NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, has released a list of 623 school districts that are among the 'Best Communities in the nation for music education.' There several school districts in the Philadelphia area that received this designation (see list below). "The award program recognizes outstanding efforts by teachers, administrators, parents, students and community leaders who...

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The son of a Philadelphia Police Department Chief Inspector was shot and killed on Saturday night, 3/30, while tailgating in FDR Park following the late afternoon Phillies game. It happened around 10 p.m. inside of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park on the 1400 block of Pattison Ave. 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, the son of Chief Inspector of Internal Affairs Chris Flacco, was shot once in the...

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A missing New Jersey girl who was a student at the University of South Carolina was found dead just a day after she was reported missing. 21-year-old Samantha Josephson from Robbinsville, NJ, was a senior political science major at the university located in Columbia, South Carolina. Police have arrested 24-year-old Nathaniel David Rowland and charged him with murder and kidnapping....

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A man is now in custody after a barricade situation snarled rush hour in Center City on Friday afternoon, 3/29. It started just after 5 p.m. on the 1500 block of Ranstead Street located to the southwest of City Hall. Philadelphia Police were called out for the report of vandalism. A man with a knife was breaking windows. When confronted the man went into a building and officers declared a...

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A man has been charged with murder after he shot and killed the mother of his child in a Wawa in Delaware County on Thursday night, 3/28. It happened around 8:20 p.m. at the store located at 151 Sugartown Road in Radnor. 34-year-old Brian Kennedy of Devon is charged with first and third-degree murder, criminal homicide, and related charges. Kennedy was supposed to meet his ex-wife,...

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A jury of twelve spent 11 hours deliberating over 3 days in a Doylestown, Bucks County courthouse to come to a unanimous decision in the sentencing hearing of 46-year-old Jacob Sullivan. The jurors decided to impose the death penalty on the man that admitted he raped, drugged, murdered, and dismembered his girlfriend's adopted 14-year-old daughter Grace Packer in 2016. Sullivan had no...

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Faculty and staff members of the Community College of Philadelphia voted on Wednesday night, 3/27, to go on strike. The strike could begin on or after April 1st if there is no further progress in negotiations with school administration. The American Federation of Teachers Local 2026 represents 1,200 members at CCP. The vote to strike came after three years of contract negotiations. All but...

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On Wednesday, 3/27, Temple University is holding its first of two MMR Vaccination Clinics due to the recent number of mumps cases on campus. Hundreds of students already have lined up to get the free vaccine. Temple officials say they prepared to give out 1,800 shots just today. Students, faculty and staff will be able to receive the Mumps-Measles-Rubella (MMR) vaccine free of charge. The...

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A family in Pottstown, Montgomery County, was targeted over the weekend as shots were fired at their home on Sunday night, 3/24. It happened just after dinner at around 8:30 p.m. on the 500 block of West Street. Around 15 shots were fired into the home. No one was injured. Marie Samba believes that a group of eighth grade girls who have been bullying her 13-year-old daughter are...

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The Philadelphia Department of Public Health has closed down three dental practices for improper reprocessing and sterilization of dental equipment, as well as lapses in injection safety practices. The three Trieu Family Dental Clinics located on 437 West Chew Avenue, 5427 North 5th Street, and 6536 Woodland Avenue were closed on December 7th, 2018 following an anonymous tip. The health...

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