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| SEPTA Officer Assaulted, PA Online Voter Registration Rollout Positive, Martian Tops Box Office |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/26/15 8:49 am | updated: 10/26/15 8:49 am |
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| A SEPTA police officer is recovering after he was assaulted overnight at a station along the Market-Frankford Line. It happened around 2 a.m. Monday at the Huntington Station along the 2500 block of Kensington Avenue in Kensington.The officer was attacked at street level as he was closing the station after service had ended. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.SEPTA says a man is in custody for the assault. Information about that suspect was not immediately... Read More |
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| Murder-suicide at NJ Nursing Home; West Chester Hit-and-Run Car Found; Christie Kicked off Quiet Car |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/26/15 2:09 am | updated: 10/26/15 2:09 am |
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| Authorities in Camden County, New Jersey are investigating a shooting at an assisted living facility that they are calling a murder-suicide. It happened around 5:30 p.m. at the Genesis Healthcare Facility on the 3000 block of Evesham Road in Vorhees. 62-year-old George Bullet III of Lumberton came to visit his mother, 85-year-old Andree Bullet. The two ate dinner in the cafeteria before returning to her room. At some point Bullet went to his car and came back. Employees then heard a... Read More |
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| NJ Escaped Convict Captured in Philly; Phillies to Hire Young GM; 4 Dead in OK Parade Crash |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/25/15 2:50 am | updated: 10/25/15 3:04 am |
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| Authorities have captured a fugitive convicted on drug charges who escaped from a South Jersey prison early on Saturday morning. 41-year-old Panagioti Souris was arrested without incident around 4 p.m. at 6th and Market in Philadelphia. Officials with the New Jersey Department of Corrections noticed that he was missing from his bed at the Ancora facility of Bayside State Prison Saturday around 6 a.m. Souris was serving a maximum sentence of five years for two heroin charges. He was a... Read More |
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| Oldest Polar Bear, Klondike, Dies in Philly; Villanova Students Protest Armed Police |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/23/15 9:18 pm | updated: 10/23/15 9:18 pm |
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| The country's oldest polar bear died on Friday at the Philadelphia Zoo. Klondike was 34-years-old. Zoo officials started noticing a serious decline in her health starting two weeks ago and she had difficulty standing and walking. Despite treatment she was not improving and they decided to euthanize her this morning. Klondike was born at the Bronx Zoo in 1980 and has lived at the Philadelphia Zoo since 1981. She far outlived the average life span of a bear in captivity which is 24. Her... Read More |
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| Rare Identical Triplets Born; Jury Duty Scam; Voting Lottery to Award 10,000.00 |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/23/15 12:30 pm | updated: 10/23/15 12:30 pm |
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| Triplets are rare. Identical triplets are almost unheard of (pictured). But a Baltimore couple gave birth to identical triplets earlier this month. Tom and Kristen Hewitt welcomed identical triplets to the world on October 6 at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. Thomas III (Trip), Finnegan (Finn) and Oliver (Ollie) Dean were born by C-section at 33 ½ weeks old. All of the boys weighed in between three and five pounds. How rare is this? Experts say the odds of having identical triplets... Read More |
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| Mazda Ignition Recall, Temple Football 7 - 0, Princeton Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/23/15 8:59 am | updated: 10/23/15 8:59 am |
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| Mazda says it is recalling 4.9 million older vehicles worldwide, including 1.36 million in the U.S., because ignition switches could overheat and catch fire. The U.S. recall covers the 1990-1996 323 and Protege, the 1993-1998 626, the 1993-1995 929, the 1993-1997 MX-6, the 1989 to 1998 MPV and the 1992-1993 MX-3. Mazda says it put too much grease on electrical contact points in the switches when the cars were manufactured. The grease can carbonize and reduce electrical insulation. The... Read More |
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| Man Arrested for Luring Children in Wayne; Gov. Christie Veto Overridden For First Time |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/22/15 9:36 pm | updated: 10/22/15 9:36 pm |
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| Police in Radnor Township have arrested a man accused of trying to lure three students outside an elementary school. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the intersection of West Wayne and Arbordale Avenues near Wayne Elementary School in Delaware County. Police say that 26-year-old Daniel Lee of Wayne approached a boy and his two sisters ages 10, 9, and 8. He asked them about their school and teachers. He then asked them them about the woods and an abandoned house he was about to... Read More |
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| Camden Riversharks Leaving Town; Kane Letter to Supreme Court; Philly Schools Almost Broke |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/22/15 9:11 am | updated: 10/22/15 9:11 am |
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The Camden Riversharks, the independent professional baseball team that has played at the city's waterfront Campbell's Field for 15 years, has ceased all operations, according to a statement from the team. The statement said the decision stemmed from "an inability" to reach an agreement on lease terms with the ballpark's owner, the Camden County Improvement Authority.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane says she will make public offensive emails of state Supreme Court... Read More |
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| PPA Ticket Fee Increase, SEPTA Eagles Giants Fan Brawl video, Philadelphia Cheesesteak Festival |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 10/22/15 9:01 am | updated: 10/22/15 9:01 am |
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Drivers who park illegally in Philadelphia beware - the Parking Authority has increased the convenience fee for paying tickets online or by phone. PPA executive director Vince Fenerty says the increase - a dollar per transaction - is a simply pass-along cost. You can still mail your payment in the envelope provided for just the cost of a stamp.
SEPTA video shows a lone N.Y. Giants fan-wearing quarterback Eli Manning's #10-surrounded by Eagles green as he exits an El train... Read More |
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| Update on Brendan Creato Case; Arrest in Armed Temple Assaults; NJ Man Steals 32 iPhones |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/21/15 8:10 pm | updated: 10/21/15 8:11 pm |
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| Officials from Camden County and the Haddon Township Police say that there are no signs of forced entry into the home of 3-year-old Brendan Creato, the boy who was found dead after being reported missing last week. They also say there is no evidence that he was sexually assaulted. Brendan was found in the woods a few blocks from his father's home just three hours after D.J. Creato called 911 on the morning of October 13th to say his son had gone missing overnight. An autopsy last week... Read More |
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