The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, May 16, 2025 (Evening Edition) Philadelphia police have outlined their strategies to investigate and crack down on so-called "car meetups" in the city. New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike today, leaving hundreds of thousands of commuters looking for alternate ways to get to and from their destinations. Paramedics saved a baby's life outside of the now-closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center. A shooting at the Logan Elementary playground in Northwe...
May 16, 2025•6 min
KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, May 16, 2025 (midday edition): The New Jersey Transit rail strike is affecting hundreds of thousands of commuters. ... Paramedics saved a baby's life outside of the now-closed Crozer-Chester Medical Center. ... Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s housing plan is inching forward in City Council. ... A baby boy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has become the first patient to receive a personalized gene-editing treatment.
May 16, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, May 16, 2025 (morning edition): New Jersey Transit train engineers went on strike at midnight, affecting more than 350,000 commuters. Contract negotiations between the transit agency and the engineers union stalled after a potential contract was overwhelmingly rejected a month ago. ... A Muslim teacher has filed a federal suit against the Philadelphia School District, claiming her free speech rights were violated because of her pro-Palestinian beliefs. ... ...
May 16, 2025•5 min
Police in Lindenwold, Camden County are looking for a woman they say was caught on camera dropping a small dog in a trash bag into a dumpster. ... Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro wants to make sure the healthcare system collapse that happened in Delaware County with Crozer Health never happens again in the Commonwealth. ... Philadelphia is on of several cities offering a new ride-share option that could save you money, but you better put on your walking shoes! ... As the school year winds dow...
May 15, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 15, 2025 (midday edition): A search crew recovered the body of a contractor who fell into Big Timber Creek in Gloucester County. ... Eight years after a Chester County woman went missing, her husband is now accused of killing her and lying to police. ... Midnight is the deadline for NJ Transit to reach a deal with its engineers union.
May 15, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 15, 2025 (morning edition): A Camden county couple is charged with holding their daughter captive for years and sexually abusing her. The prosecutor's office says she was able to escape the home last week and find help. ... The husband of a Chester County woman who went missing eight years ago has been charged with her murder. ... The EPA is rolling back limits on some forever chemicals, or PFAS, in drinking water, while extending the deadline to comp...
May 15, 2025•6 min
A Gloucester Township couple is accused of holding their daughter captive and sexually abusing her for years at home. ... Philadelphia’s District Attorney has charged a 52-year-old man with dozens of offenses in connection with the shooting on a SEPTA bus that injured four people. ... The Bucks County D-A’s office announces charges against a former police officer, accused of using his badge to try to trick an elderly woman into making him the sole heir of her estate. ... A ribbon-cutting this Sa...
May 14, 2025•6 min
Bucks County parent and a few school board members express concern over the top candidate to become the next Superintendent. ... Philadelphia voters will be asked to consider three ballot questions in next week's Primary Election. ... A new report tracks the gentrification of neighborhoods in America's major cities. ... Public transit supporters are in Harrisburg to urge lawmakers to find funding that will prevent deep cuts to Pennsylvania's but, train and trolley stystems.
May 14, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (morning edition): FORMER PHILLIE PETE ROSE CAN NOW BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME, AFTER HIS BAN FROM THE GAME WAS REVERSED. NEW JERSEY’S GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARY RACE IS HEATING UP, WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING HIS ENDORSEMENT AND WITH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES COMPETING IN AN “ANYONE CAN WIN IT” CONTEST. THE MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION BILL THAT PASSED THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE LAST WEEK IS DEAD AFTER IT FAILED TO MAKE IT OUT OF COMMITTEE IN...
May 14, 2025•6 min
May 13, 2025•3 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (midday edition): A man was wounded and is in critical condition after dozens of shots were fired on Market Street in West Philadelphia. ... Another payment card skimming device was discovered, this time at a Wawa in Bucks County. ... Both of the top supervisors in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Conviction Integrity Unit have resigned, just a day after a lawsuit called into question the unit's practices. ... After the exit of its former ...
May 13, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, May 13, 2025 (morning edition): Authorities in New Jersey have launched a criminal investigation into a house fire that killed two people in Washington Township early Sunday morning. ... A South Jersey man is charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material and animal cruelty. ... Good news, Sixers fans: Not only did Philly keep its first-round draft pick, but the team also moved up to No. 3 despite having the fifth-worst record this pa...
May 13, 2025•6 min
A gun violence filled weekend in Philadelphia claimed the life of a 12-year-old in the city’s West Oak Lane neighborhood. ... A 30-year-old Philadelphia rapper known for his lyrics about gun violence and other socially conscious topics has been shot and killed in Juniata Park. ... Plans are in the works to impose a so-called “road diet” on Castor Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, reducing the road from four lanes to two. Not everyone is happy about it. ... State Lawmakers in Harrisburg are consi...
May 12, 2025•2 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, May 12, 2025 (midday edition): The NTSB is investigating a crash on the Norristown High Speed Line that injured eight people on Sunday. ... The District Attorney's Office in Montgomery County says a woman shot and killed her husband and tried to do the same to her son before taking her own life. ... Philadelphia Amtrak derailment survivors reflect on 10 years of grief, remembrance and finding purpose. ... Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey lawmakers are now op...
May 12, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Monday, May 12, 2025 (morning edition): At least eight people were injured Sunday morning when a SEPTA trolley on the Norristown High Speed Line struck a bumper at the end of the tracks near the Norristown Transit Center. ... Montgomery County authorities are investigating a tragic incident in which a woman killed her husband and tried to kill her son before taking her own life on Saturday, authorities said. ... A special Mother’s Day brunch in South Philadelphia h...
