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,...

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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...

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March 30/31 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Words & Music: Cole Porter 2

1) "Another Opening Another Show" by Original cast Kiss Me Kate
2) "Anything Goes" by Harper's Bizarre
3) "In the Still of the Night" by Julie London
4) "Some Love" by Peggy Lee
5) "I Concentrate on You" by Fred Astaire
6) "Easy to Love" by Billie Holiday
7) "Just...

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March 30/31 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - psychedelic psnack 1960s

1) "End of the Night" by The Doors
2) "Today" by Jefferson Airplane
3) "Mountains of the Moon" by Grateful Dead
4) "In Another Land" by Bill Wyman
5) "Flute Thing" by Blues Project
6) "Medley: Baby's Calling Me Home/Stepping Stone/Roll With It" by Steve Miller...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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