Drivers brave traffic on Atlantic City Expressway to get to Jersey Shore for Labor Day weekend
Families braved the traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway Thursday evening to get a jumpstart on the Labor Day weekend at the Jersey Shore.
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Families braved the traffic on the Atlantic City Expressway Thursday evening to get a jumpstart on the Labor Day weekend at the Jersey Shore.
Members of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers voted to ratify a three-year agreement with the school district, averting a possible strike. The contract includes 3% annual raises for three years and paid parental leave for all new parents.
There's a new addition at the Elmwood Park Zoo in Montgomery County. A two-toed sloth by the name of Beanie and her new baby having some bonding time after she gave birth. Beanie came to the zoo from Rhode Island halfway through her pregnancy. You'll have to wait a while to see mom and baby up close. The walk-through portion of the sloth exhibit is off limits for now.
A new vending machine in Allentown is providing some unusual items. Offering overdose reversal medicine, hygiene products and health supplies. The machine is now operating at the Lehigh Conference of Churches on West Allen Street. Everything is free of charge. City officials say the goal is to ensure residents have the items they need to stay safe.
New Amtrak Acela trains launched along the Northeast Corridor on Thursday, including in Philadelphia.
The city of Philadelphia is ramping up enforcement efforts and going after offenders more aggressively.
SEPTA will restore some bus lines next week to help students get to and from school amid service cuts, the city of Philadelphia announced Thursday.
Firefighters in Montgomery County work to get the upper hand as an apartment building burns. This is on Maple Avenue in Hatfield. The roof partially collapsed. No injuries were reported.
A fire in Hatfield, Montgomery County, forced the people inside a three-story apartment building to evacuate on Thursday afternoon.
Officer Craig Romanczuk is out of the hospital and recovering at home two months after he was shot in the line of duty.
Officer Craig Romanczuk, a Philadelphia school safety officer, is out of the hospital and recovering at home two months after he was shot in the line of duty in June. He received a hero's sendoff as he left the hospital.
Chopper 3 was over a fatal crash on the Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. Police say two men were hit by a van. One of them died and the second is in extremely critical condition. The driver of the van also died. It's still unclear what led to the crash.
The Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday signed Britain Covey, Marcus Epps and Luke Felix-Fualalo to their practice squad.
Officer Craig Romanczuk was shot 11 times while trying to help someone involved in a road rage incident in late June. He was recovering at Jefferson University Hospital for weeks until finally cleared, though he still has a long road to recovery, Ray Strickland reports.
Starting in early October, both sides of the Delaware River will host events, attracting hundreds of thousands of people, including active-duty service members, veterans and tourists.
Lynzi Allen, who won the title of Miss Philadelphia's Teen earlier this year, will now be representing all of Pennsylvania in Miss America’s Teen scholarship pageant next month in Orlando.
Tredyffrin Township police said someone called in a bomb threat to Conestoga High School early Thursday morning.
The Philadelphia Eagles will wear their Kelly Green jerseys three times in 2025, all coming against NFC East opponents.
Tredyffrin Township police officers including a K-9 unit swept Conestoga High School in search of a bomb on Thursday morning after someone called in a threat to a 911 Call Center. The school is opening on a 3-hour delay after no threat was found and the call was deemed a hoax.
Philadelphia is one of several major cities on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor that received new NextGen Acela trains on Thursday. The trains are 10 mph faster than the old models, roomier and can take curves at higher speeds, reducing trip length times.
Thursday will be partly sunny across the Philadelphia area as temperatures reach the upper 70s to 80 degrees.
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No one was injured but three homes and multiple vehicles were damaged after a 4-alarm fire broke out Wednesday night on 7th Street in Chester. Jan Carabeo reports.
A large tree limb snapped and fell on people playing dominoes under a tree in Fairmount Park on Wednesday.
Dozens of firefighters battled a massive blaze that badly damaged three rowhomes in Delaware County. Chopper 3 was over the 700 block of West 7th Street in Chester. Thick smoke poured from the roof of one of the homes as fire crews worked to put out the 4-alarm fire. The entire block was evacuated. Fire officials said there have been no reported injuries.
