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A 21-year-old Led A Group Of Seven Masked Men To The Basketball Court In Pottstown Before A Double Shooting, Police Say
The Richard J. Ricketts Center in Pottstown saw dozens of people racing for safety on the night of February 26. A woman who did not want to be on camera tells how gunfire rang out on the basketball court. “Honestly, I thought, ‘It was fireworks. It’s not a big deal’....
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Planning director discusses Roundhouse, Greyhound station, housing push
Mayor Cherelle Parker’s vow to create or preserve 30,000 units of housing during her first term was among the topics that Philadelphia’s planning director, Jessie Lawrence, discussed during a Q&A session held by the Design Advocacy Group last week. Lawrence also talked about planning the future of the...
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Philly man sentenced to up to 66 years in prison for drug killing, just years after his release for overturned conviction
Shaurn Thomas, who was paid $4.1 million by the city of Philadelphia after serving 24 years in prison for a murder he said he didn’t commit, was sentenced on Friday to effectively spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a man over a $1,200 drug debt.
PA Times
ShopRite donates gift cards to families impacted by plane crash
Wakefern Food Corp. members recently delivered $20,000 in ShopRite gift cards to the TCRC Community Healing Center in Hunting Park. TCRC will give out $500 ShopRite gift cards to local families impacted by the plane crash Jan. 31 that killed seven people and destroyed or badly damaged multiple homes in the area. Forty families displaced […]
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Penn, bracing for federal funding cuts, orders a hiring freeze and other changes
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has ordered a hiring freeze and other economies as the university braces for the impact of potential federal funding cuts under President Donald Trump’s administration. The changes are “effective immediately, and until further notice,” according to an email sent to staff Monday...
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PA couple scammed out by pair impersonating lawyer, relative
Pine Twp., Mercer County (WJET/WFXP)– Pennsylvania State Police are investigating after a Pennsylvania couple was scammed out of $9,500 by at least two fraudsters pretending to be a lawyer and an injured relative. According to PSP Mercer, the Grove City couple received a call the afternoon of February 21 from the fraudsters posing as a […]
New York Post
Cops investigating after Pennsylvania high school basketball game ends with ‘ugly’ fight
Exiting a high school basketball game in handcuffs is no way to go through life. A wild brawl that featured at least two adult men being escorted out of the gym in handcuffs marred a Pennsylvania boys basketball playoff game Friday night between Uniontown and Meadville. Meadville police told TMZ on Monday it “expects to be charging several fans and players. Most likely with Disorderly Conduct.” “I’ve never seen anything this ugly break out in person,” an announcer for the game said in a video posted to the USH Talk YouTube channel. “This was really a shame.” Ugly ending...
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3 members of Strawberry Mansion gang plead guilty to third-degree murder, shooting charges
Authorities say Dontae Sutton, Jamir Brunson-Gans and Elijah Soto were all part of the “Big Naddy Gang” (BNG). In September 2021, they were promised $10,000 in a murder-for-hire shooting. There was a miscommunication and they shot the wrong people.