A bear has been sighted roaming in Villanova, Delaware County on Friday morning, 11/29. The Radnor Township Police Department confirmed a report of the bear which was seen walking on a property on the 700 block of Harrison Road around 6:30 a.m.. Surveillance video of the bear was recovered. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has been notified. If you spot the bear, contact 911.

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Gusty winds on Thanksgiving afternoon, 11/28, apparently blew over a wall in West Philadelphia, crushing several cars under a load of bricks. It happened around 12:30 p.m. on the 6000 block of Osage Avenue. Neighbors say is sounded like a 'boom.' At least three vehicles were buried under a pile of bricks and wood from the exterior wall of an abandoned garage. The Department of Licenses...

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SEPTA Transit police announced that they have arrested the suspect wanted for stabbing two teens on the Broad Street Line last week. The double stabbing happened last Friday, 11/22, around 9 a.m. on the subway between the Logan Station and Olney Transportation Center. The two 17-year-old victims got off the subway at Olney and walked to nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center. SEPTA Transit...

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iradiophilly was proud to broadcast the 58th Annual Philadelphia Folk Fest LIVE from the Old Pool Farm near Schwenksville, PA this past summer. We brought you all the music from the Main Stage Friday, Saturday, and Sunday plus more such as interviews, past performances, etc.

Now for the eighth year in a row we are going to be rebroadcasting those three days of music over the...

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The ex-boyfriend of a Lower Moreland woman has been arrested after fatally shooting her inside her home on Monday evening, 11/25. 61-year-old William Torres, of Elkton, Maryland has been charged with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, simple assault recklessly endangering another person and possession of an instrument of crime in the death of 57-year-old Jeanne Edwards. It happened...

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A woman was shot and killed inside her home in Lower Moreland, Montgomery County on Monday evening, 11/25. It happened around 5:30 p.m. on the 2300 block of Dale Road in Huntingdon Valley. Police found a women suffering from a gunshot wound and rushed her to Abington Hospital where she was pronounced dead. A suspect was taken into custody. "The homicide appears to be domestic in nature and...

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Officials say that a Berks County couple was killed in their home with a hammer by an unidentified person who then set themselves on fire in a nearby garage on Saturday evening, 11/23. Firefighters responded around 5:30 p.m. to the 900 block of Chestnut Street in Union Township for a garage fire. After putting out the flames, they discovered three bodies. 60-year-old Ira Reed Jr. and...

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November 23/24 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Dance (not dance music)

1) "Dance Me to the Edge of Love" by Leonard Cohen
2) "The Boho Dance" by Joni Mitchell
3) "Dance in the Smoke" by Argent
4) "I Can't Dance" by Gram Parsons
5) "You Can Dance" by Bryan Ferry
6) "Don't Stop the Dance" by Bryan Ferry
7) "Dance Away" by Hot Club of...

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November 23/24 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Autumnal Tones

1) "Velvet Green" by Jethro Tull
2) "Ring Out These Bells" by Ian Anderson & Carducci String Quartet
3) "Miss Otis Regrets" by Van Morrison & Joey DeFrancesco
4) "The Great Deception" by Van Morrison
5) "Raglan Road" by Van Morrison & The Chieftains
6) "Low Spark of...

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Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting that happened in the parking lot of a Wawa on Sunday morning, 11/24, in the Lawncrest section. It happened around 6 a.m. on the 4500 block of Castor Avenue. The 41-year-old male victim was walking through the parking lot and was about to enter the store when a vehicle drove by and opened fire. The man was hit once in the back and one time in...

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