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He was the epitome of what it means to be an athlete in Philadelphia. Brandon Graham's career got off to a rocky start. KYW Newsradio's Matt Coughlin was at yesterday's press conference at the Novacare complex. Detectives are asking for the public's help identifying two men they say beat someone unconscious inside a South Philadelphia gym. KYW Newsradio's Conner Barkon has details. The mayor of Lumberton has been arrested and charged after allegedly driving under the influence with her 2-year-old child in the car. Details from KYW Newsradio South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty. The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill that would give the state more oversight over marijuana testing facilities and over doctors who are prescribing medical marijuana. KYW Newsradio Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports.

Street lights were out near 30th Street Station, and lights were out inside the station as well due to problems with underground equipment, PECO said. Two men in Delaware have been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of the same victim at a Milford Catholic School in the 1990s. Two pieces of legislation designed to boost housing construction advanced in Trenton. The 5th Annual DiversiTech Conference is back in Philly with events, workshops geard towards diversifying the tech workforce.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (morning edition): An elderly woman is dead after part of a roof collapsed into a West Mount Airy home Monday. ... In a separate incident, a man was killed and a woman injured in a fire that ripped through a row home in Kensington Monday morning. ... Pennsylvania lawmakers, leaders from the NAACP and housing advocates spoke out Monday against federal cuts to fair housing. Many of them, including state Sen. Vincent Hughes, say the cuts leave room for discrimination. ... An interactive community event that aims to increase knowledge about physical and mental health for men and boys of color kicks off in Germantown this weekend.

Philadelphia’s crisis response teams have diverted thousands of cases, away from police and toward community mental health services, since the system was created, four years ago. That was the testimony at a city council hearing, today, on how the system is operating. A pair of bills aimed at giving teachers and other state-employees who retired before 2001 a cost-of-living increase has taken a first step in the Pennsylvania House. The faculty at Community College of Philadelphia has voted to authorize a strike, while contract negotiations continue. Dozens of children die from choking each year in the U-S, and a new bill moving through Trenton would require school districts to keep anti-choking devices available to save a student’s life. Ensemble Arts Philly has announced their upcoming Broadway season. KYW’s Sabrina Boyd-Surka has more on what you can see starting this summer on the Avenue of the Arts

An elderly man was killed and a woman injured in a fire that ripped through a rowhome in Kensington Monday morning. Stormy weather led to some street flooding, accidents and other issues in the region earlier Monday morning. Unsatisfied with the progress of contract talks, the faculty union at Community College of Philadelphia has overwhelmingly voted to authorize its leadership to call a strike.

New Jersey Reservoir levels haven’t caught up after an extremely dry fall and winter, and officials say this is concerning as the weather warms up and wildfire season begins. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has more... As the Trump administration makes deep cuts to funding biomedical research grants, doctoral training programs at universities in our area are feeling the squeeze. KYW’s Vik Raghupathi spoke to a couple researchers about how they’ve been affected. Police officers were hurt this (SUN) morning in a car crash in North Philadelphia. Just before 9:15, cops were responding to a 911 call. At 5th Street and Allegheny Avenue officials say an SUV going at a high rate of speed hit the police car, then knocked down a light pole which hit a pedestrian. The parkway turned Kelly Green on Sunday as Philadelphia showed out for one of the country’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parades. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was there for it all…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Sunday, March 16, 2025 (Evening Edition) The parkway turned Kelly Green on Sunday as Philadelphia showed out for one of the country’s oldest St. Patrick’s Day Parades. The Trump administration says that hundreds of people have been deported from the country after the President invoked the Alien Enemies Act. Downed wires closed the Northeast Extension midway between Quakertown and Lansdale for nearly an hour Sunday afternoon. Philadelphia legend Ed Rendell had a vision for a national monument to be built in the city. However, that vision is facing a road block at City Hall.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2025 (morning edition): A Montgomery County Commissioner is asking Warren Buffet for help averting the layoff of some 250 employees from SPS Technologies It comes nearly a month after the SPS factory caught fire in Abington. Philabundance hosted a hunger action symposium Friday at Rutgers Camden to address food insecurity amid rising costs and policy shifts in Washington. It's called the Fur Ball...a fundraiser for animal welfare.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, March 14, 2025 (Evening Edition) A Philadelphia man is in federal custody on kidnapping charges related to the disappearance of a bartender two year ago from the city's Lawncrest neighborhood. Rutgers and the University of Delaware are among dozens of schools being investigated by the US Department of Education for diversity, equity and inclusion policies that may have promoted or enabled racial discrimination. Residents in at least one Montgomery County neighborhood are being warned about a string of car thefts. PATCO says it plans to reopen its long-closed Franklin Square station in a matter of weeks.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, March 14, 2025 (Midday Edition) Authorities are trying to determine the cause of an early morning rowhome fire in Fairhill that killed a woman and her six-year-old daughter. Thieves stole three Hondas in Montgomery County by copying the cars' key fobs -- when those keys were seemingly safely in the owners' possession. A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered the Trump administration to reinstate around 30,000 probationary employees from a half-dozen government agencies.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2025 (morning edition): The Environmental Protection Agency is cancelling a grant used to monitor air quality at a refinery in Northern Delaware. The ACLU of Pennsylvania and the Education Law Center of PA is giving guidance to school districts and charter schools about the Department of Education’s threat to cut federal funding to schools that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. It’s been five years since Philadelphia Police Sergeant James O’Connor was killed in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant to a homicide suspect in the city's Frankford neighborhood. Today, a memorial service was held in the Northeast to remember the fallen hero.

