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| Hot Air Balloon Landing In Park, No Charges For Victim Shooting Robbers, SEPTA Detours for Marathon |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/17/16 1:08 am | updated: 11/17/16 1:08 am |
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| A hot air balloon made an unexpected landing at a park on Wednesday afternoon. The balloon landed at McKinley Playground at C and Westmoreland Streets in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. The balloon reportedly had the proper clearances to fly in the air and was coming from Pottstown. The pilot stated that the balloon was supposed to make a landing at a Home Depot along Roosevelt Boulevard. No injuries were reported in the incident, and officials are continuing to investigate the... Read More |
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| Search For Bank Robbing Suspect, Six Men Arrested In Prostitution Sting, Milestone For Building |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/16/16 8:32 pm | updated: 11/16/16 8:32 pm |
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| Police are now searching for a suspect who is wanted for robbing a bank in Center City. The robbery took place Wednesday afternoon at the Republic Bank on the 1600 block of Market Street. Police say the man walked into the bank, and handed the teller a note demanding cash. After receiving the unknown amount of cash, the man was able to run away on foot. He was last seen heading westbound on Market Street. If anyone has any information they are asked to call the Philadelphia Police, or... Read More |
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| 2 Shot, 1 Dead in Levittown Pizza Place; Penn Updates Racist Text Investigation |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/16/16 4:12 pm | updated: 11/16/16 4:12 pm |
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| Officials are investigating after two people were shot inside of a pizza shop in Levittown, Bucks County last night. It happened inside of Porfirio's II Pizza, Steaks, and Hoagies on the 900 block of Veteran Highway. Middletown Township Police say that a customer and two employees were inside around 10 pm when two armed robbers entered. The customer was pistol whipped by one of the suspects before he was able to take out his own weapon and shoot both robbers. One suspect died at the... Read More |
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| Giving Thanks Fest This Sunday in Delaware County |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/16/16 1:03 pm | updated: 11/16/16 1:03 pm |
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| This Sunday (11/20), Philadelphia's young musicians will take the stage for a fundraiser concert for Chester Eastside. GIVING THANKS FEST is sponsored and supported by the Rotary Club of Central Delaware County. Scheduled performers include Every Heard, Brooke Falls, Katie Barbato, Grace Otley, Valerie West, Julia Zane, Just Roses and Friends. The event will take place Sunday, November 20, 2016 from 2 pm to 7:30 pm at Princeton Presbyterian Church, 933 Baltimore Pike, Springfield, PA 19064. ... Read More |
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| Possible Change in Philly School Calendar, Dirt Bike/ATV Crackdown, Woman Killed In House Fire |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/16/16 1:15 am | updated: 11/16/16 1:15 am |
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| City officials announced today that Philadelphia schools may be seeing a change in their calendar over the next year. The Philadelphia School Reform Commission was given a proposal on Tuesday at their meeting that would bring the start day of schools up to September 5th and have school finish up on June 14th. The following 2018-2019 year would start up on August 27th, before Labor Day, and finish up as early as June 4th. The School Reform Commission will take the proposal into... Read More |
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| Star Career Academy Closes, PPA Suffers Financial Hit, Man Sentenced To Life For Murder |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 8:39 pm | updated: 11/15/16 8:39 pm |
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| The Star Career Academy which has campuses in Philadelphia as well as New Jersey, announced Tuesday that it will be shutting it's doors effective immediately and all future classes have since been cancelled. The school is closing due to "the result of the negative financial impact of a continued declining student population while operating in the challenging for-profit post-secondary school industry." Now over a thousand students face an uncertain future as many of them were days away... Read More |
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| LaBelle, Gamble and Huff Get Marian Anderson Award; NJ Woman Stabbed; Franklin's Grave Needs Repair |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/15/16 6:49 pm | updated: 11/15/16 6:49 pm |
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| Several Philadelphia music legends will be honored tonight at the Kimmel Center. Singer Patti LaBelle and producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff will be receiving the Marian Anderson Award. The Marian Anderson Award honors critically acclaimed artists who have impacted society in a positive way, either through their work or their support for an important cause. Past winners include Harry Belafonte, Gregory Peck, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Quincy Jones, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Ruby Dee and... Read More |
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| Man on Dirt Bike Hits Police Cruiser, Mayor Kenney Addresses Hate Crimes,Cherry Hill PD Body Cams |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/15/16 1:24 am | updated: 11/15/16 1:24 am |
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| A 20-year-old man is now in critical condition after an accident involving a police cruiser that happened Monday night. The incident happened at around 5 pm Monday at Torresdale Avenue and Howell Street in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia. Police stated that one of their cruisers on patrol made a left turn onto Howell Street. That's when their cruiser was struck by the 20-year-old man who was riding down the street at a high speed on a dirt bike. The 20-year-old man was then... Read More |
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| Philly Student Hospitalized After Fight, Woman Found Wandering Streets, City Preventing Hate Crimes |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 11/14/16 8:45 pm | updated: 11/14/16 8:45 pm |
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| A Philadelphia high school student was rushed to the hospital on Monday after a fight broke out at school. The incident took place at the Penn Treaty School on the 600 block of Thompson Street in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. Police reported that a fight had broken out between four seniors in the bathroom, and when police were able to break up the fight, one of the victims was found on the floor with a swollen face. The student was taken to the hospital, and is being treated for... Read More |
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| Brothers Sentenced for Shed Bombs; Teens Arrested in Flash Mob; Penn Texts Traced to Oklahoma |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 11/14/16 7:13 pm | updated: 11/14/16 7:13 pm |
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| Twin brothers in Chester County have been sentenced to six to 23 months in prison and 5 years probation during which they are barred from contact with each other. Daniel and Caleb Tate plead guilty to arson and misdemeanor retail theft charges. Last December while home from college, they detonated homemade pipe bombs, blowing up five different targets in Lancaster and Chester Counties. Those included an Amish phone shed, a produce shed, a mailbox, and a well pump shed. They apologized at... Read More |
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