Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine announced updated guidance in the fight against coronavirus COVID-19 on Tuesday afternoon, 11/17. She noted that models suggest Pennsylvania hospitals will run out of beds in December and urged heath-care systems across the state to work together and prepare for that possibility, including deciding on the urgency of elective surgeries. Due to...

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Carl Monzo, CEO of National Event Services and Head-of-Security for rock band Phish, passed away suddenly on Monday morning, 11/16.

National Events Services (NES) is located in Yeadon, Delaware County, and has been a family owned and operated business for 41 years. If you've been to a concert, festival, show, sporting event, or special event in the Philadelphia area in the past few...

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Philadelphia Heath Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley announced new restrictions on Monday, 11/16, called 'Safer at Home' aimed to fight this new wave of coronavirus COVID-19. The restrictions go into effect starting Friday, November 20 through January 1, 2021. Farley said that the City of Philadelphia is now averaging 700 new daily positive cases at a 13% positivity rate. Dr. Farley asked...

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Defense attorneys plan to use an insanity defense in the case of a woman charged with the murder of her two young children. They were found in the basement of their Lehigh Valley home last year. 37-year-old Lisa Synder is charged with first- and third-degree murder, child endangerment, and evidence-tampering in the deaths of 4-year-old Brinley and 8-year-old Conner. In September 2019, the...

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November 7/8 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Ry Cooder Live Hour 1

1) "Don't You Take Everybody to Be Your Friend" by Ry Cooder
2) "FDR in Trinidad" by Ry Cooder with Jim Dickenson & Jim Keltner
3) "Billy the Kid" by Ry Cooder & David Lindley
4) "Fool for a Cigarette" by Ry Cooder & the Chicken String Band
5) "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times...

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Get your dancing shoes on and clear out the living room because tonight we're all dancing together at home. Dance On Philly is a citywide virtual dance party. It is inspired by dance shows like American Bandstand, Dancin' on Air, and Soul Train. It'll be hosted by Lauren Hart, Zeek Burse, Alex Mitnick, Cosmo Baker, and Kim Landle, plus other local celebrities.

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Philadelphia officials are expected to announce new coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions on Monday, November 16 at an afternoon press conference. Cases have been rapidly rising in the city and state. Philadelphia has been posting record high daily case numbers, even higher than the spring. Although the positive cases have been high and hospitalizations are growing, deaths are not spiking. "We...

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Philadelphia police are investigating after a man was shot and killed by police following a car chase in Kensington on Thursday afternoon. It started around 1:30 p.m. at the intersection of B and Stella Streets. Officers in an unmarked vehicle pulled up behind a red Ford Mustang stopped in the middle of the intersection. The officers honked their horn to get the car to move. When the...

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The Montgomery County Board of Public Health unanimously voted to move all schools, public and private, to virtual learning from November 23 to December 6. All school sanctioned extracurricular activities are also canceled. The vote was originally scheduled for Thursday, 11/12, but was pushed to Friday, 11/13. Thursday's hearing ran 2 1/2 hours and was full of public testimony from...

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iradiophilly is now 10 years old!

On November 12, 2010, we launched the first stations to the public and published our first story on The Post. That first story asked for music submissions from local artists to be played on the then BYO station, now called Local Stage. The idea, development, research, and proof of concept for iradiophilly had been brewing for...

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