May 12, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Sunday, May 11, 2025 (Evening Edition) A 12-year-old boy is dead after police say he was shot Saturday afternoon in Northwest Philadelphia, while filming a music video with two teens. A quadruple shooting aboard a SEPTA bus in Brewerytown left a 14 year-old and two 16 year-olds shot. The District Attorney’s Office says a mother shot and killed her husband and tried to do the same to her son before taking her own life. At least eight people are hurt after a SEPTA tro...
May 12, 2025•5 min
Monday marks the tenth anniversary of the fatal Amtrak derailment in Port Richmond. KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo spoke with one of the survivors whose world was changed forever. A Park in East Falls is the latest greenspace in the city's park system to receive accreditation as an official arboretum. There are now 5 city parks with that status.
May 11, 2025•3 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Sunday, May. 11, 2025 (morning edition): Four people were shot, including three teenagers, aboard a SEPTA bus in Brewerytown early Saturday evening. It happened around 6 p.m. on the Route 15 bus as it crossed the intersection of 33rd Street and Girard Avenue, near Fairmount Park and the Philadelphia Zoo. Tomorrow (Monday) marks the tenth anniversary of the fatal Amtrak derailment in Port Richmond. Fire officials say two bodies were recovered from a house that explo...
May 11, 2025•5 min
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May 10, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Saturday, May. 10, 2025 (morning edition): Advocacy groups are calling for more investment in bicycle safety after a cyclist was hit by a dump truck and killed Thursday morning while riding his bike in Southwest Philly. A house fire destroyed a home in West Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, killing one man and leaving a woman hurt. Firefighters responded to a 2-story rowhome on the 200 block of North Ruby Street shortly before 3 pm, where they found it engulfed in ...
May 10, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, May 9, 2025 (Evening Edition) About a hundred or so Philly faithful packed The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul at lunchtime to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV. Radar screens went black again today at Newark Liberty International Airport. It's the second outage there in two weeks, raising more safety concerns. The federal Real ID mandate is now in place, and for many Pennsylvanians who procrastinated getting that ID, they’re now left waitin...
May 09, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, May 9, 2025 (morning edition): Newlyelected Pope Leo “has a shepherd’s heart, not just for Catholics but for everybody,” says the Archbishop of Philadelphia. ... Philadelphia City Council gave final approval to a bill that would limit mobile services in Kensington. ... The 86th annual Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta starts today on the Cooper River in Pennsauken.
May 09, 2025•5 min
The Catholic Church has a new pope... Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. The 69-year-old taking the name Leo the 14th. The faithful across the Philly region offering prayers today. KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt reports from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul along the parkway. As it turns out, Pope Leo the 14th is a Villanova University grad. KYW Newsradio's Justin Udo visited campus today and...
May 08, 2025•7 min
The Catholic Church has a new pope - Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago has been elected the first American Pope. ... Pope Leo the 14th is a 1977 Villanova University Grad. The Math major held tight to his Main Line connections. ... Philadelphia Police have identified the man who allegedly shot an officer who was trying to break up a brawl outside Overbrook High. ... The Philadelphia Visitor Center and Independence Historical Trust is teaming up with the National Park Service to bring back 'Movi...
May 08, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Thursday, May 8, 2025 (morning edition): A Philadelphia police officer is in critical condition after officials say he was hit by a bullet under his vest while trying to break up a fight outside Overbrook High School. ... Fallen police officers and firefighters were honored Wednesday during the Living Flame memorial service. ... The Pennsylvania House has passed a bill that would legalize adult-use marijuana. ... Philly schoolkids and their parents got to pedal to ...
May 08, 2025•6 min
A two-year-old girl is safe after police say she was abducted when someone stole a car in Northeast Philadelphia. ... Philadelphia police are trying to identify a suspect who they say started a fire at a home in West Philadelphia that killed a bed-ridden person inside. ... The TSA is now checking to make sure travelers have a REAL ID to take a domestic flight. And PennDOT says the lines to get one are slowly getting shorter. ... Elected officials and community leaders gathered for a rally at Cam...
May 07, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 (midday edition): It's the first day of requiring REAL ID for domestic flights. You will still be able to fly if you don't have one yet, but you will need extra time to get through airport security. ... The Philadelphia city solicitor says the Parker administration "will litigate" if the Trump administration tries to cut off funding because of the city's policy on immigration. ... Nicetown residents are sick of trash being dumped in their nei...
May 07, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 (morning edition): Today is the REAL ID deadline. The head of Homeland Security is now saying people will still be able to board flights without a REAL ID, but be prepared for extra steps. Meanwhile, New Jersey has issued the least amount of REAL IDs, and now lawmakers are looking to catch up with neighboring states by bringing the application online. ... Police in Washington Township are investigating after a 10-year-old boy died inside a ho...
May 07, 2025•6 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (midday edition): Delays and cancellations have been piling up at Newark airport, and officials say problems at an air traffic control facility in Philadelphia are largely to blame. ... A woman who was on the ground and badly burned when a medical jet crashed in Northeast Philadelphia last January has died from her injuries. ... David Portnoy, the owner of Barstool Sports, rescinded his offer of a trip to Auschwitz for the Temple student involv...
May 06, 2025•5 min
The KYW Newsradio All Local on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (morning edition): The man on trial for shooting six Philadelphia police officers in 2019 has been found guilty of most charges. ... A teen is charged in connection with a fatal crash that killed another teen in Montgomery County last month. ... The Philadelphia Water Department is reintroducing freshwater mussels to the Manayunk Canal. ... Mothers facing hardship across New Jersey will be celebrated this year by the Salvation Army.
May 06, 2025•6 min
