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| Strong Odor in Center City Remains Undetermined; 29yo Woman Killed on Rt 1; Homeless Man Stabbed |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 03/02/20 2:26 pm | updated: 03/02/20 2:26 pm |
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| A strong odor in Center City caused many people to evacuate their buildings on Monday morning, 3/2. The Philadelphia Fire Department cannot confirm initial reports that the odor came from the refinery. The cause of the odor remains undetermined. City officials had said that the odor was released during the cleaning of a tank at the former Philadelphia Energy Solutions site in South Philadelphia. They also said that there is no heath risk to the public. The substance supposedly released... Read More |
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| iradiophilly launches a special Saint Patrick's Day Music Radio Station; Best Philly Irish Playlist |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/29/20 10:26 pm | updated: 02/29/20 10:26 pm |
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iradiophilly launches a special Saint Patrick's Day Music Radio Station; Listen to the perfect Saint Patrick's Day Irish/Celtic playlist in Philly for the whole Month of March!
Listen to iradiophilly's St. Patrick's Day Radio for Irish jigs, reels, classics, and more.
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| Wild Northeast Philly Stolen Ambulance Chase; Temple Rome Campus Closed; KOP LA Fitness Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/29/20 4:43 pm | updated: 02/29/20 4:43 pm |
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| A man is in custody after stealing an ambulance and leading authorities on a wild chase through Northeast Philadelphia on Friday night, 2/28. It started as a call to a domestic disturbance around 9:20 p.m. at the Roosevelt Inn on the 7600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard. A man with just boxers on starting being combative with medics and jumped into the cab of the ambulance. He then drive it towards police officers. One officer opened fire, shooting four times, and hit the man twice in the... Read More |
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| 12yo Steals Delivery Driver's Car; Truck Stuck in Ocean in Wildwood; Chemical Spill in Montco School |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/28/20 1:35 pm | updated: 02/28/20 1:35 pm |
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| A 12-year-old boy Wilmington boy was arrested after he stole a Chinese food delivery driver's vehicle and fled from police on Thursday, 2/27. He is charged with one count of felony vehicle theft, one count of misdemeanor resisting arrest, one count of reckless driving, and one count of leaving the scene of a property damage accident. It happened at the Paladin Club Apartments in Wilmington. The boy ordered Chinese and waited for the delivery driver to arrive. He then jumped into driver's... Read More |
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| South Philly Safe Injection Site Lease Canceled; Collingswood Burglar Arrest; Murder-For-Hire Plot |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/27/20 11:46 pm | updated: 02/28/20 12:06 am |
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| Plans to open a safe injection site in South Philadelphia have been shelved after the building owner, Constitution Health Plaza, canceled the lease. "We have made the decision to cancel plans to locate a supervised injection site at Constitution Health Plaza," the facility said in a statement to tenants, partners, and friends. "We believe in the good intentions of all involved - on both sides of this issue - and want to thank you for your honest communications with us over the past few... Read More |
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| Lucy the Elephant Going on Airbnb; NJ Austistic Boy Denied First Sacraments; Crash in Bucks Day Care |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/27/20 2:34 pm | updated: 02/27/20 2:34 pm |
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| Margate's Lucy the Elephant will be available to rent on Airbnb for three nights only this March 17, 18, and 19. The one-night stays will become available on March 5th at noon and cost $138. The 138-year-old wooden elephant has stood at the edge of the Jersey Shore since the Victorian Era entertaining special guests and tourists for generations. Lucky bookers will sleep in the grand bed in the heart of the 6-story landmark. Airbnb will be making a donation to the Save Lucy Committee... Read More |
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| Contentious Safehouse Site Press Conference; Bucks County Fire; NJ Troopers Arrested Child Porn |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/26/20 2:10 pm | updated: 02/26/20 2:10 pm |
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| Shortly after a federal judge issued a final order on Tuesday, 2/25, ruling that a safe injection site does not violate federal law, the non-profit Safehouse said that it would be opening the first supervised injection site in the country in South Philadelphia as soon as next week. It will be located inside the Constitution Health Plaza, near Broad and McKean Streets. Safehouse attempted to provide information and speak about the program at a news conference held on Wednesday morning,... Read More |
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| Person of Interest in Collingswood Burglaries; Safe Injection Sites Ruled Legal; Manayunk Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/25/20 11:06 pm | updated: 02/25/20 11:06 pm |
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| Police in Collingswood, NJ, have released surveillance footage of a person of interest related to two daytime burglaries this past weekend. The first burglary happened on the 400 block of Virginia Avenue around 11 a.m. The victim arrived home to find the man inside. The man told the victim to get on the floor and he then fled. He was caught on surveillance wearing a black sweatshirt with a distinct shirt underneath. Police found video of this person of interest on the surveillance of CVS on... Read More |
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| Arrest in Shooting of Pregnant Woman; Temple Student Hit-and-Run; Threat at Montco School |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/25/20 12:36 pm | updated: 02/25/20 12:36 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police have arrested a man in the fatal shooting of a pregnant woman and death of her unborn child in North Philadelphia last week. 21-year-old Razique Bumpas of the 4000 block of Maywood Street was arrested on Monday, 2/24, and is charged with the murder of both 39-year-old Ishan Charmidah Rahman and her unborn baby boy. The shooting happened on Friday, 2/21, just before 6 p.m. near 9th and Dauphin Streets. Rahman and her fiance were sitting in a minivan when police say... Read More |
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| Y100 Off The Air 15 Years, But Still Alive... as Y-Not Radio on iradiophilly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 02/24/20 10:59 pm | updated: 02/24/20 10:59 pm |
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| Fifteen years ago today, on February 24, 2005, Philadelphia's alternative radio station Y100 (WPLY FM) 100.3 FM was taken off the air by its owner Radio One. On that same day, Y100 program director Jim McGuinn and promotions director Josh T. Landow launched the website Y100Rocks.com as a petition to bring the station back to the airwaves and as an online streaming radio station. While Y100 never returned to a full time FM signal, the station has lived on, through a couple of name... Read More |
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