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Mummers Protest on New Year's Day in South Philly; Vandals Arrested on NYE; 2020 Deadliest in Years |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/01/21 9:34 pm | updated: 01/01/21 9:34 pm |
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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 |
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Former PA Governor, Dick Thornburgh, Passes; NJ Minimum Wage $12; Serious Crash in Delco |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 01/01/21 2:08 am | updated: 01/01/21 2:08 am |
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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 |
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Suspects Wanted in Pat's Steaks Shooting Incident; DE Plastic Bag Ban; Phoenixville Home Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/30/20 11:25 pm | updated: 12/30/20 11:25 pm |
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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 |
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Arrest Nockamixon State Park Teen Shooting; PA Temp Restrictions to Expire; Man Killed By SEPTA El |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/30/20 7:52 pm | updated: 12/30/20 7:52 pm |
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A man has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a teenager at Nockamixon State Park back in October. Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced on Wednesday, 12/30, that 52-year-old Kenneth Troy Heller of Warminster is charged with criminal homicide and related charges in the death of 18-year-old Jason Kutt of Sellersville. It happened around 5:15 p.m. Saturday, 10/24, near the Old Ridge Road entrance to the park near Quakertown. Kutt was at the park with his girlfriend... Read More |
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$20k Reward in Shooting of Comedian; Philly Case Counts Have Dropped; Mini Mart Machine Set on Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/29/20 10:56 pm | updated: 12/29/20 11:00 pm |
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Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect wanted for killing an aspiring comedian and rapper on the streets of Overbrook on Christmas Eve. It happened around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, 12/24, on the 1800 block of Wynnewood Road. 20-year-old Dyewoo Scruggs was walking along the road and recording a social media post when he was gunned down. Officials released surveillance video of the suspect approaching Scruggs from over a block away before he shot at least 15 times. The suspect then... Read More |
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Officers ID'd in Kensington Christmas Shooting; Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Crash; Two Shot in SW Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/29/20 12:59 am | updated: 12/29/20 12:59 am |
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Police have officially identified 43-year-old Jesus Perez as the man shot and killed by police early Christmas morning after he opened fire on a crowd in Kensington. Perez's 15-year-old son, Jeremy Perez, was shot and killed and his 17-year-old nephew, Giovanny Capulin, were wounded by his gunfire. Philadelphia police have identified the two officers involved as 39-year-old Timothy Strano, a six-year veteran, and 45-year-old Leggie Thompson, a 9-month rookie. The officers arrived on the... Read More |
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Dead Whale Buried at Barnegat Light; Carbon Monoxide Exposure in Delco; Allentown Water Main Break |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/28/20 4:22 pm | updated: 12/28/20 4:22 pm |
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A frozen-solid dead humpback whale washed ashore on a beach in Ocean County on Christmas Day. The 31-foot, 15-ton was found on the beach in Barneget Light on Long Beach Island near the Barneget Inlet. Bon Schoelkopf, co-director of the Marine Mammal Stranding Center, said that the cause of death is unknown, but there are no signs of physical injury. The animal may have gotten ill. Usually a large whale like this would be cut into pieces and removed from the beach for study, but because... Read More |
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Trump Signs COVID Relief and Government Spending Bill; Logan Row Home Fire; DE Teen Freed From Mud |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/27/20 9:39 pm | updated: 12/27/20 9:39 pm |
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President Donald Trump signed the $900 billion pandemic relief measure and $1.4 trillion government funding bill on Sunday evening, 12/27. The signing will avert a government shutdown and continue unemployment benefits for millions. Trump did not want to sign the relief bill, complaining that the one-time direct payments of $600 were not enough. He wanted them to be $2,000. The President also criticized a number of non-coronavirus related 'pork' measures contained in the legislation. He... Read More |
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Police Shoot Gunman in Deadly Incident; Stray Shots Hit Kids in Germantown; Christmas Tree Recycling |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/26/20 10:42 pm | updated: 12/26/20 10:42 pm |
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Philadelphia Police are investigating a shooting incident early Christmas morning that left two dead and a third injured in Kensington. It happened around 12:30 a.m. on the 3300 block of Emerald Street. Two police officers responded to a call for a fight over a parking spot. A crowd had gathered and there was pushing and some punches. A 43-year-old man then fired into the crowd. A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old boy were struck. The police then opened fire on the the suspect hitting... Read More |
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Mummer's Canceled, Protest Instead; Man Killed in Crash; Wolf Proposes $145M Deal; Gritty OK at Game |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA started: 12/23/20 3:02 pm | updated: 12/23/20 3:02 pm |
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The Mummer's Parade is officially canceled this year, but some revelers are planning to hold a New Year's Day 'protest' parade on 2nd Street in South Philly instead. In July, Philadelphia issued a moratorium on all large scale public events through February 2021. The Mummer's Parade has been held annually since 1901. Despite the official canceling of the event, many will be taking to the streets and exercising their first amendment rights. Several thousand people have responded to a... Read More |
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