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Community

Woman accused of stealing more than $130K from Delaware County youth club while working as treasurer

According to police, money stolen from the Springfield Youth Club by Kathleen Hammond was used for Eagles games, Billy Joel concert tickets and Amazon purchases.

1 year ago

Overhead photo of Kensington
Politics & Policy

Philly City Council passes bill mandating curfew for some Kensington businesses

City leaders hope that shutting stores down early could reduce crime and drug use in Kensington. Some businesses are skeptical the curfew would work.

1 year ago

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A sidewalk filled with ripped trash bags and litter
Studio 2
Health

Liquid Death Founder Mike Cessario, Fixing Philadelphia’s Littering Problem

You’ve probably seen Liquid Death at parties, bars, and grocery stores. Yes, the tall-boy aluminum cans with heavy metal lettering ...

Air Date: March 21, 2024 12:00 pm

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City Solicitor Renee Garcia heads Philadelphia's Law Department. She was confirmed by City Council on March 14, 2024.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Scammers and schemers beware: Philly’s lawyers have you in their sights

A proposed consumer protection law would let city attorneys sue predatory companies.

1 year ago

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Community
6abc

Human skull, other skeletal remains found in a water retention basin in Montgomery Co.

Police were contacted just before noon Tuesday by a surveyor doing work near a water retention basin near the intersection of Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive by Orvilla Road.

1 year ago

Tape cordons off the scene where multiple people were shot in Philadelphia
Community
6abc

Shelter-in-place lifted for Newtown Twp., second such police incident in as many days in Bucks Co.

According to police, they responded to a domestic incident Sunday morning in the Headley Trace development on Newtown-Yardley Road.

1 year ago

File photo: Former Pittsburgh Penguins player Jaromir Jagr stands at center ice and waves to fans after skating during warm ups after having a banner with his retired uniform number raised to the rafters of PPG Paints arena before an NHL hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and the Penguins in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024.
Community

Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen en route to Pittsburgh. Giveaway postponed

The team says it is “shocked” by the theft and is working with state and federal authorities in hopes of recovering the items.

1 year ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel
Courts & Law

Two 18-year-olds charged in mass shooting at SEPTA bus stop

Two people have been arrested and charged in last week’s mass shooting that hurt eight Northeast High School students at a SEPTA bus stop.

1 year ago

Listen 1:11
Bob Menendez standing in a hallway
Courts & Law

Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment

Menendez and his wife Nadine entered the pleas on Monday to a rewritten indictment containing new charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice.

1 year ago

Police officer at a crime scene
Courts & Law

Transit crime is back as a top concern in Philly and other U.S. cities, and political leaders have taken notice

The Pa. legislature created a special prosecutor to go after crimes committed in the transit system, and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker promised to beef up police patrols.

1 year ago

Members of the Armed Forces including the National Guard wait in the lobby of the New York City Mass Transit Authority Rail Control Center before the start of a news conference with Gov. Hochul, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York.
Community

New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes

The deployment of the National Guard would bolster an enhanced presence of NYPD officers in the subway system

1 year ago

Cell phone with variety of social media apps on the screen
Politics & Policy

From ‘SNL’ to Philly? City considers asking youth to help fight crime via social media

The goal is to use young people to do what they do all the time: Surf the web and review social media posts to identify potential crimes before they happen.

1 year ago

Listen 1:07
Police at a crime scene at night
Community

Man fatally shot aboard Philadelphia bus in 3rd fatal bus-related shooting in 3 days

Tuesday's shooting marked the third time in three days that someone was killed while riding, entering or leaving a SEPTA bus.

1 year ago

A closeup of a Delaware State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

‘One child was near death’: Delaware woman sentenced to more than a century behind bars for abusing stepsons

The beatings and deprivation were captured on video cameras Mary and Charles Vinson put in the boys’ bedroom. Charles Vinson was sentenced to 49 years behind bars.

1 year ago

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Community
6abc

Teen dead, 4 others wounded after shooting involving SEPTA bus in Philadelphia’s Ogontz neighborhood

Police said the suspect shot the victim immediately after both of them got off of the bus.

1 year ago

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