A contractor working at the intersection of Spring Garden and South Egg Harbor roads in Winslow Township, Camden County, hit a 6-inch gas main causing a leak on Tuesday, 5/14. It happened around 11:30 a.m. Water and debris spewed from the hole like a geyser. Nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution. South Jersey Gas was on the scene to stop the leak and begin repairs. The recently...

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An investigation is ongoing after a brawl broke out on Saturday night, 5/11, between dozens of teens at a church carnival in Norristown. It happened around 8:30 p.m. at the Saint Francis Spring Carnival. Officers responded to a report of a fight involving more than 50 kids on the last night of the four-day festival. Cell phone footage shows two officers trying to detain one girl while...

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SEPTA Police Chief Tom Nestel announced a $6,000 reward for information that leads to the arrests of two suspects wanted in the shooting of a SEPTA Regional Rail conductor. Police have released surveillance footage from the train showing the two suspects on the platform just before the botched robbery. It happened around 3:30 p.m. Friday, 5/10, at the Carpenter Station in West Mount Airy....

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Every Mother's Day for 28 years, the Susan B. Komen Foundation has hosted the Race for the Cure at the Philadelphia Art Museum to raise funds and bring awareness to the fight against breast cancer while celebrating survivors and remembering those who have passed. They announced back in January that they would be replacing the race with a walk only. This year they started a new tradition...

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Philadelphia Police say that a 6-year-old girl who was believed to have been abducted in a stolen car earlier on Saturday afternoon, 5/11, has been found safe. It started at 2:20 p.m. when a navy blue Chevrolet Impala with the girl in the back seat was reported stolen from 56th and Warrington Streets in West Philadelphia. The car was located near 69th and Belmar Streets but was empty. It...

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Over 1,000 Pro-Life demonstrators gathered near the intersection of 12th and Locust in Center City on Friday morning, 5/10, to rally in response to videos posted online by Pennsylvania State Representative Brian Sims. It was called 'From the City of Brotherly Love: A Pro-Life Rally Against Bullying.' Rep. Sims, whose 182nd District includes the Center City Planned Parenthood location,...

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A Montgomery County jury has found the man accused of killing 36-year-old Main Line model Christina Kraft in her Ardmore apartment guilty of first degree murder. 31-year-old Jonathan Harris of Johnstown, PA, was also convicted of kidnapping, possession of an instrument of a crime, strangulation, robbery, theft, and receiving stolen property. The jury deliberated for 5 1/2 hours. It...

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Berks County authorities announced charges against a truck driver involved in a fiery crash that killed a New Jersey couple traveling to their wedding in Pittsburgh last fall. 24-year-old Jaspreet Singh Chahal of Fresno, CA, is charged with homicide by motor vehicle, careless driving resulting in death, recklessly endangering the life of another person, use of a handheld mobile phone, and...

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May 4/5 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - On The Air Americana

1) "If I Were the Man You Wanted" by Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
2) "Paper Thin" by John Hiatt
3) "Johnny's Garden" by Stephen Stills & Manassas
4) "Should I Stay or Should I Go" by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
5) "The Road Goes On Forever" by Joe Ely
6) "Indian...

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Pennsylvania State Police received multiple calls on Tuesday morning, 5/7, from drivers on I-95 in Philadelphia about a man traveling southbound on just the rims of his car. It happened around 6:30 a.m. near Allegheny Avenue. The black BMW had been driving for about 10 minutes with no tires. Police pulled him over and took him into custody under suspicion of DUI.

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