Siafa Lewis

1 week ago | cbsnews.com | Ryan Hughes |Siafa Lewis

It's the unofficial start to summer, plus the International Kite Festival in Wildwood, New Jersey Those Wildwood days are back again! The iconic tram cars are moving, and families are once again filling the boardwalk, making memories at the beginning of a new season down the shore. "It's the ocean, it's the restaurants, it's the amusement parks – Morey's Piers has been here as long as we have," said Calvin Price, who has been coming to Wildwood for 50 years with his family.

4 weeks ago | local21news.com | Tom Dougherty |Siafa Lewis |Jim McHugh

An officer is in critical condition after he was shot while police were breaking up a large fight outside Overbrook High School in Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said. The officer was shot once in the stomach and is recovering at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

2 months ago | ktvz.com | Dan Snyder |Siafa Lewis |Ed Specht

By Dan Snyder, Siafa Lewis, Ed SpechtClick here for updates on this story    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A woman was found dead in a home in the West Mount Airy section of Philadelphia Monday afternoon, emergency officials said. The first floor of the home on Mount Airy Place collapsed into the basement, fire officials said. Crews arrived on the scene just before 1 p.m. after getting a call for a welfare check from a neighbor. Officials say neighbors told them the woman lived alone.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Siafa Lewis

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced on Tuesday that the Department of Education has initiated what they're calling "a reduction in force." It will reduce the department's workforce from 4,100 to just under 2,200. "What this says is: 'We are not valuing students,'" Linda Carmona-Bell, the president of Pennsylvania's Education For All Coalition (PEAC), said.

Feb 26, 2025 | krdo.com | Taleisha Newbill |Alexandra Simon |Siafa Lewis

By Taleisha Newbill, Alexandra Simon, Siafa LewisClick here for updates on this story    PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A street in Philadelphia’s Port Richmond neighborhood is still closed after a large sinkhole opened in the road Tuesday afternoon. Police reported the sinkhole opened on the 2700 block of Birch Street at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 25. The road remains closed Wednesday morning between Salmon and Edgemont streets as emergency crews work to make the necessary repairs.