Two gunmen fired dozens of shots at an SUV carrying a family as it tried to escape last night in Southwest Philadelphia. Police arrived to find the vehicle flipped on it's side, but the occupants were all OK. It happened just before 6:30 p.m. on the 6600 block of Upland Street. The 28-year-old woman was driving the Jeep and dropping off her 37-year-old husband. Their 2-year-old son was in...

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A suspect is in custody after a fatal stabbing on a SEPTA subway concourse in Center City the day after SEPTA Transit Police went on strike. It happened on Thursday, 3/7, around 6:30 a.m. on the underground concourse at Broad and Spruce Streets near the Walnut-Locust station. Two men got into an altercation and one man stabbed the other in the chest. They both then left the station. The...

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March 2/3 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Radical Beatle Covers 4

1) "Sgt. Pepper intro" by Simple Kid
2) "Here Comes the Sun" by Nina Simone
3) "Savoy Truffle" by Ella Fitzgerald
4) "Norwegian Wood" by Tempest
5) "Norwegian Wood" by Jeremy Messer Smith & Zach Coulter
6) "Getting Better" by Fionn Regan
7) "Only a Northern Song" by...

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Homeless veteran Johnny Bobbitt and Kate McClure pled guilty on Wednesday, 3/6, to federal charges that they, along with McClure's ex-boyfriend Mark D'Amico, concocted a 'feel good' story to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from the public in a GoFundMe scam. Bobbitt pled guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and faces 10 years in prison. McClure pled guilty to wire fraud...

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SEPTA Transit Police officers went on strike Wednesday afternoon, 3/6, at 3:30 p.m. after contract negotiations between the union and transit agency broke down. Fraternal Order of Transit Police Lodge 109 represents 178 SEPTA Police officers. They have been working without a contract since March 2018. The union wants higher wages for officers who they say are underpaid and understaffed....

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iradiophilly will be returning to Austin, TX, this weekend to join REC Philly and Amplify Philly for the 5th year to represent Philadelphia at the annual music festival and tech conference. We will be Broadcasting LIVE from the Amplify Philly Official Music Showcase presented by wxpn on Monday, March 11th (more concert stream info)...

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The Philadelphia Police Department and the Willingboro Police Department are searching for a missing Uber driver. 52-year-old James Benjamin Carter Jr. was last seen by his son on Monday, February 25th. Uber says that he dropped off a passenger at 5:15 p.m. February 27th on the 4900 block of Spruce Street and then deactivated the Uber app. His cell phone is either off or out of battery....

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Two Bucks County teenagers were killed in a car crash during Sunday night's snow storm. 18-year-old Michelle Goodwin of Pennsburg and 18-year-old Daniel Pierson of Red Hill got off work at 5 p.m. at the Dairy Queen in Pennsburg. Their 17-year-old friend came in his 1995 Ford pickup truck to give them a ride to go out to dinner. Around 5:30 p.m., they were on Route 633 in Milford Township...

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A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for the entire Philadelphia area from 3 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday. We can expect several inches of heavy, wet snow across the region. Rain or Snow will start to fall from SW to NE in the mid afternoon Sunday. It will be all snow N and W totaling 6-8 inches. The city and immediate suburbs could see a little mixing and totals between 4-7 inches. South...

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There is a Winter Storm Watch in effect for Philadelphia and surrounding areas from 1 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday. We can expect several inches of heavy, wet snow across the region. Snow will start to fall from S to N in the mid afternoon Sunday. It will be all snow N and W totaling 6-8 inches. The city and suburbs could see a little mixing and totals between 3-6 inches. South Jersey and...

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