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| SEPTA Transit Officer Stops Robbery Video; Health Warning South Philly Acme; Logan Hit-and-Run |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/07/19 2:36 am | updated: 04/07/19 2:37 am |
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| A SEPTA transit police officer stopped an attempted robbery on the Market-Frankford Line this past week in Kensington and it was caught on video. It happened on Wednesday, 4/3, just before 8 p.m. at the Huntingdon station. As the train came to a stop, the suspect grabbed the phone out of a 17-year-old high school student's hand and ran out of the opening doors. The video shows the suspect, identified as 33-year-old Zoilo Greo, running out of the train car followed closely by the teen... Read More |
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| Cosby's Insurance Settles Defamation Suits; 3 Lockdowns at Philly Schools; Bucks Man Attacks Wife |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/05/19 8:12 pm | updated: 04/05/19 8:12 pm |
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| An insurance agency representing Bill Cosby has agreed to settle lawsuits filed by seven women who claim the entertainer defamed them by accusing them of lying about sexual misconduct allegations. The terms of the agreement are confidential. Cosby's spokesperson says that AIG went ahead with the settlement without the 81-year-old's knowledge or consent. "Mr. Cosby vehemently denies the allegations brought against him in these defamation suits and he maintains his innocence," spokesman... Read More |
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| PHL City ID Now Available at City Hall; Body Found in Schuylkill River; Hahnemann Lays Off 175 |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/05/19 2:18 am | updated: 04/05/19 2:18 am |
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| The City of Philadelphia has launched its own official municipal identification card. This new government-issued photo ID is called the PHL City ID. It is intended for city residents that do not have access to or a prevented from obtaining other forms of state identification such as a driver's license. You must be 13 years or older, live in Philadelphia, and provide proof of identity and residency. The PHL City ID will show the cardholder's name, address, date of birth and... Read More |
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| Funeral Held for Nick Flacco; Body of Man Found in Bucks Co. Canal; Recycling Fire in Vineland |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/19 7:59 pm | updated: 04/04/19 7:59 pm |
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| A funeral was held today, 4/4, for Nicholas Flacco, the son of Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, who was shot and killed last weekend in FDR Park. Services were held at St. Albert the Great Church in Lower Moreland at noon. Nick had returned home from Penn State University for the weekend to celebrate his 20th birthday with family and friends. On Saturday night, 3/30, Flacco was with a group of friends tailgating in the park following a Phillies game. Fights broke out... Read More |
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| Glen Mills Schools to Layoff 250 Staff; Meek Mill, Lawmakers Propose HB 1925; AC McDs Arrests |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/04/19 3:16 am | updated: 04/04/19 3:16 am |
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| Glen Mills Schools announced plans to layoff 250 employees amid allegations and investigations into child abuse at the country's oldest reform school. Last week, state officials ordered the emergency removal of all remained children at the school located about 25 miles west of Philadelphia in Delaware County. Before that many agencies, both local and in other states, had begun to remove children placed at the school after an investigation by the Philadelphia Inquirer exposed decades of... Read More |
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| Suspect ID'd in Flacco FDR Park Murder; NE High School Lockdown; 28,000 Chickens Die in Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/19 7:35 pm | updated: 04/03/19 7:35 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police identified a suspect on Wednesday afternoon, 4/3, wanted in the murder of 20-year-old Nick Flacco. Police are searching for 19-year-old Tyquan 'Fats' Atkinson. His last known address is on the 1600 block of South 32nd Street. The shooting took place late on Saturday night in FDR Park on the 1900 block of Pattison Ave. Flacco, who is the son of Philadelphia Internal Affairs Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, was in the park tailgating with friends following a Phillies game.... Read More |
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| First Frat Members Sentenced to Jail in Piazza Death; Congestion Toll in Philly?; Delco Gas Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/03/19 4:50 pm | updated: 04/03/19 4:50 pm |
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The first four members of Penn State's former Beta Theta Pi fraternity were sentenced Wednesday, 4/3, in the hazing death of Timothy Piazza.
20-year-old Joshua Kurczewski from Erie, pleaded guilty in January to one count of conspiracy to commit hazing, one count of hazing and one count of furnishing liquor to a minor. He was sentenced to three to nine months in the Centre County Correctional Facility and ordered him to pay a $2,250 fine, serve 100 hours of community... Read More |
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| Valley Forge Park Controlled Burn; Temple University Going Tobacco-Free; Kensington Safehouse Debate |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/02/19 7:21 pm | updated: 04/02/19 7:23 pm |
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| National Park Service officials announced that beginning on Tuesday, April 2nd, they will be conducting a controlled burn at Valley Forge National Historical Park. The burns could take from two days to one week to complete. The burn will total 135 acres in two distinct meadows in the Grand Parade area near Route 23 (Valley Forge Road) and Gulph Road. The burns are being conducted to control non-native invasive species. You can actually go out and watch. "It's an opportunity to come out... Read More |
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| Friends Dared Gunman to Shoot, $35,000 Reward; NJ Texting While Driving Crackdown; Airline Delays |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/19 8:12 pm | updated: 04/01/19 8:12 pm |
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| The reward is now $35,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the shooting death of the son of a Philadelphia police chief inspector over the weekend. It happened around 10 p.m. Saturday, 3/30, in FDR Park on the 1400 block of Pattison Avenue. 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco, son of Internal Affairs Chief Inspector Chris Flacco, was shot and killed after his friends dared the gunman to shoot. Nick was tailgating with friends after the Phillies game in the park. At one... Read More |
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| Abington Cop Impersonator Steals Weed; CCP and Teachers at Table; Wawa Liquor Licenses, The Rooster |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/01/19 5:23 pm | updated: 04/01/19 5:23 pm |
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| Abington Police have arrested a man for impersonating an officer in Montgomery County on March 25th. It happened at 10 p.m. on the 1100 block of Colonial Avenue in the Roslyn section of Abington. 42-year-old Dennis McGowen pulled over a vehicle using flashing white and blue lights on his SUV. He approached the three occupants of the vehicle and said, "Give me the weed or I will let my dog out on you." They complied and McGowen drove off. Police arrested McGowen on Saturday, 3/30. He is... Read More |
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