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‘Her heart was in this school’: Block of 17th Street renamed in honor of beloved crossing guard
Geraldine Graves stood at the corner of 17th and Christian streets for 12 years, helping students get to the E.M. Stanton School safely. At a ceremony Friday, the 900 block of South 17th Street was renamed “Geraldine Graves Way.”
Week 9 of HS football on 28/22 Friday Night Sports Show
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU)— It’s the ninth week of high school football! #6 Western Wayne gets upset for their first loss of the season by Mid Valley as only four teams remain unbeaten in our top 10. The 28/22 Friday Night Sports Show is back with final scores and game highlights. Week nine under the Friday Night […]
What you need to know if you have lead pipes
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Philadelphia and Wilmington, along with other United States cities, shared information this week about the location of lead pipes across their neighborhoods. The lead pipe inventories are required...
Chester County Town Listed as One of Best College Towns in Pennsylvania
West Chester, home of West Chester University, is one of the best college towns in Pennsylvania, according to a new list recently released by World Atlas. This thriving town of around 18,000 residents has one of the best main streets in the state, where historic buildings play host to a range of restaurants, boutiques, galleries, and so much more.
Woodbury football tops Penns Grove in wild final 5 minutes
The Woodbury High School football team had just given up a safety at the end of the first half - one Woodbury coach Anthony Reagan took responsbility for - and headed for the locker room trailing Penns Grove, 16-14. Reagan didn’t wait until the team sat down in the locker...
Musk pushes debunked Dominion voting conspiracy theory at first Pennsylvania appearance
FOLSOM, Pa. — Billionaire Elon Musk promoted debunked conspiracy theories about election fraud Thursday at the first of a series of planned campaign events across Pennsylvania meant to rally support for former President Donald Trump’s campaign. At a town hall hosted at a high school outside Philadelphia, Musk...
Delaware grandmother gives old police uniforms new life in the form of teddy bears
Giving back in the form of teddy bears. It's the mission of one Delaware grandmother to help her local police department.Sewing is a skill Robin Broomall's mastered."Sometimes I really get on the roll and I'll just keep cutting out patterns," Broomall said while in a conference room at the Newark Police Department. That is where the 78-year-old brought her sewing machine."I have had this pattern for this bear probably 50 years," Broomall said, pointing to a teddy bear in progress.The call to help from Newark police came a lot sooner than that and it was Lt. Greg D'Elia on the...
Asking Eric: My friend sent an unflattering picture of me to others
Dear Eric: Without my awareness, a friend recently took a photo of me with another friend and her dog. It is a shockingly unflattering picture, and the angle exaggerates my size. She texted it to me and the other person, and I immediately responded, begging her to delete the photo, but she had sent it to other people we know. I repeated my request with the phrase “I am NOT Joking”.
Don Toliver’s ‘Psycho Tour’ in Pa. next month: Where to buy tickets for around $50
Nov. 3 - Pittsburgh. Toliver’s newest album, “Hardstone Psycho,” was released in June. It includes guest appearances from Kodak Black, Charlie Wilson, Cash Cobain, Travis Scott, Future, Metro Boomin and Teezo Touchdown. Other stops on the tour include:. Oct. 19 - Los Angeles, California. Oct. 20 -...
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