murder of 12-year-old Autumn Pasquale, pleading guilty to aggravating manslaughter. Today he learned his fate. The teen will serve 17 years in prison, and at least 85 percent before being eligible for parole. According to authorities, last October, Justin, then 15, and his 17-year-old brother, Dante, strangled Autumn for her BMX bike and dumped her body in a recycling bin near their Clayton, NJ, home. The town search for... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/12/13 12:43 am | updated: 09/12/13 12:43 am |
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| U.S. News and World Report has released it's annual rankings of the Best Colleges and Universities in the country. Philadelphia has long been a hot bed for higher education and several area schools performed well in the listings. For 2014 they ranked nearby Princeton University as the #1 National University with Harvard University as #2. U.S. News split schools into different categories. National Universities offer a full range of undergraduate majors, plus master's and Ph.D. programs, and... Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/11/13 6:15 pm | updated: 09/11/13 6:18 pm |
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| Emergency crews today rescued a man who had a seizure while working 100 feet in the air. The man was atop of Lockheed Martin's "Cornfield Cruiser" facility on Centerton Road in Moorestown, Burlington County. He had to be lowered off the structure by a crane. The facility is known to many because it looks like a battleship out in a field. It's actually called the Vice Admiral James H. Doyle Combat Systems Engineering Development Site. It was built in the 50's, according to Read More |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/11/13 3:55 pm | updated: 09/11/13 3:55 pm |
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| Bobby Martin, acclaimed music arranger, has passed away. He was 83. Martin worked as an arranger for Philadelphia International Records in the 1970's constructing hits like The O'Jays "Love Train," Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones" and MFSB's "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" aka the Soul Train theme. He won a Grammy in 1978 for his work on the Bee Gees' soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. Bobby was one of a handful of arrangers that helped Philadelphia International Records and... Read More |
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