A passenger on a Frontier Airlines flight from Philadelphia to Miami had to be restrained and duct-taped to his seat after causing a scene, assaulting a male flight attendant, and groping female attendants. 22-year-old Maxwell Berry of Norwalk, OH, was arrested by the Miami-Dade Police Department upon landing and charged with three counts of battery. Berry was served two alcoholic drinks....

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Philadelphia officials say that not all of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive will re-open to vehicular traffic on Wednesday, 8/4, as announced last month. The MLK bridge that connects the Drive to Eakins Oval at the Art Museum is in need of significant repair. "An inspection to the underside of the MLK bridge found one of the connections of the steel framing to be about 75 percent deteriorated....

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A father, two daughters, and his niece were killed in a single car crash in Gloucester County, New Jersey, on Saturday night, 8/31. It happened after 9 p.m. on the 1000 block of Gateway Boulevard (Rt. 45) in Westville. 33-year-old George Ritter, his two daughters Alivia and Elsie, ages 9 and 5, and his 8-year-old niece Kenzie Mammoccio were killed in the accident. They were reportedly on...

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The Medical Examiner's officer has identified the body found on Sunday afternoon, 8/1, in Northeast Philadelphia as missing Bucks County woman Cassandra 'Casey' Johnston. The cause of death was blunt impact trauma and it has been ruled accidental. The 26-year-old had gone missing on July 10 after visiting friends in Center City Philadelphia. A private investigator spotted her silver 2016...

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A body matching the description of a missing Bucks County woman has been found. 26-year-old Cassandra 'Casey' Johnston's vehicle was found in a wooded area just off Woodhaven Road (Rt. 63) at the exit to Rt. 1 North in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday, 7/31. The body was found on Sunday afternoon, 8/1, about a half mile away from the car in a wooded area by Byberry Creek near Townsend and...

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Authorities have made a break in the case of a missing Bucks County woman. 26-year-old Cassandra 'Casey' Johnston's vehicle was found in a wooded area just off of Woodhaven Road (Rt. 63) at the exit to Rt. 1 North in Northeast Philadelphia. Officials have not disclosed what led them to this location. Johnston was last seen leaving a friend's house on Saturday morning, 7/10, around 5:30...

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The National Weather Service is investigating several areas for possible tornados after Thursday night's storms in Bucks County, PA; Lehigh County, PA; Mercer County, NJ; Ocean County, NJ; Middlesex County, NJ; and Sussex County, DE. Destructive storms tore through Bucks County in the late afternoon. One possible tornado went across the northern part of the county from Lumberville to New...

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Police have arrested a driver after a deadly hit-and-run rampage in Philadelphia early Wednesday morning, 7/28. The unidentified driver is accused of striking several people in different locations, killing one, while using stolen vehicles in the process. His family says the man was having a psychotic episode. Police believe he may have been under the influence. "The person that family...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated some of its guidance regarding masking on Tuesday, 7/27. Officials now recommend that fully vaccinated people return to wearing masks indoors in those parts of the country that are experiencing high COVID-19 transmission rates. See the maps of transmission rates below. They are also recommending that all teachers, staff, and...

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A South Carolina man was convicted on Tuesday, 7/27, of killing a 21-year-old college student from New Jersey after she got into his car, mistaking it for an Uber ride. Nathaniel Rowland was found guilty of murder and kidnapping Samantha Josephson of Robbinsville, New Jersey in March 2019. Josephson was a student at the University of South Carolina at the time. She had disappeared from...

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