Federal Warrants Continue To Spread Across Philadelphia Amid Union Boss Investigation

Federal Warrants Continue To Spread Across Philadelphia Amid Union Boss Investigation

 

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Multiple federal investigations have sent ripples across Philadelphia political circles.

The latest revelation came Tuesday. Federal agents showed up at an attorney general’s field office in Southwest Philadelphia with a search warrant. A spokesman for the attorney general confirmed that to CBS
The investigation into the IBEW, powerful union head John Dougherty, a city councilman and others has taken a new twist with Tuesday’s visit to the attorney general’s office.

Sources say the search warrant examines some private security work apparently conducted by a narcotics agent at the attorney general’s office. Now, a spokesman wouldn’t comment on anything in the warrant, characterizing it as a personnel matter.

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Judge Rejects Motion To Try Teen As Adult In Death Of Wilmington Student

Judge Rejects Motion To Try Teen As Adult In Death Of Wilmington Student

 

DOVER, Del. (CBS) – On Friday, a Delaware judge denied a request from prosecutors to try a teen as an adult for her role in the fatal beating of Amy Joyner-Francis.

In an announcement made Friday, the judge noted that this was the teen’s “first contact with the justice system” and that it was a “tragic” incident that would have a longstanding impact on the community for years.

The defendant will instead be tried in Family Court on criminally negligent homicide and conspiracy charges.

The 16-year-old is accused of hitting Amy Joyner-Francis several times in a bathroom attack at Howard High School in Wilmington. Authorities say the teen’s physical abuse is what led to a cardiac incident that caused Joyner’s death.

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Philly School District Begins Installing ‘Hydration Stations’

Philly School District Begins Installing ‘Hydration Stations’

 

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — They’re more than just water fountains. The Philadelphia School District is beginning to install what it calls “hydration stations” in schools.

At Henry A. Brown Elementary in Kensington, instead of porcelain water fountains, there are three stainless steel hydration stations. Each has a spout to fill water bottles, as well as a fountain.
 

District Chief Operating Officer Fran Burns says by the start of school next month, hydration stations will be installed in 43 schools, with all 218 schools getting them by May.

 

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PA AG Kathleen Kane Found Guilty On All Counts

PA AG Kathleen Kane Found Guilty On All Counts

  

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s attorney general has been convicted of all nine counts in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak.

Attorney General Kathleen Kane showed little emotion as jurors announced their verdict late Monday.

The jurors agreed the first-term Democrat leaked information about a 2009 grand jury probe to embarrass a rival prosecutor.

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Summer Program Gives Philly HS Grads Tools To Get Through College

Summer Program Gives Philly HS Grads Tools To Get Through College

  

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A group of recent high school grads wrapped
up a six week program at U-Penn that prepped them for college.

It’s called “College Bridge.” Funded by the Netter Center and Philly Youth Network, the program puts recent graduates from West Philadelphia and Sayre High Schools through the rigors of college life.
 
“What does it mean to be on a campus, cross campus for multiple classes, navigate what assignments, who do you talk to get help,” says Andrew Scherea, co-director. He says the six week program teaches the students how to plan their studies and exposes them to what it’s like to read hundreds of pages for just one class. But the program also allows them to reflect on their years in public schools.

“They had to look at their own experiences,” he says, “I was impressed at their reflection, their research and their solutions.”

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Philadelphia’s ‘Captain Noah’ Has Died At Age 90

Philadelphia’s ‘Captain Noah’ Has Died At Age 90

  

Captain Noah (on right) 

Now, the man who was best known to generations as Captain Noah has died at the age of 90.

His legal name was W. Carter Merbreier, an ordained Lutheran minister, who became a children’s television icon.

To those who lived in the Philadelphia area, “Captain Noah and his Magical Ark” was an important part of their weekend.

It aired here on Channel 6 from 1970 to 1994. And during the 1970s, it was syndicated to 22 stations across the country.

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Toddler Found Wandering Alone In Park In Delaware

Toddler Found Wandering Alone In Park In Delaware

  

WILMINGTON, DE. (CBS) — Police say a young boy was found wandering alone in a park in Wilmington, Delaware, and now the search is on for his parent(s) or guardian.

Authorities say the boy, believed to be about 2 or 3 years old, was found around 6 p.m. Monday in Speakman Park in the 200 block of East 30th Street. He was wearing a purple in color shirt, blue & red plaid cargo shorts and blue sneakers.

Police searched the park and surrounding area extensively but were unable to locate a parent or guardian.

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