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May 5, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Ryan Hughes |Fletcher Rumbaugh
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run is in the books. Over 30,000 runners from all over the world ran through the heart of Philadelphia, but one participant in particular had a special mission. The iconic event has been a proud Philly tradition for more than 40 years, and for one Plymouth Township police officer, it's a moment he will never forget.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Fletcher Rumbaugh
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- It happened again - another heist involving stolen food from a tractor-trailer in Northeast Philadelphia. CBS News Philadelphia was on the scene early Wednesday morning as police were called to Norcom Road, right off Roosevelt Boulevard. A truck driver told police he was sleeping in his cab when he felt the truck shaking. It turns out someone was stealing two pallets of pork from the back of the truck. Police tell us the suspect got away in a Lexus.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Courtney Cherry |Fletcher Rumbaugh
Shooting and crash shuts down portion of I-95 in Chester, Delaware County CHESTER (CBS) -- A portion of I-95 north in Chester, Delaware County is closed Thursday morning due to police activity. All lanes between Exit 4 - US 322 East/Commodore Barry Bridge and Exit 5 - Kerlin Street are closed. CBS News Philadelphia has learned the police activity is related to a shooting and crash.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Joe Brandt |Fletcher Rumbaugh
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Drexel University's president said police are investigating a recent act of vandalism on campus as a potential hate crime after the metal letters of a notable benefactor's name were recently removed from a sign outside the university's Center for Jewish Life building. The Raymond G.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
news.lee.net | Jasmine Payoute |Tom Dougherty |Scott Hezlep |Fletcher Rumbaugh
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- An 8-year-old boy was critically wounded and his father was left with burns after a fire broke out at their house in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood overnight Tuesday. Cellphone video captured the intense flames shooting from the two-story rowhome on the 4300 block of Griscom Street just after 1:30 a.m.Neighbors said they see the father and son outside often and weren't surprised to learn that he reportedly rushed inside the burning home to save his son.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
ktvz.com | Jasmine Payoute |Tom Dougherty |Scott Hezlep |Fletcher Rumbaugh
Published April 2, 2024 9:43 AM By Jasmine Payoute , Tom Dougherty , Scott Hezlep , Fletcher RumbaughClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An 8-year-old boy was critically wounded and his father was left with burns after a fire broke out at their house in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood overnight Tuesday.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Alexandra Simon |Fletcher Rumbaugh |Scott Hezlep |Jasmine Payoute
Elderly woman killed in Newtown townhome fire NEWTOWN, P.a. (CBS) -- An elderly woman was killed after a fire broke out inside a Newtown Township home Monday morning. Newtown Township Assistant Fire Chief Nicholas Weaver said the fire started just before 4:30 a.m. at a townhome on the 400 block of Mahogany Walk. Investigators are still working to determine what caused the blaze but said one woman, whose name and age have not yet been released, was killed.
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Feb 17, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Marcella Baietto |Fletcher Rumbaugh
Families show their sledding skills after morning snow storm throughout the Philadelphia region JENKINTOWN, Pa. (CBS) -- From Delaware County to Montgomery County, Saturday's winter weather made for a fun snow day for families. Brothers Sebastian and Kendrick Waters took on the snow in Jenkintown after bringing along their makeshift sleds. "Daddy made it," 6-year-old Sebastian said. "They're made out of trash bags and cardboards," their dad Ted Waters said.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Joe Brandt |Fletcher Rumbaugh |Wakisha Bailey |Jan Carabeo
East Lansdowne fire, shooting caught on neighbor's videos EAST LANSDOWNE, Pa. (CBS) -- Videos from Lewis Avenue in East Lansdowne show a police officer in the street after being shot, and other officers coming to his rescue, with one giving him cover with a ballistic shield. The harrowing videos were filmed by a neighbor Wednesday after police arrived at a home in the Delaware County town responding to a 911 call.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Wakisha Bailey |Fletcher Rumbaugh |Rory Hardenstine
North Philadelphia day care leaves 6-month-old girl locked inside: police PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - A Philadelphia family is demanding answers after they claim their daughter's day care forgot all about her. Workers at New Arisens Childcare Solutions in Feltonville locked up Thursday and left a 6-month-old girl inside the building alone. "Did somebody take her? Did they take her to a police district, or is my baby dead," Cameron Banks said.
