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| Flyers Founder Ed Snider Dies; Person Killed by SEPTA Train; Phillies Home Opener |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/11/16 12:01 pm | updated: 04/11/16 12:01 pm |
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Philadelphia Flyers founder Ed Snider has died. Just days after the Flyers clinched a playoff spot. Snider has owned the Flyers since he was awarded the franchise in 1967. Snider had also been a part-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970's. Snider has been battling cancer for the last 2 years. Ed Snider was 83.
SEPTA's Market Frankford line was interrupted this morning when the train struck someone on the tracks at the 40th Street station. The train was travelling... Read More |
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| Driver on Run, Crash Into Bensalem Home; Student Death in West Coshohocken; Woman in NJ Creek ID'd |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/11/16 2:55 am | updated: 04/11/16 2:55 am |
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| Police in Bensalem, Bucks County, are searching for a driver who crashed their SUV into a home early on Sunday morning. It happened around 5:30 a.m. on the 2200 block of Monroe Avenue. The car was traveling northbound on Knights Road when it lost control, went through bushes and trees, crashed through a garden shed, before slamming into the house on the other side of the street. The homeowner's wife, Dolly, was sleeping in a hospital bed in the living room after returning home from the... Read More |
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| New 76ers President, Man Shot Outside N. Philly Bar, Saints Player Will Smith Shot And Killed |
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 by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 04/11/16 1:32 am | updated: 04/11/16 1:32 am |
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The 76ers have now named Bryan Colangelo as the President of Basketball Operations yesterday. Colangelo will be replacing the old President Sam Hinkie who quit on Wednesday after only three seasons with the team. Before being named President of the 76ers, Colangelo was served as President of the Raptors from 2006 to 2013.
A man was shot and killed outside of a North Philly bar early Sunday Morning. The man was shot outside of the Nivel Bar on the 200 block of East Allegheny... Read More |
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| April Snow Showers in Philly; 3-year-old Killed in Lehigh Crash; Two Women Stabbed in North Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/10/16 1:57 am | updated: 04/10/16 1:57 am |
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| April snow showers swept through the region on Saturday. As much as 5 inches of heavy wet snow piled up on some grassy areas with others just getting a slushy coating. Early April snow is not that unusual. In fact, on this day in history, April 9th, 2000, we had a similar spring snow with a few inches of accumulations. Tonight, behind the storm a Freeze Warning is in effect until 10 a.m. Sunday with low temperatures of 26 in Center City. Just to think that one month ago on March 9th the... Read More |
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| Car Crash in Schuylkill, Man Dies; Suspect Shot by Off-Duty Cop; Woman Dead at Staples |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/10/16 1:06 am | updated: 04/10/16 1:06 am |
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| The body of a dead man was recovered from a car that had crashed into the Schuylkill River early Saturday morning in Philadelphia. The accident happened around 2:30 a.m. along Kelly Drive in Fairmount Park. Police say the car exited the Roosevelt Boulevard south. It then crossed Ridge Ave and Kelly Drive before hitting the curb and going airborne. The car flipped over and landed in the river about 40 feet from shore. It took divers a few hours to pull the 26-year-old man from the... Read More |
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| Villanova Parade Takes Over Center City; 3 Arrested in I-95 Chase; Deadly Columbus Blvd Crash |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/09/16 12:28 am | updated: 04/09/16 12:28 am |
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| Tens of thousands of Villanova students, alumni, and fans descended upon Center City Philadelphia on Friday afternoon for a victory parade for the 2016 NCAA National Champion Men's Basketball team. The chilly, brisk weather did not stop the roughly 60,000 people from lining Market Street and covering every inch of Dilworth Park around City Hall. The parade started at 20th Street and featured members of the 1985 and 2009 teams, the Villanova University band and cheerleaders, and even the... Read More |
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| Villanova Championship Parade in Philadelphia; Next Stop The White House in Washington |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/08/16 11:00 am | updated: 04/08/16 11:00 am |
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Nova Nation is streaming into Philadelphia today for a parade saluting Villanova's thrilling NCAA Championship. Jay Wright and his team will begin at 20th and Market at 1 pm and proceed to Dilworth Plaza at City Hall for a victory rally at 2 pm.
Philadelphia has not hosted a major sport championship parade since the Phillies won it all in 2008...until today. Villanova's march through the NCAA Tournament culminated in what many are calling the best NCAA Championship game ever... Read More |
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| New Fire Commissioner, Villanova Parade, Gov. Wolf Signs Executive Order |
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by: blogue40 - Phoenixville, PA
started: 04/08/16 2:27 am | updated: 04/08/16 2:27 am |
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Philadelphia now has a new fire commissioner. Adam Theil who was commissioner in Virginia for 7 years and was most recently the deputy secretary of Virginia's Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs department will now be Philly's new fire commissioner. Mayor Jim Kenney announced in December they were in the search for a new commissioner, and have now found one.
Today is Villanova's big Victory parade! The parade will start at 1 pm at 20th and Market and will end at Dilworth Park... Read More |
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| KOP Kidnap Suspect Out on Bail; Princeton LAX Coach Fired video; Aramark HQ to Stay in Philadelphia |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/07/16 7:28 pm | updated: 04/07/16 7:28 pm |
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| Cherie Amoore, who is accused of kidnapping a 7-week old baby from the King of Prussia mall last week, was released from jail on Wednesday after posting bail. Amoore is charged with kidnapping of a minor, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, interference with the custody of a child, concealment of the whereabouts of a child and other related charges. Last Thursday around 5:45 p.m., she allegedly took the baby boy while the mother was distracted near the food court at the mall. She... Read More |
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| Sanders in Philly; Temple Party Rules; Aramark is Staying; Sam Hinkie Resigns from 76ers |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 04/07/16 12:12 pm | updated: 04/07/16 12:12 pm |
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Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will be here for a second straight day of campaigning. He is at the AFL-CIO convention in downtown Philadelphia. Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton is here to campaign for Hillary. Bill is planning stops in three Pennsylvania cities, starting in Philly today, Scranton tonight, and on Friday in Erie. The presidential primary in Pennsylvania is April 26.
Temple University is cracking down on campus partying. Trash, loud... Read More |
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