Power Slowly Coming Back Throughout Region After Severe Storms
PECO is reporting that around 2,400 customers remain without power in Philadelphia and its suburbs.
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PECO is reporting that around 2,400 customers remain without power in Philadelphia and its suburbs.
Many fireworks shows in the Pennsylvania suburbs launched on Independence Day without a hitch.
As Arthur spins by our coastline Friday morning, the emphasis of heavy rain will be in NJ and DE. Gradual improvement will occur Friday afternoon as Arthur pulls away and sunshine will return from west to east.
Because of the severe weather, PECO reports that about 155,000 of its customers were without power Thursday night.
The defense wants the case moved to Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas, claiming that all of the action in the corruption case is in the city.
PECO is reporting that around 1,300 customers in our area are still without power as of early Thursday morning.
The CBS3 weather team counted over 10,000 lightning strikes since 6pm as storms were still raging furiously over New Jersey. Numerous house fires were sparked by lightning strikes across the region.
A disabled veteran from the Vietnam War era has a new piece of equipment to help him train for the National Veterans Wheelchair Games which will be held in Philadelphia for the first time next month.
July is off to a busy start here in the weather department and there's lots to talk about - heat, humidity, a slowing front, gusty storms, heavy rain, rough surf, rip currents, and let's throw a HURRICANE into the mix for good measure! And this is all within the next three days!
It's a significant development that would net the financially troubled church in Philadelphia some $95 million.
July starts off with a bang across the Delaware Valley as temperatures soar into the 90's with heat index values reaching the triple digits - and as if the excessive heat and humidity weren't enough, we may have to deal with tropical trouble by the end of the week as potential Tropical Storm Arthur moves up the East Coast.
A bridge over the Jenkintown Train Station will finally reopen Monday morning.
Philabundance is asking home gardners to donate any excess fruit and vegetables from their harvest.
July 4th is next weekend, but police throughout Pennsylvania are hitting the streets starting tonight to nab impared drivers.
Melvin Hunt of Collegeville, Pa. and Maurice Keeley Jr. of Philadelphia are accused of trying to rob a "prostitute" who was actually an undercover police officer.
Officials say nearly three thousand children between the ages of 10 and 15 entered the juvenile justice system in the county last year. They say that one in five will return to the system within one year.
The eleven-mile stretch between Mid-County and the Lansdale interchange carries more than 65,000 cars a day.
After four years of stalled contract negotiations, the clock is ticking again, but the next inflection point may be a month from now.
Police are investigating two unrelated, early morning convenience store robberies along City Avenue in Lower Merion Township, Montgomery County.
The county has inked a $2.4 million contract with energy company Constellation.
Summer arrives tomorrow morning at 6:51am EDT. This is the moment when the sun shines directly on the Tropic of Cancer or the imaginary latitude line 23° 26' north of the Equator.
Showers have now cleared the region and cooler, less humid air is arriving. We'll enjoy a fabulous Friday with highs in the low to mid 80's and lower humidity.
Every Thursday, Cranford Coulter spends the day in his kitchen preparing gallons of homemade soup. Every Thursday night, he feeds hundreds of homeless people in Philadelphia. He almost lost his own home.
Showers and thunderstorms will approach from the west overnight and arrive by dawn on Thursday and the streak of 90s will end tomorrow as a cold front brings cooler temperatures.
Robert Kerns now faces aggravated indecent assault and simple assault charges.
