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| Two Dead in Reading Fire; 75yo Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run; 36yo Critically Injured in Hit-and-Run |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/21 9:46 pm | updated: 01/03/21 9:46 pm |
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| Two people are dead after a two-alarm fire in Berks County early Sunday morning, 1/3. It happened around midnight on the 1200 block of Chestnut Street in Reading. Heavy flames could be seen coming from the front of the row home. It took 45 minutes to bring the fire under control. Firefighters found a woman and teen girl inside while searching the building. A third person made it out safely. The fire was contained to the single home and did not spread to others. The fire marshal is... Read More |
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| Deadly Woodhaven Rd. Crash; West Chester Hookah Shooting; South Philly Gym Fire; Schwartz Leaving |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/03/21 12:27 am | updated: 01/03/21 12:27 am |
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| A woman has died after a single car crash in Northeast Philadelphia around midnight, 1/2. It happened as the vehicle was exiting Woodhaven Road onto Thornton Road. The car left the road and crashed into a pole. The woman was sitting in the backseat. She was taken to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital where she was pronounced dead. There were three males also in the vehicle. They were treated for minor injuries. Authorities say that the men appeared to be intoxicated. No charges have been... Read More |
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| Mummers Protest on New Year's Day in South Philly; Vandals Arrested on NYE; 2020 Deadliest in Years |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/01/21 10:34 pm | updated: 01/01/21 10:34 pm |
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| The Mummer's Parade was officially canceled this New Year's Day due to the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. However, many groups and brigades took to the streets of South Philadelphia on Friday, 1/1, to celebrate the New Year, to 'protest' the cancelation of the 120-year tradition, and to exercise their first amendment rights. In July 2020, the city issued a moratorium on permits for all large scale public events through February 2021. That ban included innumerable events like... Read More |
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| Former PA Governor, Dick Thornburgh, Passes; NJ Minimum Wage $12; Serious Crash in Delco |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 01/01/21 3:08 am | updated: 01/01/21 3:08 am |
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| Dick Thornburgh, former Pennsylvania governor and US Attorney General, passed away on Thursday morning, 12/31, at a retirement community facility outside Pittsburgh. He was 88. Thornburgh was governor of Pennsylvania from 1979 to 1987. During that time he had to deal with the Three Mile Island partial nuclear meltdown disaster in March 1979. President Ronald Regan appointed him US Attorney General at the end of his second term and he continued in that role under President George H.W.... Read More |
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| Hear Roaring 20s on Martini Lounge Radio; New Year's Countdowns on iradiophilly; Y-Not Radio Best Of |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/31/20 8:16 pm | updated: 12/31/20 8:16 pm |
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| iradiophilly will be celebrating New Year's Eve in several ways on-air Thursday evening. We'll be soaring into 2021 by winding back to the roaring 20s on Martini Lounge Radio. Our station that features the singers and swingers of the Great American Songbook will turning back the clock 100 years on Thursday evening and highlighting the best of the 1920s. Listen starting at 6pm through midnight to hear songs by Fats Waller, Fred Astaire, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie... Read More |
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| Suspects Wanted in Pat's Steaks Shooting Incident; DE Plastic Bag Ban; Phoenixville Home Shooting |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/31/20 12:25 am | updated: 12/31/20 12:25 am |
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| Philadelphia Police are searching for a male and a female suspect wanted for a shooting incident at Pat's Steaks in South Philadelphia over the weekend. It happened at 5:45 a.m. Sunday, 12/27, at the famous cheesesteak restaurant on the 1200 block of South 9th Street. The incident was captured on surveillance video. During an argument, the male suspect can be seen taking a hand gun from the female suspect;s bag. He tried to get at someone, but by-standers intervened. The suspect then... Read More |
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| Arrest Nockamixon State Park Teen Shooting; PA Temp Restrictions to Expire; Man Killed By SEPTA El |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/30/20 8:52 pm | updated: 12/30/20 8:52 pm |
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| A man has been arrested in the deadly shooting of a teenager at Nockamixon State Park back in October. Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub announced on Wednesday, 12/30, that 52-year-old Kenneth Troy Heller of Warminster is charged with criminal homicide and related charges in the death of 18-year-old Jason Kutt of Sellersville. It happened around 5:15 p.m. Saturday, 10/24, near the Old Ridge Road entrance to the park near Quakertown. Kutt was at the park with his girlfriend... Read More |
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| $20k Reward in Shooting of Comedian; Philly Case Counts Have Dropped; Mini Mart Machine Set on Fire |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/29/20 11:56 pm | updated: 12/30/20 12:00 am |
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| Philadelphia Police are searching for a suspect wanted for killing an aspiring comedian and rapper on the streets of Overbrook on Christmas Eve. It happened around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, 12/24, on the 1800 block of Wynnewood Road. 20-year-old Dyewoo Scruggs was walking along the road and recording a social media post when he was gunned down. Officials released surveillance video of the suspect approaching Scruggs from over a block away before he shot at least 15 times. The suspect then... Read More |
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| Officers ID'd in Kensington Christmas Shooting; Tacony-Palmyra Bridge Crash; Two Shot in SW Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/29/20 1:59 am | updated: 12/29/20 1:59 am |
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| Police have officially identified 43-year-old Jesus Perez as the man shot and killed by police early Christmas morning after he opened fire on a crowd in Kensington. Perez's 15-year-old son, Jeremy Perez, was shot and killed and his 17-year-old nephew, Giovanny Capulin, were wounded by his gunfire. Philadelphia police have identified the two officers involved as 39-year-old Timothy Strano, a six-year veteran, and 45-year-old Leggie Thompson, a 9-month rookie. The officers arrived on the... Read More |
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| December 26/27 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Ry Cooder Later Years 2 pt 2 |
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 by: mtearson - Philadelphia, PA
started: 12/28/20 11:01 pm | updated: 12/28/20 11:01 pm |
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December 26/27 - Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Ry Cooder Later Years 2 pt 2
1) "Everybody Sees Delight" by Joachim Cooder
2) "Coast of Maaabar" by Chieftains with Ry Cooder
3) "I Shall Not Be Moved" by Pops Staples
4) "Turn Me Around" by Mavis Staples
5) "Shenandoah" by Bill Frisell
6) "When Ruben Comes to Town" by Joachim Cooder
7) "Kila Kila Moanalua" by Gabby Pahinui Band
8) "Viola Lee Blues" by Ry Cooder (Crossroads... Read More |
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