A Philadelphia man is under arrest and charged in connection to a deadly fire at a Bucks County motel fire on Sunday morning. It happened at around 2:30 a.m. at the Lincoln Motel on the 2200 block of Lincoln Highway in Bensalem. 46-year-old Kevin Small is charged with criminal homicide, arson, and other offenses. Authorities say that Small and his girlfriend, 46-year-old Melissa...
Read More
On Sunday, June 5th the Ardmore Music Hall will host the 2nd Annual Dan's Voice Loud and Clear Music Festival with Beru Revue, and special guests Ben Arnold, The Fractals and Two Brothers. 100% of all ticket sales will benefit Dan's Voice, a memorial fund at Fox Chase Cancer Center for the treatment and research of head and neck cancer....
Read More
The Narberth Spring Music and Arts Festival is right around the corner! And iRadioPhilly will be there with the live broadcast Rain or Shine. Listen here: http://www.iradiophilly.com/narberthfest
Please join us in kicking off the spring season with a day of celebrating music and art. This production includes live band...
Read More
A black bear has been spotted wandering around East Fairmount Park on Friday afternoon. A fisherman first spotted the large animal while he was fishing in Wissahickon Valley Park downstream from the Valley Green Inn. The bear was seen near Devil's Pool crossing the creek towards the Chestnut Hill side before disappearing into the woods. The
Read More
Facebook has been under fire this week over claims that some of its news curators prevented conservative outlets from showing up in its "Trending Topics" section. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg say his company is investigating a report accusing it of a liberal news bias, but has so far found "no evidence" that it's true. Zuckerberg says he plans to invite leading conservatives and people from...
Read More
A poetic docudrama about Trayvon Martin began Thursday night at The Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. The Ballad of Trayvon Martin is based on the teenager who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Florida. The play hope to helps shed light on the struggle for racial equality in America. The play runs until May 22nd.
The Caln Township Police Department says that on...
Read More
Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect who escaped police custody from a hospital. 24-year-old Khalil Robinson was arrested Wednesday evening for DUI and narcotics offenses outside 65th and Woodland Avenue in West Philadelphia. He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Hospital. When two officers arrived to relieve the prisoner detail, one officer went into the room to check to see if...
Read More
Three Philadelphia-area doctors, including one from Ambler, have been indicted in a $5 million prescription drugs for cash scheme. Alan Summers, 78, of Ambler; Azad Khan, 63, of Villanova; and Dr. Keyhosrow Parsia, 79, of Ridley Park were named in the indictment. The three men sold prescriptions for Suboxone, a drug used to treat opiate addition, and Klonopin in exchange for cash. The...
Read More
Many across the region are pausing to remember a fatal Amtrak crash in Philadelphia. It was one year ago today that a speeding train ran off the rails at Frankford Junction, killing eight people and injuring scores of others. The train had been doing 106 miles an hour, when the speed limit was 50. The train’s engineer told investigators in November he remembered pushing the throttle...
Read More
Pennsylvania State Police have arrested a man for shooting at another driver during a road rage incident on the Blue Route last week. 50-year-old Anthony Richardson of Philadelphia was taken into custody at his Pennington Road home and brought to the State Police Wynnefield Heights barracks. The incident happened around 3 p.m. on May 5th on I-476 northbound approaching the Schuylkill...
Read More