The Free Library of Philadelphia celebrated the memoir of Tariq ‘Black Thought’ Trotter from The Roots.It's called ‘The Upcycled Self.'We just had our primary in Pennsylvania a couple weeks ago. Now, it's New Jersey's turn. The main thing voters will be deciding is who will be the democratic and republican nominations for governor.A children's book…

The KYW Newsradio All Local Saturday, June 8, 2025 (morning edition):The Odunde Festival returns to South Philly for its 50th anniversary.The country's largest African American street festival transforms South Street into a global celebration of Black joy, art, and culture. There's entertainment, global cuisine, and over 150 vendors.This week bring…

The KYW Newsradio All Local Saturday, June 7 (evening edition):A fire tore through a building near the former West Philadelphia High School building this morning....Dozens came to Center City Saturday afternoon to celebrate the disabled community. The day kicked off with a parade, followed by a party on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway....And “The Wiz…

The KYW Newsradio All Local Saturday, June 7 (morning edition):Firefighters had to deal with a multi-alarm fire at a large abandoned building at 48th and Locust streets near West Philly High School Saturday morning.Philadelphia Police are asking for the public's help in identifying the vehicles in a hit-and-run crash involving a 3-year-old boy. At …

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, June 6, 2025 (evening edition):The man accused of shooting and killing Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald as he tried to stop a robbery just off campus two years ago was in court this Friday morning just weeks before the start of his 1st degree murder trial. ...A toddler is home from the h…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, June 6, 2025 (midday edition):Philadelphia police are trying to find two hit-and-run drivers who struck a 3-year-old boy in Strawberry Mansion....After two days of intense negotiations, Philadelphia City Council and Mayor Cherelle Parker agreed on a $6.8 billion budget....With energy prices still climbing, New…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, June 6, 2025 (morning edition):A 2-year-old boy is in the hospital after being hit by two different cars in Strawberry Mansion. ...Philadelphia City Council reached an agreement with Mayor Cherelle Parker's administration for a tentative $6.8 billion budget for 2026. ...A hunger relief organization is helping …

Police officials have announced the arrest of a teenager in the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl over the weekend in North Philadelphia. KYW Newsradio's Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson has the story from the city’s Special Victims Unit.SEPTA says 40 decommissioned buses were damaged in this morning’s three-alarm fire at the Midv…

Police officials have announced the arrest of a teenager in the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl over the weekend in North Philadelphia. ...SEPTA says 40 decommissioned buses were damaged in this morning’s three-alarm fire at the Midvale Depot in North Philadelphia. The flames sending thick, black smoke into the sky, causing some concern ab…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, June 5, 2025 (midday edition):A massive fire broke out at SEPTA’s Midvale bus depot in Nicetown-Tioga early Thursday morning, sending a huge plume of smoke into the air and damaging dozens of vehicles....Police in Atlantic City arrested a man accused of stealing a guitar and mandolin from the band Heart....C…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, June 5, 2025 (morning edition):Montgomery County detectives are investigating Tuesday night's crash in Limerick that killed three teenagers and seriously injured another. ...Pennsylvania is suing the USDA for breaking a $13 million contract that connects farms and food banks across the commonwealth, providin…

Three 17-year-olds were killed, and a 15-year-old was injured when a car crashed in Limerick, Tuesday night fleeing police. Police say a Nazareth man shot and killed his in-laws Tuesday night inside their Northampton County home.Transit advocates from across Pennsylvania rallied on the statehouse steps Wednesday morning, for funding to stave-off de…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (midday edition):Fire tore through a condo unit in Brookhaven, Delaware County, early Wednesday morning. A man was rescued from the building and taken to the hospital....A New Jersey state trooper is facing charges in the fatal crash of a motorcycle rider in Springfield Township, Burlington Cou…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (morning edition):Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange for Philadelphia, parts of South Jersey, and the Lehigh Valley due to smoke making its way here from wildfires in Canada....Dozens came to Lemon Hill at Fairmount Park, the site of last Monday's dea…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (Evening Edition)Four juniors at Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy were honored by C-SPAN for their winning videos in the annual StudentCam competition. A van driver for a Christian school in Bear, Delaware is accused of raping a 14-year-old student multiple times over a seven month period…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (Midday Edition)A shooting in the Tacony section of the city left three men wounded.At least 15 cats, two rabbits and a chicken were killed in a barn fire at an animal rescue in Towamencin Towship, Montgomery County on Sunday.The Trump Administration's attacks on DEI programs were likened to Jim C…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (morning edition):The 28-year-old who hid a camera in a neighbor’s King of Prussia studio apartment and stole her underwear and other intimate objects will spend up to 60 years in prison. ...Crews in Pottstown have pulled a body from the Schuylkill River while searching for a man whose boat capsi…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, June 2, 2025 (evening edition):Authorities have found the car they say is at the center of an abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl in North Philadelphia over the weekend...Philadelphia police are investigating the shooting death of a man in Center City. ..The U-S Department of Energy is ordering an oil and…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, June 2, 2025 (midday edition):A 19-year-old wanted for a string of commercial robberies and burglaries in the city and surrounding suburbs has been caught and arrested....This week, Philadelphia City Council is hoping to wrap up its work on the budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1....High schoo…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, June 2, 2025 (morning edition):An Uber driver was killed when he lost control of his car, crashed into several other vehicles, and it caught on fire in Fishtown....Pride Month is officially here. Hundreds came out to Old City and the Gayborhood to celebrate Philly Pride Weekend. ...This week is crunch time for…

