Philly public, Catholic schools virtual again Wednesday due to snowstorm
The snow emergency in Philadelphia ended Tuesday morning, and city schools will be virtual after Sunday's snowstorm.
Watch CBS News
Joe Holden came home to join the CBS News Philadelphia team as a general assignment reporter in May 2016. In August 2018, he became anchor of the weekend evening editions and Philly57, and in November 2022, he was named chief investigative reporter/anchor.
The Delaware County native has previously been with WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh, where he covered, among other high-profile stories, Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia. He was also an investigative reporter for WBRE-TV in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton market, at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Va., and an assignment editor at WPHL-TV in Philadelphia.
Joe has a track record of holding public officials accountable and breaking numerous stories involving political corruption and environmental issues, including stories connected to the reputed Kids for Cash scandal in Luzerne County and how public boards handled the rise of the Marcellus Shale industry in Susquehanna and Bradford counties.
Joe attended St. Laurence Parochial School in Upper Darby and Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill. He is a 2002 graduate of Cabrini College, where he was the editor in chief of the college newspaper, The Loquitur, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and communication. As a teenager, he was choir director and organist at St. Donato Parish in Overbrook and later, director of music at St. Charles Borromeo in Drexel Hill. His love of music helped pay his way through college.
Joe has three children.
Get the latest from Joe on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
The snow emergency in Philadelphia ended Tuesday morning, and city schools will be virtual after Sunday's snowstorm.
The City of Philadelphia remains under a snow emergency Sunday as a major winter storm dumps snow on the region.
Villanova University lifted orders for students to remain indoors and off campus after assessing a threat that was made to the campus Thursday morning.
The Lower Merion Police Department donated hours to help detective Dan Gilbert after he received news that his wife had cancer.
Teachers say Clearview Regional School District coach Tom Hengel and his wife were killed in a crash in Mullica Hill, Saturday.
Rendell Hoagland pleaded guilty Friday in the first-degree murder case of his own daughter, 12-year-old Malinda.
The 2025 mass shooting in Philadelphia's Grays Ferry neighborhood left three people dead and 10 others wounded.
Enhanced security measures are being taken at Mount Moriah Cemetery after an alleged grave robber stole more than 100 sets of human remains.
Mount Moriah Cemetery has been thrust into the spotlight after a Lancaster County man was accused of harvesting sets of human remains in the middle of the night.
A 16-year-old boy was shot to death inside a Chipotle bathroom on the edge of Temple University's campus as students returned to school for the spring semester.
New court documents reveal what tipped off investigators and what Jonathan Gerlach allegedly admitted to police.
Philadelphia police and community advocacy and engagement workers were on an early-morning coffee-time blitz with warnings.
Former detectives Frank Jastrzembski and Manuel Santiago were sentenced to probation after being convicted of perjury in connection with a homicide case.
A $5 million winning MONOPOLY Own It All scratch-off ticket was sold at a Giant supermarket in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania.
A Delaware County woman is saying goodbye to her beloved dog with the help of a growing trend: end-of-life pet photography.