Philadelphia Firefighters spent most of Sunday afternoon battling a house fire in South Philadelphia. The incident took place at around 3:45 pm on the 2600 block of Sherdian Street. Officials arrived on the scene to find to heavy smoke coming out of the house from the fire. Luckily the fire was able to be put out and there was no report of any injuries sustained.

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A shelter-in-place order has been issued for the Warrington / Chalfont area of Bucks County. Residents were notified by reverse 911 call after a prisoner escaped during transport near Lower State and Bristol Roads around 8:30 p.m. Sunday. You are asked to stay in your homes and lock the doors as police pursue the suspect. Parts of Doylestown are also nearby.

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VIDEO / SETLISTS: Dave Matthews and Time Reynolds at Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia

Friday 6/2/17
1) Bartender
2) Satellite
3) Little Red Bird
4) You Might Die Trying
5) The Best of What's Around
6) Gravedigger
7) Lie in Our Graves
8) Lying in the Hands of God
9) Tripping Billies
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Philadelphia Police have a suspect in custody in this week's stabbing of City Councilman David Oh. 24-year-old Shawn Yarbray surrendered to police at the Southwest Detectives headquarters around 11 a.m. this morning at the urging of his family. He arrived with his attorney and step-father. He was identified by investigators and an arrest warrant was issued on Friday night. Yarbray is...

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Former Penn State president Graham Spanier was sentenced to at least two months in jail and two months of house arrest for failing to properly report allegations of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Spanier was convicted of misdemeanor child endangerment in March, but acquitted of a second endangerment charge and felony conspiracy. He was...

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Philadelphia Police are now investigating a shooting that left one man dead in the Strawberry Mansion Section of Philadelphia. The incident took place at 24th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue at around 4:30 pm on Thursday. Police arrived on the scene to find the 31-year-old victim with four gun shot wounds to the chest and six gun shot wounds to the back. The victim was later taken to...

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Philadelphia City Councilman at large David Oh has been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery after being stabbed during a robbery attempt near his home last night in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia. It happened around 9:45 p.m. on the 5800 block of Thomas Ave. Oh was getting bags out of the trunk of his car when he was approached by a...

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Philadelphia Police are now investigating after a man was stabbed in the neck in West Philadelphia on Wednesday evening. The incident took place on the 5500 block of Chestnut Street at around 6 pm. Police and medics arrived on the scene and quickly rushed the man to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center for immediate treatment. So far there is no word on his condition, or any word of a motive....

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Philadelphia City Councilman-at-large David Oh was stabbed in the back during an attempted robbery on Wednesday night. It happened around 9:45 p.m. on the 5800 block of Thomas Ave. in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Southwest Philadelphia. 57-year-old Oh was approached by a man as he exited his vehicle near his home. The man demanded Oh's keys before stabbing him on the left side. Oh has been...

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A teenager is custody after attempting to suffocate his 7-year-old sister early Wednesday morning. 18-year-old Simere Alfred is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses. The incident started at 1 a.m. on the 5500 block of North American Street in the Olney section of Philadelphia. Police were called to the location after a woman reported that her son took off...

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