A man is in custody after a person was shot and killed in an office building in North Philadelphia late Friday morning, 10/1. It happened around 11:30 a.m. at Logan Plaza at 5201 Old York Road. A man was shot in the head on the first floor of the building and pronounced dead a short time later. Police treated it as an active shooter situation and began to search the entire building. The...

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19-year-old Gilbert Newton of Philadelphia was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday, 9/29, in the stabbing death of his ex-girlfriend 18-year-old Megan McCaffery of Abington Township. The jury deliberated for 2 1/2 hours before returning the guilty verdict. He faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole. It happened around 8 a.m. on July 27, 2020 at the...

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Philadelphia School District Superintendent Dr. William Hite unexpectedly announced that he will not seek a contract renewal at the end of his current term. He said in a video message on Monday night, 9/27, that he will be stepping down after the 2021-2022 school year. He term ends in August 2022. "After much reflection, I've decided not to renew my contract when it expires in August...

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Pennsylvania State Representative Kevin Boyle (D, Phila.) was arrested on Friday, 9/24, for harassment and violation of a protection from abuse order. 41-year-old Boyle has represented PA District 172 which includes Northeast Philadelphia and parts of Montgomery County since 2011. The protection order had been filed by his wife.

"It is important to note that Kevin Boyle is...

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Philadelphia Police are searching for a woman who threatened restaurant workers with a firearm and stole food after the store announced they were closing early due to staff shortages. It happened around 5 p.m. on Saturday, 9/18, at the Chipotle at the Roosevelt Mall at 2337 Cottman Ave. After the customers in line were informed that the store would be closing and they should place their...

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The Firefly Music Festival 2021 returns to the Woodlands at Dover Downs this weekend Thursday-Sunday, September 23-26. Having being canceled in 2020 and postponed earlier this year, the festival is ready to open its camp grounds and stages for four days of music. Headling this year are Billie Eilish, The Killers, Tame Impala, and Lizzo. There will be 7 stages full of acts. This year, everyone...

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Philadelphia Police released surveillance footage of a drive-by shooting in North Philadelphia that left 1 man dead and 5 others injured. It happened just before 2:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of West Chew Avenue near Broad Street in the Fern Rock neighborhood. A group of people were standing on the sidewalk when a silver Chrysler 300 drove down the block. Someone in the back seat opened fire...

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Two of the suspects in the deadly beating of a soccer fan at Pat's King of Steaks last week are now in police custody. 32-year-old Omar Arce and 33-year-old Jose Alberto Flores-Huerta are charged with murder, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and related offenses in the death of 28-year-old Isidro Cortes of Queens, New York. It happened around 2 a.m. on Thursday,...

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Drag racing activity drew a large crowd near Temple University's North Philadelphia campus early Sunday morning, 9/19. It happened around 12:30 a.m. at North Broad and West Oxford Streets. The road was blocked by a large crowd of perhaps hundreds of people. Cars were performing spinouts and donuts in the middle of the intersection. One person was struck by a car and injured. They were...

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Philadelphia Police have released new video featuring four suspects wanted in the fatal beating of a man outside Pat's King of Steaks following a soccer match earlier this week. It happened around 2 a.m. on Thursday, 9/16, outside the cheesesteak restaurant at 9th and Passyunk in South Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Union had lost to Mexico's Club America in a Concacaf Champions League...

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