SEPTA GM admits Eagles Home Opener will be a disaster without Sports Express services
If you thought SEPTA’s “doomsday budget” was just some bureaucratic nonsense, think again. The General Manager flat-out admitted the Eagles’ home opener at the Linc is going to be a nightmare and it’s all because SEPTA is pulling the plug on the Sports Express trains.
SEPTA Chaos Begins This Weekend
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19-year-old charged with carjacking couple at gunpoint in West Philly
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania says a masked Xavier Peterson held the couple at gunpoint as the boyfriend was parking his Subaru CrossTrek, forced them out of the car, then hopped in and sped off.
Philly Controller: L&I put ‘safety at risk,’ allowed work by unlicensed contractors
A report released by the Philadelphia Controller's Office on Thursday found that in visits to construction sites across the city, inspectors from the Department of Licenses and Inspections (L&I) didn't require documentation from workers to determine if they were licensed to be certain that they were performing work...
Man accused of attacking woman at Bucks County senior complex after she rejected him
A Philadelphia man is facing felony charges after police allege he assaulted a woman who refused his sexual advances, later breaking into her apartment at a county-run senior complex. Doylestown Township police alleged that the victim said Joseph Brown, 69, was at her apartment at Grundy Tower in the 1200...
The Who’s “The Song Is Over” concert in Philadelphia postponed
The Who concert Thursday in Philadelphia, part of the band's "The Song Is Over — North American Farewell Tour," has been postponed.
Hurricane Erin impacts: Storm causes flooding on Columbus Blvd. at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia
Hurricane Erin has led to flooding in Philadelphia, without a drop of rain falling from the sky.
3 being questioned by police after man shot in the head in Trenton, NJ
When police arrived, they found a man shot in the head.
Precautions, police presence at Max Myers
The front door of Max Myers Recreation Center was closed on the evening of Aug. 18, with members of Take Back Your Neighborhood entering through a side door for their monthly meeting. Mark Mroz, community relations officer in the 2nd Police District, explained that there are reports of some teenagers...
Philly businesses push back against curfew bill that would force them to close earlier
The curfew is already impacting some businesses in the city, and it could soon be expanded to other areas of Philadelphia.
