Jim Melwert

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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - While eyes will be on Philadelphia on July 4, 2026, to ring in the nation's 250th, celebrations will be held statewide - not just to mark the birth of American democracy, but also Pennsylvania's role in its history. "Pennsylvanians didn't just witness history. We drove it. We shaped this nation. We changed the world. And we're not done yet," said America250 Pennsylvania Executive Director Cassandra Coleman.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Jim Melwert

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - The Pennsylvania House Transportation chairman is pushing a bill that would stop sending state money earmarked for road and bridge repair to the State Police. Committee chairman, Philadelphia Democrat Ed Nielsen, says since the late 1930s, a portion of the Motor License Fund, which is supposed to go to road and bridge repair, has gone to Pennsylvania State Police.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Jim Melwert

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - A Kentucky man charged with human trafficking is accused of using Snapchat to befriend a 13-year-old girl, threatening her family, and arranging sexual encounters between her and men in Bucks County. Bucks County District Attorney Jen Schorn said the mother of a 13-year-old girl contacted detectives after she found communications between her daughter and a man later identified as 29-year-old Zachary McCauley, of Louisville, Kentucky.

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POTTSTOWN, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - A man was killed by police in Pottstown after fleeing the scene of a car crash, barricading himself in his home for five hours, and shooting an officer, authorities said. Shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, police received a report of a two-car crash at Beech and North Mount Vernon streets. When police arrived, one of the drivers - later identified as 25-year-old Andrew Jackson Ecker - reached for a gun. There was a struggle and he fled on foot.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Jim Melwert

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - Police in Montgomery County are investigating a carjacking early Friday morning in Oaks. Upper Providence police said it happened around 1 a.m. near the intersection of Black Rock and Egypt roads. A person told police that men in masks flashed a handgun and stole their car. As police were responding, they received word of a second stolen vehicle in the area. The two cars were spotted not far from that intersection.