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Philadelphia weekender: Puerto Rican Parade and Beer Fest
The first full weekend of fall is upon us. Here are some of the events to add to your calendar:. 🎭 Last call for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Several shows are running and events are happening through Sunday. 🍂Fishtown's Fall Festival is Saturday from noon-8pm. Head over to Frankford...
Cash 5, Match 6, Mega Millions Win Big In PA In One Day
A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Match 6 ticket worth $1.68 million from the Wednesday, Sept. 25 drawing was sold in Northampton County at West Easton Grocery & Smoke Shop, located at 708 A East Street in Easton, according to the Pennsylvania Lottery. The store will earn a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Philly police exhume 8 bodies from potter’s field in the hope DNA testing can help ID them
PHILADELPHIA — Investigators in Philadelphia are exhuming samples from eight bodies buried in a potter’s field this week in the hope that advances in DNA-based sleuthing can help them identify the long-ago victims and perhaps learn how they died. The victims include a 4- to 6-year-old girl found...
Local bakery sells cookies to predict the outcome of the 2024 presidential election
Philadelphia suburb Bakery selling cookies to predict the outcome of the election. Lochel’s Bakery is located in Hatboro, Pa in the suburbs of Philadelphia. Kathy Lochel started the “cookie poll” during the 2008 election with the candidates Barack Obama and John McCain as a joke between the owners and customers. They sold blue and white […]
Philadelphia’s district attorney scores legal win against GOP impeachment effort
Pennsylvania state lawmakers who tried to impeach Philadelphia’s elected progressive prosecutor improperly tried to stretch that process across two different legislative sessions, the state’s highest court ruled Thursday. The decision overturned a lower court ruling in a lawsuit brought by Larry Krasner after he was impeached by the...
Penn College student charged with kidnapping, robbery
Williamsport, Pa. — A 19-year-old Pennsylvania man allegedly coerced a classmate to deposit a bogus stimulus check into a bank account and then threatened him to withdraw the money. Kahsan Tahir Youk of Spring City posted a chance for people to make money on his Snapchat account, according to a complaint. The victim—a classmate of Youk’s at Penn College—reached out and set up a meeting up with Youk. Youk asked...
New bill would give Philly the green light to sue landlords for price-fixing rental rates
Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. Philadelphia City Council is weighing legislation that would formally bar landlords from “price-fixing” rental rates,...
NJ sues hospital for snitching on pregnant patients
TRENTON – State officials have filed a discrimination lawsuit against a South Jersey hospital network for secretly drug testing women as they arrived to give birth to newborns. Virtua Health — and its network of hospitals in Voorhees, Mount Holly, and Camden — were the focus of the suit...
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