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| Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery to Close; Hahnemann Closing in Sept; Postal Worker Hit By Car |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/26/19 7:56 pm | updated: 06/26/19 7:56 pm |
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| Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed on Wednesday that Philadelphia Energy Solutions has decided to shut down its South Philadelphia refinery complex. Early Friday morning, 6/21, several large explosions and a fire tore through the Girard Point refinery. The 150-year-old facility also contains the Point Breeze refinery. It is the largest facility on the East Coast and processes 335,000 barrels of crude oil daily into a variety of products. The refinery employs around 1,000 who would... Read More |
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| Dinosaur Drives Through Center City; Manayunk Man Arrested for Rape; S.Jersey Playground Set on Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/26/19 6:36 pm | updated: 06/26/19 6:37 pm |
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| A giant animatronic dinosaur made its way through Center City on Wednesday morning, 6/26, on the back of a flatbed truck. The 40-foot-long Spinosaurus started its journey in Somerdale, Camden County. It crossed the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, through the city, and down and around the Benjamin Franklin Parkway before arriving at its final destination outside of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. The dinosaur will be one of two that are installed at 19th and the Parkway as... Read More |
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| PA GOP Chair Val DiGiorgio Resigns Over Texts; Logan Fire Injures 12; Philly Police LGBT Guidelines |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/25/19 6:50 pm | updated: 06/25/19 6:50 pm |
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| The Pennsylvania Republican Party chairman has resigned after a report in the Inquirer on messages he exchanged with a former Philadelphia City Council candidate. 51-year-old Val DiGiorgio stepped down from the GOP post on Tuesday, 6/25. DiGiorgio and 35-year-old Irina Goldstein sent each other sexually charged text messages for months. She now says she was sexually harrassed. In his resignation letter, DiGiorgio says the Inquirer story has "gross mischaracterizations of mutual... Read More |
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| 10 Police Cadets Resign Over Cheating; Elderly Woman Kills Cobra; 3 Shot/2 Stabbed in South Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/25/19 4:00 am | updated: 06/25/19 4:00 am |
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| 10 cadets at the Philadelphia Police Academy have resigned after they had planned on cheating on an exam, but were discovered before actually taking the test. All ten cadets were members of the same platoon and the test in question was the motor vehicle code written exam. "One of the members of that platoon had obtained the answers to the test - which by the way, would have been an open-book test anyway - he obtained the answers to the test and began distributing them to several of his... Read More |
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| Delaware Child Aide Arrested for Abuse; Camden Sister Stabs Twin; Seafood Owner Shot in Nicetown |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/24/19 9:07 pm | updated: 06/24/19 9:07 pm |
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| A Delaware child care center aide has been accused of a sexually assaulting two young children. 27-year-old Timothy K. McCrary of Houston, Delaware, was arrested on Friday, 6/21, following an investigation. He is charged with three counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust and one count of unlawful sexual contact with a child under 13 years old. The investigation began in May after officials were notified by the state Division of Family Services about possible sexual abuse.... Read More |
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| Delco-native Joe Sestak Announces Dem. Presidential Bid; Person Killed By Amtrak; Refinery Fire Out |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/24/19 3:29 am | updated: 06/24/19 3:29 am |
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| Former Democratic U.S. Congressman and Navy Admiral Joe Sestak has announced his candidacy for president. 'Adm. Joe' joins a very crowded Democratic field vying to challenge President Trump in 2020. He is the 24th democrat in the race. Sestak served two terms in the House of Representatives representing his native Delaware County (2007-11). Instead of running for the House again, he ran against incumbent Sen. Arlen Specter in the 2010 primary and won, but lost to Republican Pat Toomey in... Read More |
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| Small Fire Still Burns at PES Refinery; Mayor Kenney Joins Walk; 2 Women Hit By Car in West Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/23/19 4:28 am | updated: 06/23/19 4:28 am |
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| A small fire continues to burn at the South Philadelphia oil refinery complex after Friday morning's large explosion. Philadelphia Energy Solutions said, "We continue to work to isolate the remaining line; access is limited due to the damage and instability of the remaining structure. We haven't made a decision to let it burn itself out, but that may occur before we can safely isolate it." Officials say there is no danger to the public and that they are continuing to monitor air quality.... Read More |
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| Explosion at South Philly Refinery; Record Cocaine Seizure at Port; Double Murder, Car Chase Video |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/21/19 8:46 pm | updated: 06/21/19 8:46 pm |
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| A massive explosion at a Philadelphia oil refinery lit up the sky and shook the ground for miles in the predawn hours Friday, 6/21. Fire broke out around 4:00 a.m. at the 150-year-old Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex on the 3100 block of Passyunk Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. There were actually a series of explosions that could be felt from South Jersey to Delaware County. The fire went to three alarms which included the Philadelphia Fire Department and the onsite PES... Read More |
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| Storms Create Flooding in New Jersey; Chester Co Animal Cruelty; Arrest in SEPTA Conductor Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/20/19 7:34 pm | updated: 06/20/19 7:34 pm |
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| Rounds of heavy thunderstorms overnight Wednesday and early Thursday morning caused widespread flooding affecting residents and travelers across the Delaware Valley. PATCO service was suspended until Noon due to flooded stations and tracks. I-295 was closed in both directions because of flood waters. Dozens of people in the town of Westville, Gloucester County, NJ, were evacuated from their homes as flood waters turned the streets into a lake. The water was deep enough in some areas to... Read More |
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| 72 Philly Cops on Leave for Controversial Facebook Posts; Blvd Speed Camera Law; Mother Killed Baby |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 06/19/19 10:06 pm | updated: 06/19/19 10:06 pm |
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| Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross announced today that 72 police officers have been placed on administrative leave as an investigation continues into controversial Facebook posts made by current and former members of the force. That number has grown as the police department sorts through the troubling content published by Injustice Watch, a non-profit journalism organization. The Read More |
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Alvin Clay
