2016 officer shooting in Folcroft inspired upgrades to Delco communications for first responders
By 2025, nearly 4,000 new handheld radios will be activated and 21 towers will be upgraded.
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By 2025, nearly 4,000 new handheld radios will be activated and 21 towers will be upgraded.
Officials are still haunted by the Delaware County shooting of a police officer in 2016. That officer could not call for help. Kim Hudson gives us a look at how officials took a big step in improving emergency communications.
A West Reading candy factory that exploded and killed seven workers earlier this year failed to evacuate its employees after some reported smelling gas, the U.S. Department of Labor said.
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Five people were hurt when a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia bus and SUV collided in University City Thursday. The crash happened just before noon on South Street and Convention Avenue.
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One of the police officers shot Wednesday is being released from Jefferson Torresdale Hospital. The officers were shot while responding to a domestic-related incident in Northeast Philadelphia.
The U.S. Department of Labor has found the R.M. Palmer candy factory failed to evacuate its employees after some reported smelling gas prior to the March 24 deadly explosion. Seven workers died in the West Reading blast.
Three Philadelphia police officers are recovering after they were shot while responding to a domestic-related incident in the Northeast Wednesday. Ukee Washington reports the latest on the shooting investigation.
Pennsylvania's House of Representatives is advancing a bill to move up the state's 2024 presidential primary election by three weeks, but disagreements have arisen with Republican senators.
No one took home the big prize but someone in our area did just become a millionaire.
Drivers should expect delays as emergency crews are investigating the source of a water main break in Northeast Philadelphia Thursday afternoon.
A cold front will bring rain on Saturday and then the coolest temperatures so far this season into next week.
A man was fatally shot by police after he opened fire and shot three police officers and another man in Northeast Philadelphia following a domestic incident, police said.
The southbound stretch between Woodhaven and Comly Roads closed Thursday because of a water main break.
Police in Limerick Township responded to an "interesting public service request": take a garden snake to a preserve.
A man was fatally shot by police after he opened fire and shot three police officers and another man in Northeast Philadelphia on Wednesday night.
The scaly intruder was in custody just long enough to take a trip to a nearby preserve.
Police rushed to the 2700 block of North Croskey Street just after 11 p.m. Wednesday.
SEPTA said the Route 101 trolley went off the rails at the end of the line around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at State and Orange Streets in Media.
AAA officials said the area is entering deer mating season, when the animals are more likely to cross roads leading to serious, even fatal, car crashes.
Three officers are stable after being shot in Philadelphia's Rhawnhurst neighborhood Wednesday.
AAA officials said the area is entering deer mating season, when the animals are more likely to cross roads leading to serious, even fatal, car crashes.
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