Philadelphia and Montgomery County Police are on the hunt for a suspected serial burglar who they say is connected to a string of robberies in both areas. Authorities say 18-year-old Marcus Neto is behind multiple robberies targeting businesses in Northeast Philadelphia and the robbery of Shauna's Restaurant and Banquet Hall in North Philly. Around…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, May 30, 2025 (Evening Edition)A woman who made a quick stop at a Germantown grocery store came out and saw that her car had been stolen. And her six-year-old son was in the backseat.A repeated convicted sex offender from Philadelphia has been sentenced to up to three decades in prison for possessing child sexua…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, May 30, 2025 (midday edition):Philly police are searching for the person who stole a running car from a Germantown grocery store parking lot while a 6-year-old boy was sleeping in the back seat....Police in Abington are looking for a man who robbed a gas station at gunpoint Sunday while sporting rollerblades..…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 29, 2025 (evening edition):Philadelphia police are trying to find the robbery suspect who held a mother at gunpoint, in front of her three young children Saturday night as she tried to close her restaurant in Olney. (Warning - disturbing audio from surveillance video)...An inmate who escaped the Delaware…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 29, 2025 (midday edition):Officials in Darby Township, Delaware County, shut down a volunteer fire company and took the fire trucks because of staffing issues....A health care organization based in Wilmington, Delaware won a bid to purchase several Crozer outpatient facilities in Delaware County....Socia…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 29, 2025 (morning edition):A 27-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison after admitting to a rampage last March that killed members of his family and caused a panicked state of emergency across Bucks County....Students, faculty and families at a high school in South Jersey have begun to mo…

A 27-year-old will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his step-mother, his half-sister, and the mother of his children last march in a rampage that caused a panicked state of emergency across Bucks County last spring. ...Two homes were destroyed early Wednesday morning in Mercer County, New Jersey when an e-bike b…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (midday edition):As police try to find the three gunmen involved in the Fairmount Park mass shooting, we're learning more about the man and woman who were killed....The Centennial School District in Warminster, Bucks County, has voted to appoint a controversial new superintendent....Philadelphi…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 (morning edition):The two young people killed in Fairmount Park have been identified, and city leaders are calling the Memorial Day shooting a “heinous act,” vowing to find the people responsible. ...The Centennial School Board in Bucks County has narrowly voted to appoint a controversial super…

“Heinous” and “inhumane” is how Philadelphia leaders describe the deadly mass shooting MONDAY night in Fairmount Park. Two people were killed, nine others wounded. ...The Philadelphia School District is launching an effort to boost its flagging algebra scores by offering extra training for teachers. ...A Philadelphia city council committee advanced…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (midday edition):Two people were killed and nine others were wounded from gunshots fired in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day. Police are searching for three suspects....The body of a man was discovered behind a Dunkin in the Northeast. ...Vietnam veterans and their families gathered at the memorial…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 (morning edition):Two people were killed and nine others were wounded in a mass shooting in Fairmount Park late on Memorial Day....As police search for the driver who hit and killed a 32-year-old man early Sunday morning, his friends and family gathered on his childhood block to celebrate his lif…

