TaRhonda Thomas
Race and Culture Reporter at WPVI-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
From Denver to Philly... but forever a Louisiana Girl. @6abc reporter... Southern Belle... secret lover of infomercials... obsessed with @WWE💥LSU💛💜| AKA 💕💚
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1 week ago |
6abc.com | TaRhonda Thomas
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Dozens of families have a new place to call home as newly renovated affordable apartment units were unveiled in Kensington. It's a small step in the city's goal to create thousands more units of affordable housing. "I'm sitting on the steps of my home," said Claudia Mathieu as she sat with her four-year-old daughter on the stoop of their new apartment. "This is me and my children's home. We have a home!"There was a time when Mathieu didn't think she'd get to say that.
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1 week ago |
abc7.com | TaRhonda Thomas
Student journalists in the Pacific Palisades who've already lost so much are able to keep one of their passions alive -- thanks to college students on the other side of the country. Our sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia caught up with the folks at Temple University who are providing a unique opportunity to help Palisades students on the road to recovery. With running a student newspaper in a city like Philadelphia, there's no shortage of big stories.
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2 weeks ago |
6abc.com | TaRhonda Thomas
CAMDEN, N.J. (WPVI) -- Camden, NJ -Sweeping cuts are coming to the Camden City School District. District Superintendent Katrina McCombs announced that hundreds of positions are being eliminated. Some schools are also being restructured. It's all in an effort to fill a $91 million budget deficit. "We are implementing a series of very, very difficult cuts," McCombs said in a press conference on Wednesday. Camden City School District is eliminating 289 full-time positions.
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3 weeks ago |
6abc.com | TaRhonda Thomas
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As the world prepares for the funeral Mass of Pope Francis on Saturday, many are reflecting on what the Pope has meant to different people, including those in the Hispanic community. Born in Argentina, Pope Francis was the first Latin American pope. His place in history resonates with our local Latino community. According to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, there are about 1.5 million Catholics in the five-county area, including the city.
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3 weeks ago |
6abc.com | TaRhonda Thomas
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia is known as a tough city, and now it's taking a tough approach to tackle one of its most pressing environmental concerns: illegal dumping. The city spends about $48 million every year on cleanup efforts. A large part of that cleanup is illegal dumping. The city's efforts are featured in a new half-hour special by ABC stations called "Our Home: Earth Month." It details one dumping incident that was particularly egregious.
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