Two men were killed and another critically wounded in a shoot out at a South Jersey motel on Thursday night, 1/2. It happened around 8 p.m. at the Salem Motor Lodge in Salem. Police responded to reports of gunfire. They discovered 28-year-old Isa Hallman in a room suffering from gun shot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police learned that two other victims had been taken to...

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A Bucks County man is under arrest after he beat and raped a woman he held captive in his home on New Year's Day. 48-year-old Curtis Fish is charged with rape, kidnapping to inflict injury or terror, aggregated assault, and related charges. The woman was able to escape out a window and call police around 8 p.m. Wednesday, 1/1. Authorities then responded to the home on the 2000 block of...

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Philadelphia ended 2019 with 356 homicides. That is the most in the city since 2007 which saw 391 people killed. Three people were shot and killed on New Year's Eve to bring the total above the 353 deaths in 2018. Philadelphia's new police commissioner, Danielle Outlaw, was introduced on Monday, 12/30. She is expected to start February 10th.

There have already been three...

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iradiophilly will be celebrating New Year's Eve in several ways on-air Tuesday evening. We'll be soaring into 2020 by winding back to the roaring 20s on Martini Lounge Radio. Our station that features the singers and swingers of the Great American Songbook will turning back the clock 100 years on Tuesday evening and highlighting the best of the 1920s. Listen starting at 6pm through midnight to...

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Mayor Jim Kenney announced on Monday, 12/30, that he has appointed Police Chief Danielle Outlaw, of Portland, Oregon, the next police commissioner of Philadelphia. The 44-year-old spent 20 years serving the police department in Oakland, California before being sworn in as Chief of Police of the Portland Police Bureau in October 2017. Kenney said in a statement, "I am appointing Danielle...

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Pennsylvania State Police are searching for a vehicle after several shots were fired into the home of an elderly couple in Lehigh County early Saturday morning, 12/28. It happened before 2:30 a.m. on the 6200 block of Clover Lane in Lower Macungie Township. Several bullets made it inside the first floor of the house. The 85-year-old man and 68-year-old woman were not injured. Police have...

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December 21/22 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - About Time

1) "Just a Season" by Byrds
2) "Nothing Lasts" by Steve Miller Band
3) "Time Has Come Today" by Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow
4) "You Want It Darker" by Leonard Cohen
5) "What Time Is It" by Ken Nordine
6) "As Time Goes By" by Frank Sinatra
7) "Seasons" by Steve Miller Band

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December 21/22 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Xmas Without the Usual Suspects

1) "Santa Town" by Patty Loveless
2) "Only Love Matters" by Marci Geller
3) "Your Favorite Christmas Song" by Mark Stepakoff
4) "Santa Never Brought Me a Banjo" by Kate Rusby
5) "The Holly & The Ivy" by Jon Anderson
6) "The Ivy and the Holly" by Kate...

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One man is dead after a fiery crash in Roxborough on Friday morning, 12/27. It happened around 9:10 a.m. near the intersection of Henry Avenue and Dupont Street. A 62-year-old man was traveling southbound on Henry Ave in a Chevy Malibu when he hit a Hyundai Tuscon that was stopped at a red-light at the intersection. The Tuscon spun out into the northbound lanes and caught fire. The driver...

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Philadelphia Police have identified the man accused of fatally stabbing a woman and injuring her son early Christmas morning in Olney. 33-year-old Jose Quino has been arrested and charged with Murder, Attempt to Commit Murder, Terroristic Threats, Aggravated Assault, Simple Assault, Corruption of Minors, Endangering Welfare of Children, Recklessly Endangering Another Person and Possessing...

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