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| Concert Co. Building Mass Vaccine Site in KOP; Car Crashes in Darby Creek; Arrests in Arizona Murder |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/01/21 10:58 pm | updated: 03/01/21 10:58 pm |
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| Concert/festival construction contractor, Mountain Productions, and area COVID-19 rapid testing company, 15toknow, are working to stand up a mass coronavirus vaccination site in King of Prussia. Mountain Productions builds stages and structures for big outdoor concerts and events including Firefly, Musicfest, the NFL Draft, and the Mann. Already started work in KOP, they have built two large arches to act as drive-thru lanes and a series of smaller buildings for staff, equipment, and... Read More |
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| Pennsylvania Increases Gathering Capacities; Suspects in Pizza Attack; U.Perk Use of Force Justified |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/01/21 4:34 pm | updated: 03/01/21 9:51 pm |
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| Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced several changes to coronavirus COVID-19 restrictions across the state effective Monday, March 1. He increased capacity limits for both indoor and outdoor venues and also did away with out-of-state travel restrictions. Travelers to Pennsylvania no longer have to either provide a negative COVID-19 test or quarantine for 14-days upon arrival. This restriction applied to both visitors and natives returning home. Also, capacity limits have been... Read More |
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| Philly Teachers/Students Return to School; Missing Jalen Maxwell Found Safe; Boost Mobile Arrest |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/01/21 1:43 pm | updated: 03/01/21 1:49 pm |
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| Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced a phased reopening of schools to hybrid learning following a mediation process between the School District of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. 53 schools will reopen on Monday, March 8, to PreK through 2nd Grade students who selected hybrid learning last fall. Teachers and support staff at those schools will report this Wednesday, March 3. Schools will continue to open in waves each week. New groups of schools will be announced... Read More |
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| Arrest in Whitehall Shooting; Getaway Driver Charged in Bowling Shooting; Man Shoots Self at KOP |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/28/21 4:32 pm | updated: 02/28/21 4:32 pm |
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| Authorities in Lehigh County have made an arrest in the double shooting outside a Walmart store that resulted in a fatality. 23-year-old Edward Joel Rosario-Jimenez, of Whitehall Township, is charged with criminal homicide, attempted criminal homicide, aggravated assault and firearm not to be carried without a license. Police were called around 7 p.m. to the parking lot of the Walmart on the 2600 block of MacArthur Road in Whitehall Township. It seems have been a routine child custody... Read More |
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| Virtual 9th Annual Winter Doldrums Fest, Sun., 2/28, 12p. Dar Williams, Tim Reynolds, Chris Kasper |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/27/21 10:29 pm | updated: 02/27/21 10:29 pm |
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The 9th Annual Winter Doldrums Fest has gone virtual this year due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, but the lineup of artists is once again stellar. This year's concert is being welcomed by Dull Dime and WXPN and is presented by the Philadelphia Folksong Society. All proceeds benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
The show will be presented using the Folksong Society's virtual stage platform that they first used last summer for the digital 59th... Read More |
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| Philly Bank Robbery Stopped - Video; Man in Court on Lowes Arson; Arrest in Pat's Steaks Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/27/21 12:20 am | updated: 02/27/21 12:20 am |
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| A man is under arrest after attempting to rob a bank in Philadelphia on Friday afternoon, 2/26. It happened around 3:30 p.m. at the Citizens Bank branch on the 3700 block of Germantown Avenue in the Tioga section. Cell phone footage from a man across the street from the bank shows officers standing outside the front door with guns drawn. The suspect tried to run out of the bank with the money. Officers immediately tackled the man. Cash scattered on the sidewalk. The man had apparently... Read More |
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| Panel Approves Johnson/Johnson Vaccine; Shooting at Lehigh Walmart; Roxborough Boost Mobile Robbery |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/26/21 11:21 pm | updated: 02/26/21 11:21 pm |
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| An advisory panel of independent medical experts have endorsed Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus COVID-19 vaccine after a public hearing on Friday, 2/26. The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 22-0 to recommend the vaccine for an Emergency Use Authorization concluding that the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risks for adults. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to accept the panel's decision and should sign off on an Emergency Use... Read More |
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| Suspects Wanted in Olney Mass Shooting; Philly Gathering Limits Lifting; FEMA Mass Vaccine Site Info |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/26/21 4:28 pm | updated: 02/26/21 4:32 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police released images of three suspects and a vehicle in connection to last week's mass shooting at SEPTA's Olney Transportation Center. It happened around 2:50 p.m on Wednesday, 2/17, at Broad and Olney. Eight people were shot ages 17-71. No one was killed. Police combed through hours of surveillance footage from the area to find the images of the shooters. There is a $25,000 reward from the city and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive for information... Read More |
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| Brothers Plead Guilty in Old City Arson; Philly Back-To-School Delayed; DA Employee Charged |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/26/21 12:12 am | updated: 02/26/21 12:14 am |
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| Two Delaware County brothers have admitted to setting their business on fire in Philadelphia causing extensive damage and displacing over 100 people in February 2018. Imad, 40, and Bahaa, 32, Dawara pled guilty to conspiracy to commit arson and conspiracy to defraud the United States. It happened on Feb 18, 2018, at 239 Chestnut Street. The brothers were about to lose their hookah bar and lounge for not paying $1,000s in rent. They took out $750,000 in insurance just weeks before the... Read More |
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| Warminster Metro PCS Shooting/Robery; Car Drives Into NJ Target; Delco Motel Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/25/21 10:27 pm | updated: 02/25/21 10:32 pm |
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| Police are searching for two suspects wanted for robbing and shooting a store employee in Warminster on Thursday afternoon, 2/25. It happened around 3:45 p.m. at the Metro PCS store on the 200 block of East County Line Road. The employee was shot in the stomach. The two men then grabbed merchandise and exited out the rear door. They fled on foot towards Newtown Road and got in a vehicle. The two suspects were caught on surveillance camera leaving the store (see picture below). The... Read More |
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