|
| |
| News |
| PA Grade Schools Can Go Back In-Person; Rep. Andy Kim Cleans Capitol; Lehigh U Rescinds Trump Degree |
| |
 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/09/21 12:02 am | updated: 01/09/21 12:02 am |
| |
| Pennsylvania officials are recommending that elementary school students should return to in-person classes. This guidance is not mandatory and local schools and districts have final say as to whether they follow virtual, in-person, or hybrid models. The state does still recommend remote learning for middle and high school. "While these are not mandatory, it is up to school leaders to make a decision on whether or not local factors permit them to return elementary students to in-person... Read More |
 |
| |
 |
| |
| News |
| One Pennsylvanian Dead, 12 Arrested in Capitol Riot; Delco Cyberattack Report; Philly Museums Reopen |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/08/21 12:28 am | updated: 01/08/21 12:28 am |
| |
| A Pennsylvania man is among four who died in the Wednesday, 1/6, riot at the U.S. Capitol involving Trump extremists. 50-year-old Benjamin Phillips, a web developer from Bloomsburg, suffered a stroke during the mayhem. (pictured) He had organized a bus from PA to DC for the rally. 55-year-old Kevin Greeson from Athens, Alabama, suffered a heart attack. 34-year-old Roseanne Boyland from Kennesaw, Georgia, was 'trampled in the Rotunda' according to her family. The police said she was... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| 2021 Philadelphia St. Patrick's Parade Canceled; Woman Shot at John's Roast Pork; Woman Shot By Teen |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/07/21 12:54 am | updated: 01/07/21 12:54 am |
| |
The 2021 Philadelphia St. Patrick's Day Parade this March will be postposed once again due to coronavirus COVID-19. The 2020 parade was the first major event to be cancelled last March at the onset of the pandemic. Last July, all events in Philadelphia were cancelled through February 2021. The vaccine will not be widely distributed to the general public until the spring and summer. Until then, we may continue to see the postponement events.
Statement from parade... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Father Charged w/ Manslaughter in 2yo Death; Cape May Murder-Suicide; 5-years For Shooting Dog |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/07/21 12:46 am | updated: 01/07/21 12:46 am |
| |
| A Philadelphia father has now been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his 2-year-old son in a Bucks County apartment last month. 27-year-old Jorddan Thornton had previously been arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the death of Julius Thornton. It happened on the evening of December 2 at the Racquet Club Apartments and Townhomes on Veterans Highway in Middletown Township. Police responded to a call of a boy with a cracked skull. Thornton told... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Protesters Storm US Capitol While Congress Counts, Certifies, Debates Electoral College Vote |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/06/21 5:35 pm | updated: 01/06/21 5:35 pm |
| |
Supporters of President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday afternoon, 1/6, while a joint session of Congress was convened to certify the Electoral College votes. Earlier Wednesday, the crowd had gathered at the Ellipse (between the White House and Washington Monument) for a rally featuring a speech by the President. Trump implored Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the votes. Following that rally, a large group marched to the Capitol.
Meanwhile inside the... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Two Dead in Reading Fire; 75yo Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run; 36yo Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/21 9:46 pm | updated: 01/03/21 9:46 pm |
| |
| Two people are dead after a two-alarm fire in Berks County early Sunday morning, 1/3. It happened around midnight on the 1200 block of Chestnut Street in Reading. Heavy flames could be seen coming from the front of the row home. It took 45 minutes to bring the fire under control. Firefighters found a woman and teen girl inside while searching the building. A third person made it out safely. The fire was contained to the single home and did not spread to others. The fire marshal is... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Deadly Woodhaven Rd. Crash; West Chester Hookah Shooting; South Philly Gym Fire; Schwartz Leaving |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/21 12:27 am | updated: 01/03/21 12:27 am |
| |
| A woman has died after a single car crash in Northeast Philadelphia around midnight, 1/2. It happened as the vehicle was exiting Woodhaven Road onto Thornton Road. The car left the road and crashed into a pole. The woman was sitting in the backseat. She was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where she was pronounced dead. There were three males also in the vehicle. They were treated for minor injuries. Authorities say that the men appeared to be intoxicated. No charges have been... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Mummers Protest on New Year's Day in South Philly; Vandals Arrested on NYE; 2020 Deadliest in Years |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/01/21 10:34 pm | updated: 01/01/21 10:34 pm |
| |
| The Mummer's Parade was officially canceled this New Year's Day due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. However, many groups and brigades took to the streets of South Philadelphia on Friday, 1/1, to celebrate the New Year, to 'protest' the cancelation of the 120-year tradition, and to exercise their first amendment rights. In July 2020, the city issued a moratorium on permits for all large scale public events through February 2021. That ban included innumerable events like... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Former PA Governor, Dick Thornburgh, Passes; NJ Minimum Wage $12; Serious Crash in Delco |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/01/21 3:08 am | updated: 01/01/21 3:08 am |
| |
| Dick Thornburgh, former Pennsylvania governor and US Attorney General, passed away on Thursday morning, 12/31, at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh. He was 88. Thornburgh was governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987. During that time he had to deal with the Three Mile Island partial nuclear meltdown disaster in March 1979. President Ronald Regan appointed him US Attorney General at the end of his second term and he continued in that role under President George H.W.... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
| News |
| Suspects Wanted in Pat's Steaks Shooting Incident; DE Plastic Bag Ban; Phoenixville Home Shooting |
| |
by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/31/20 12:25 am | updated: 12/31/20 12:25 am |
| |
| Philadelphia Police are searching for a male and a female suspect wanted for a shooting incident at Pat's Steaks in South Philadelphia over the weekend. It happened at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, 12/27, at the famous cheesesteak restaurant on the 1200 block of South 9th Street. The incident was captured on surveillance video. During an argument, the male suspect can be seen taking a hand gun from the female suspect;s bag. He tried to get at someone, but by-standers intervened. The suspect then... Read More |
 |
| |
|
| |
