Delaware County authorities have identified the suspect wanted in a shooting at a Walmart on Sunday morning, 2/14. Police are looking for 28-year-old Devante Dixon. It happened at the store at 50 North MacDade Blvd in Glenolden around 8:30 a.m. after an argument between the shooter and an employee, possibly over a video game. "From what we received at the store this is just a random act....

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Pennsylvania state Representative Brian Sims announced on Monday, 2/15, that he will be running for Lieutenant Governor in 2022. Sims currently represents the 182nd District which includes portions of Center City and South Philadelphia. He was elected to the House in 2012 as the body's first openly LGBT member. Incumbent Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has already announced that he is seeking the...

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A car lost control on the icy roads early Sunday morning, 2/14, and ended up down the block on its roof in Philadelphia's Frankford section. It happened around 3:30 a.m. on Bridge Street near Ditman Street. The car was speeding eastbound when it slid on the ice and hit a pole. The car went airborne and struck an awning attached to a home. The car flipped over and landed on its roof. It...

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Authorities in Darby, Delaware County, have been involved in a standoff for several hours this Sunday afternoon, 2/14. The standoff started around 1 p.m. on the 400 block of Main Street. It may be connected to a shooting at the Walmart on MacDade Boulevard in Glenolden earlier this morning around 8:30 a.m. Police used the Walmart shooting suspect's cellphone to track him to this Darby...

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The U.S. Senate voted 57-43 to acquit President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial on Saturday, 2/13. 67 votes are needed to convict. Trump faced a single impeachment article of 'incitement of insurrection' for his actions leading up to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Seven Republican Senators joined Democrats in voting to convict the former GOP President. They were...

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A thief was caught on surveillance video stealing a number of heat lamps from a Center City restaurant overnight on Friday, 2/12. It happened at McGillin's Olde Ale House in the alleyway on Drury Street in Midtown Village. The thief cut the locks on four lamps and loaded them in the back of a white pickup truck. McGillin's owner Christopher Mullins said that they knew what they were doing....

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The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office has refiled charges against a police officer accused of striking a protester with his baton during a protest near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in June 2020. Police Staff Inspector Joseph Bologna is once again charged with assault and other charges. "Philadelphians demand evenhanded justice and we are trying our very best to give them exactly...

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Pennsylvania has launched a new website that allows everyone in the state to register to be alerted when it is their turn to get a coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine. The 'Your Turn' site allows you to enter your contact information and basic medical qualifying information to determine if you are eligible to receive a vaccine. If you are currently eligible, the site will direct you make an...

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February 6/7 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Bad Endings (Non-Fiction Dept.)

1) "Sweet Old World" by Emmylou Harris with Neil Young
2) "Tonight's the Night pt 1" by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
3) "Who Killed Norma Jean" by Pete Seeger
4) "George Jackson (Big Band Version)" by Bob Dylan
5) "I Am Wiley Post" by Michael Tearson
6) "Two Soldiers"...

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February 6/7 Playlist - Michael Tearson's Marconi Experiment - Live from Mountain Stage

1) "Peace" by Los Lobos
2) "Girl from the North Country" by Bruce Hornsby
3) "Early Summer Rain" by Kevin Welch
4) "Move On" by Tracy Nelson
5) "Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now" by Ben Harper
6) "What Do You Want the Girl to Do?" by Allen Toussaint
7) "The...

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