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| Joan Rivers Dies at 81; Dilworth Park Opens; West Nile Virus Found in Delaware Chicken |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/04/14 9:25 pm | updated: 09/04/14 9:25 pm |
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Hollywood, family, friends and fans around the world are mourning the loss of Joan Rivers. She passed away today after going into cardiac arrest on August 28th. Joan Rivers first appeared on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson in 1965 and was an immediate hit. A rarity at the time, there were very few female comedians. Joan Rivers was 81 years old.
Dilworth Park is now open. The west side of City Hall has been transformed into a beautiful public space with fountains, a... Read More |
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| Boy on Girls' Team Drops Suit; Temple Expands Security; Beheaded Journalist Son of Philadelphia Man |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/04/14 2:04 pm | updated: 09/04/14 2:04 pm |
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| A boy who had filed a lawsuit over getting kicked off his high school girls’ field hockey team has dropped his suit. Joshua Schwartz had been playing on the Quakertown Community High School team, but 2 weeks ago the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association ruled boys are not allowed to play on girls’ teams. He dropped his threatened suit because the distraction was becoming too much for his teammates who are bound for the playoffs. Just yesterday, three of the... Read More |
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| Mainland Regional Candlelight Vigil, Olney Burning Car, CHOP Patient YouTubes Jay-Z Songs |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/04/14 2:28 am | updated: 09/04/14 2:28 am |
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| Wednesday night, more than 1,000 people attended a candlelight vigil at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood, Atlantic County, mourning the loss of a dedicated student athlete whose life was cut short after a car crash. Members of the Mainland Regional Girls Soccer Team wrapped their arms around Aisling Cooke's mother after presenting her with the incoming freshman's #4 soccer jersey. They gathered for a moment of silence, then lit candles on the field, all to remember the 14-year-old who... Read More |
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| Regusters Statement Tossed Out; NJ Soccer Teen Passes; Temple U Patrols Expanded |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/14 7:03 pm | updated: 09/03/14 7:03 pm |
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| Today, in the case against Christina Regusters, who is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 5-year-old West Philadelphia girl, the judge declared a statement she gave to Philadelphia Police inadmissible because she was not given proper Miranda warnings. She was read her rights at two previous times but not immediately before being questioned the night she was taken into custody. Judge Jeffrey Minehart ruled that her statement that night cannot be introduced into evidence. In... Read More |
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| Text Message Scam; JFK Center Keeps Name; 15 Year Old Girl Driving in Fatal Crash |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/14 2:22 pm | updated: 09/03/14 2:22 pm |
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There is a warning out in South Jersey about a credit scam that starts with a text message on your cell phone. The message says your bank account has been hacked. The message says it is from Members 1st Credit Union, but it is not. Members 1st alerted their customers of the scam and advised people NOT to reply to the text message.
The JFK Center in Willingboro, New Jersey will not be re-named the Obama Center after all. The discussion has been drawing national attention and a... Read More |
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| 4th Annual Haverford Music Festival, Sat. Sept. 6th 2014, Darby and Eagle Roads Havertown |
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 by: KatieDaubert - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/14 4:45 am | updated: 09/03/14 4:45 am |
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| One of the most anticipated events of the Main Line is the upcoming Haverford Music Festival. This Saturday, September 6th, the 4th annual Haverford Music Festival, presented by GIANT, will be returning to Havertown with a loaded lineup of Haverford Township talent and artists from other surrounding areas. This free-admission, all-ages festival runs from noon-9:30 pm, and features over 30 performers on four stages. Other activities include multiple food vendors, beer gardens, a cash raffle, a... Read More |
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| Hepburn Medal to Sotomayor, Tacony Shooting Grazes Boy's Head, PSSA Cheating Scandal |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/03/14 1:38 am | updated: 09/03/14 1:38 am |
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| Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will be honored by Bryn Mawr College for her trailblazing legal career. Sotomayor will receive the 2015 Katharine Hepburn Medal, given to women who embody "the intelligence, drive and independence" of the Oscar-winning actress. Hepburn was a 1928 graduate of Bryn Mawr. She’ll receive the Hepburn Medal on April 17. The medal is also named for the actress’ mother, Katharine Houghton Hepburn. She was an early women’s rights activist and... Read More |
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| 15-year-old Girl Driving Crashed SUV; $140,000 Gold Stolen; Boy, 9, Grazed in Tacony |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/03/14 12:41 am | updated: 09/03/14 12:41 am |
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| The Wayne County Disctrict Attorney says that a 15-year-old girl from Westchester, New York was the driver of the SUV involved in a fatal crash over the weekend that killed three boys from Bucks County. The crash happened on Saturday morning August 30th near Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos. The 2001 Chevy Suburban had belonged to the girl's parents and she had taken it without their permission. The girl and her 16-year-old girl friend, also from New York, had taken the car and picked... Read More |
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| Revel Casino Closes; Bryn Mawr Hospital Buildings Razed; Council Rock Mourns |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 09/02/14 1:49 pm | updated: 09/02/14 1:49 pm |
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After just two years since it opened, the Revel Casino has closed. The $2.4 billion casino closed at 6 this morning following the closure of the Revel hotel on Monday. Three casinos planned to shut down this Fall. The Showboat closed on Sunday and Trump Plaza will close for good on September 16th. The future for all these deserted properties, and for the economy in Atlantic City, remains uncertain.
Bryn Mawr Hospital has begun demolition of two buildings on the campus of the... Read More |
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| Council Rock Grieves Student Deaths, Phillies Combined No Hitter, Labor Day Parade |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 09/02/14 1:14 am | updated: 09/02/14 2:43 am |
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| The grieving process is underway in the Council Rock School District in Bucks County where three teenagers were killed over the holiday weekend in a one-car crash in the Poconos. Sophomore students Cullen Keffer, Shamus Digney, Ryan Lesher were killed late Saturday morning when the Suburban SUV the boys were passengers in flipped in Paupack Township where Ryan’s family had a home. Despite the Labor Day holiday, Council Rock High School South was open for a few hours for students,... Read More |
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