Mayor Cherelle Parker gave her budget proposal to city council, today, seeking cuts in the business tax and a major new investment in housing. Crews in South Jersey have fully contained a wildfire that threatened properties in Franklin Township, Gloucester County. A Pennsylvania House committee has advanced a bill that would prohibit remote stalking. It's one of a handful of bills from last session that had strong support, but stalled out before the session ended. It’s been five years since Philadelphia Police Sergeant James O’Connor was killed in the line of duty while serving an arrest warrant to a homicide suspect in the city's Frankford neighborhood. Today, a memorial service was held in the Northeast to remember the fallen hero.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Thursday, March 13, 2025 (midday edition): Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will propose cutting the wage and business taxes in her second budget to City Council today. ... Crews in South Jersey made significant progress in containing a wildfire that threatened properties in Franklin Township, Gloucester County. ... Two local teams are getting ready to take part in the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament. ... He spent more than a decade in prison for third-degree murder, but now he has turned his life around. And, he runs a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of the people in his community. KYW's community impact reporter Racquel Williams spoke with the founder of Do Moore Good.

A Philadelphia man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend has been arrested after being on the run for four years. As KYWs Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson tells us, he was taken into custody during a traffic stop in Atlanta. The Philadelphia Health Department is warning residents about possible measles exposure at two locations in the city. Health officials saying a patient with measles visited a couple of public health facilities between last Friday and this past Monday. SEPTA bus riders will start to notice signs that reserve a space for the transit agency's youngest passengers. The Trump Administration has chosen a new federal prosecutor for Philadelphia and the city's surrounding counties. A high school quiz competition lets Delaware County high school students flex their academic muscles. And as KYW’s Justin Udo tells us, a champion was crowned.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 (midday edition): A wife, mother and co-owner of a beloved Haddon Township restaurant will soon rejoin her family after an immigration judge on Tuesday ruled that she can be released on bond. ... A pipeline leak didn’t just contaminate their water. Residents say it disrupted their lives. More than 150 people attended a community meeting in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County, on Tuesday night to voice their frustrations and concerns over the recent response to a pipeline that leaked jet fuel into the groundwater. ... The Delaware County community rallied together on Tuesday around Crozer Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital. The two facilities are weeks away from closing if a long-term solution cannot be found to help keep them afloat as their owner, Prospect Medical Holdings, goes through bankruptcy. ... A long-overdue construction project is underway in Montgomery County: The replacement of the Keim Street Bridge, which has been closed for 15 years.

A wife, mother, and co-owner of a beloved Haddon township New Jersey restaurant could soon rejoin her family after an immigration judge ruled she can be released on bond. KYW Newsradio's Vik Raghupathi has details. Officers throughout the Philadelphia Police Department gathered with friends and family of Sergeant Robert Wilson the third, to remember the hero who was killed in the line of duty a decade ago. KYW Newsradio's crime and justice reporter Kristen Johanson was there for the somber ceremony in Strawberry Mansion. Wissahickon Trail users are upset by the sudden announcement that one of the few amenities in the park is closing this month. KYW Newsradio's City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports. The salvation army in our region is getting a new truck that will help to better serve people in times of need. KYW Newsradio's Shara Dae Howard reports.

Investigators have released surveillance video of a man wanted for what they say was a road rage shooting that injured a 15-year-old boy and a 20-year-old woman in West Philadelphia. Authorities are searching for at least four people they say tried to steal tens of thousands of dollars in beef from a tractor trailer in South Philly Tuesday morning. A man and woman are sentenced in the hit and run death of a cyclist in North Philadelphia in 2020. A long-term project to shore-up the Market Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River gets underway next week, with a yearlong closure as part of the plan. A Philadelphia city council committee failed to approve a bill designed to improve safety for students by enforcing school zone speed limits with cameras.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (midday edition): Residents who live near the SPS Technologies factory that went up in flames last month expressED frustration over air, water and soil safety at a community meeting Monday night. ... Seven people were injured by gunfire in as many hours in the city overnight. ... Lawmakers in New Jersey advanced a bill that would require some guideline for student cellphone use during school. ... The gym founded by boxing legend Joe Frazier is no longer in danger of being demolished, L&I says, but its future remains uncertain.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Tuesday, March 11, 2025 (Morning Edition) The stock market took a nose dive Monday as investors react to the ongoing tariff war and President Trump's remarks that he would not rule out a recession on the horizon. Three members of a gang who prosecutors say terrorized the city's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the murder of a Delaware County mother of two who was mistakenly killed. Pennsylvania's junior senator, Republican Dave McCormick, has been on the job for two months now. Monday marked the start of girls flag football season in Philly public schools -- the first ever in the city as a fully sanctioned high school sport.

Philadelphia’s District Attorney says three members of a gang who terrorized the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood for years — have pleaded guilty to murder and shooting charges over the past several months. Dissatisfied with the pace of contract talks, the faculty and staff at Community College of Philadelphia are taking a strike authorization vote this week. But the school is trying to head-off any strike. Drivers in Bala Cynwyd should expect delays on City Avenue for the next month, as PennDOT works on the bridge over SEPTA’s Cynwyd Regional Rail tracks. Lawmakers in New Jersey advanced a bill that would require some guidelines for student cell phone use during school. A North Philly community may be one step closer to learning the future of their beloved landmark. KYWs Shara Dae Howard reports on what’s ahead for Heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Frazier’s gym.