Tyler State Park in Bucks County is closed as the search for a park ranger who went missing in the water now reaches Day 3....A shootout at a party in Chester city has left a 16-year-old dead and four others injured. KYW Newsradio's Nigel Thompson says police are now looking for any leads to the potential shooters....A national nonprofit organizati…

Tyler State Park in Newtown Township, Bucks County remains closed as authorities search for a park ranger swept away in Neshaminy Creek after his kayak capsized.The owner of a popular pizza shop chain in Philadelphia is facing federal tax evasion charges after prosecutors say he hid a second bank account from his accountants for two years.The Natio…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, May 23, 2025 (evening edition):You are going to have a lot of company if you’re hitting the road this Memorial Day Weekend. A lot of people in our region headed to the Jersey Shore for the unofficial start of summer....Two men were killed and another was critically injured in an apartment fire in South Philade…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, May 23, 2025 (midday edition):Two men were killed and another was critically hurt in a fire that tore through an apartment building in South Philadelphia early Friday morning....Two men got into an argument and shot each other inside a home in South Philly, police say....After more than two weeks in the hospit…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, May 23, 2025 (morning edition):Mark Dial, the ex-cop who shot and killed 27-year-old Eddie Irizarry during a 2023 traffic stop, has been found not guilty of third-degree murder — the most serious charge he faced — but guilty of voluntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and possessing an instrument of crim…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 22, 2025 (midday edition):Police are investigating a deadly shooting in West Philadelphia. They say the suspect and the victim were both involved with the same woman....A Lehigh Valley doctor is being sued in Philadelphia for over-reporting child abuse and causing parents to lose custody of their sick ch…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, May 22, 2025 (morning edition):Authorities have arrested and charged a teenager in the shooting death of a 16-year-old Upper Darby High School student over the weekend. ...Jurors are deciding whether former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial was justified when he shot and killed Eddie Irizarry two years a…

The case of a former Philadelphia police officer on trial for the murder of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop two years ago in the city's Fairhill neighborhood is now in the hands of the jury. Deliberations starting just hours after Mark Dial testified in his own defense....A man was shot in a West Oak Lane apartment and police had to carry the …

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (midday edition):A man was shot in a West Oak Lane apartment, and police carried him down three floors to get him out of the building. Officials say he died at the hospital....Philly DA Larry Krasner easily won the Democratic primary, all but assuring him a third term....As we prepare to rememb…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (morning edition):Larry Krasner is set up to lead the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for four more years. He claimed victory in Tuesday's primary election. Meanwhile, an upset was not in the cards for district attorney challenger Pat Dugan. ...Emergency crews rescued a truck driver tra…

Another day of testimony as the trial against former Philadelphia police officer Mark Dial continues. Dial is charged with third degree murder in the shooting death of Eddie Irizarry during a traffic stop two years ago in the city’s Fairhill neighborhood. ...Police in Lindenwold, New Jersey say they have arrested and charged a woman who is accused …

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (midday edition):It's primary day in Pennsylvania, and the polls are open until 8 p.m. The highest profile race in the region is the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia district attorney....It was spinning as it plummeted toward the ground, but the pilot of a medical transport helicopter manag…

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 (morning edition):It's primary day in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia officials say they're ready to protect voters, and they're hoping for better turnout than the last few district attorney primaries....A medical helicopter made an emergency landing in front of a home in Whitemarsh Township Monday ni…

SEPTA heard about how its proposed service cuts would affect the lives of riders, as the transit agency opened a series of public hearings on its “doomsday” budget. ...A tragic accident in the Northeast claims the life of a three-year-old boy....An Ocean County woman is charged after accidentally running over and killing her 10-month old son....A t…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, May 19, 2025 (midday edition):The New Jersey Transit rail strike is over after the transit agency and the engineers union reached a tentative agreement. Trains will start rolling again on Tuesday....SEPTA riders get their first opportunity to weigh in on the transit agency's budget proposal. A public hearing w…

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Monday, May 19, 2025 (morning edition):Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. His personal office announced the diagnosis in a statement Sunday afternoon....The trial against the former Philadelphia police officer who shot and killed Eddie Irizarry nearly two years ag…

It's Day 3 of the NJ Transit train engineers strike. Talks between transit officials and the engineers union are expected to pick back up today. Both sides will be joined by members of the National Mediation Board....A man was shot and killed in broad daylight in Lower Providence, Montgomery County. The DA's office says it happened just before 5:00…