Kelly Drive reopens after Schuylkill River flooding
A section of Kelly Drive between Ferry Road and Midvale Avenue is now open after being closed Thursday because of flooding.
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Alexandra Simon is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. After receiving her broadcast journalism degree from the University of Maryland, Alex worked at CBS21-WHP in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. She then went to Minneapolis, Minnesota to join KARE 11 News, first on the Sunrise morning show and then as the Digital Executive Producer. She won two Upper Midwest Emmys with the KARE digital team for their coverage of George Floyd's murder and subsequent officer trials, and produced a five-part documentary series on community activists in the wake of Floyd's 2020 death.
A section of Kelly Drive between Ferry Road and Midvale Avenue is now open after being closed Thursday because of flooding.
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