The Budweiser Made in America Festival kicks off next weekend, but road closures started Sunday throughout Philadelphia. 

All roadways will re-open prior to morning rush hour on Sept. 5 with traffic patterns returning to normal.

Click here for a map of road closures. 

Phase 1 – 7 a.m. on Aug. 27 to 11:59p.m. on Sept. 5:

• Two lanes of Eakins Oval in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum

Phase 2 – 7 a.m. on A. 28 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• Spring Garden Street between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Phase 3 – 7 a.m. on Aug. 29 – 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 5:

• Parking prohibited on Pennsylvania Avenue from 22nd Street to 23rd Street (south side) and Park Towne Place from 22nd Street to 24th Street (north side)

Phase 4 – 10 a.m. on Aug. 30 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• The inner lanes of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 20th Street and Eakins Oval
• Cross traffic on numbered streets will be permitted

Phase 5 – 7 p.m. on Aug. 31 – 5 a.m. on Sept. 5:

• 22nd Street reduced to one running lane between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway

Phase 6 – 10 a.m. Sept. 1 – 5 a.m. Sept. 5:

• Outer lanes of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, between 20th Street and Eakins Oval
• 23rd Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
• 22nd Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Park Towne Place
• 21st Street, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Winter Street
• Kelly Drive outbound, from Benjamin Franklin Parkway to Fairmount Avenue
• Outer lane of MLK Drive adjacent to Paine’s Park

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Starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 1, due to the closure of the outer lanes on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, traffic headed inbound (to Center City), from Spring Garden Street Bridge or Martin Luther King Drive, must exit Eakins Oval on the 24th Street ramp. Traffic headed inbound on Kelly Drive must exit Kelly Drive at Fairmount Avenue.

Phase 7 – 10 a.m. Sept. 2 – 5 a.m. Sept. 5:

The full extent of road closures around the festival site will begin at 10:00AM on Saturday, September 2nd and remain through the duration of the event. A complete list of road closures and no parking restrictions is outlined below:

Road Closures

The entire width of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, beginning at 20th Street extending through Eakins Oval (25th Street) and behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. - The rear of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be accessible to Museum guests via Fairmount Avenue, to Pennsylvania Avenue, to 25th Street.

• 21st Street, between Winter & Spring Garden Streets
• 22nd Street, between Race Street & Fairmount Avenue
• 23rd Street, between the Benjamin Franklin Parkway & Fairmount Avenue
• 24th Street, between Fairmount & Pennsylvania Avenues
• Spring Garden Street, between 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, including the Spring
• Garden Street Tunnel.
• Spring Garden St Bridge* (The City will make every effort to keep this bridge open during Philadelphia Art Museum operating hours on September 2nd and 3rd 10am – 5pm, but it may be forced to close during periods of heavy pedestrian traffic)
• Kelly Drive, between 23rd Street & Fairmount Avenue
• Martin Luther King Drive, between the Falls Bridge & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
• Pennsylvania Avenue, between Hamilton & 25th Street
• 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue, between the Whole Foods store & 21st Street (the
• eastern half of the block, from the Whole Foods Market to 20th Street, will remain open to allow access to the store)
• Park Towne Place, between 22nd & 24th Streets
• I-676 westbound off-ramp at 22nd Street (I-676 eastbound off-ramp at 23rd Street will be open)

No Parking:

• Pennsylvania Avenue, between 22nd Street & Fairmount Avenue (south side of street)
• Winter Street, between 20th & 22nd Streets (both sides of street)
• 20th Street, between Vine & Callowhill Streets (east side of street)
• 21st Street, between Benjamin Franklin Parkway & Race Street (both sides of street)
• 22nd Street, between Winter & Spring Garden Streets (both sides of street)
• Park Towne Place, between 22nd & 24th Streets (both sides of street)

Public Transportation and Paid Parking Information for Festival Goers and Residents

Broad Street and Market Frankford Lines:

Local train service will operate on a normal weekend schedule throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. Race-Vine and City Hall Stations on the Broad Street Line and 15th Street Station on the Market Frankford Line provide easy walking access to the festival gates on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The Broad Street and Market Frankford Lines will offer overnight service as usual on Saturday.

Regional Rail:

Late-night train service will be available on SEPTA’s Regional Rail Lines on Saturday and Sunday nights departing from Jefferson, Suburban and 30th Street Stations. Special schedules will be posted in stations and are also available online at: www.septa.org/events. If the concert runs late on Saturday or Sunday, these trains will be held for approximately 20 minutes after the concert ends. Parking is free at all SEPTA-owned Regional Rail lots on weekends. Parking lot location information is available online at: www.septa.org/parking.

Trolley:

Trolley Routes 10, 11, 13, 15, 34 and 36 offer convenient service to and from the concert, with 19th and 22nd Street Stations providing easy walking access to Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Trolley Route 15 connects with Broad Street and Market Frankford Line service at Girard Avenue.

Bus:

Due to Festival-related street closures, SEPTA Routes 7, 32, 33, 38, 43 and 48 will be detoured from its normal routes through the Benjamin Franklin Parkway area beginning at 10:00am on Friday, September 2nd through 5:00 am on Monday, September 5th. Specific route changes are available on the System Status Page at www.septa.org

SEPTA Customer Service will extend its hours of operation on Saturday and Sunday, with phone and online agents available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The suspected driver of a sport utility vehicle that ran over a woman in Center City earlier this month surrendered Tuesday to face charges.

Police earlier obtained an arrest warrant for 35-year-old Brendon Hay on involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle and deadly crash charges related to the August 6  wreck at 13th and Race streets, next to the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

Detectives previously released images of a man believed to be Hay from surveillance video.

Hay turned himself into police Tuesday around noon, police said.

Ann Broderick, 53, died along the 1300 block of Race Street after being hit by a white Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, police said. She had fallen on hard times and was living on the streets, friends told NBC10.

The Rubicon was eventually recovered in Delaware County more than a week after the crash. It is not owned by Hay.

CVS Minute Clinic nurse practitioner Nicola Clarke is in studio to talk about new vaccination requirements for kids in Pennsylvania.

A suburban Philadelphia science teacher and softball coach broke “rule No. 1” when she had sex with one of her male students and “bombarded” him with harassing text messages from a “burner” phone, prosecutors said.

The Chester County district attorney announced Tuesday that Melissa Bonkoski of Stowe, Pennsylvania, had sex with a 16-year-old student. The 38-year-old teacher was previously charged with institutional sexual assault and inappropriate contact with the student after allegations of kissing and touching came to light, Hogan said.

Bonkoski taught science and coached softball at Owen J. Roberts High School in Pottstown until she resigned earlier this month as the investigation came to light, Hogan and school officials said.

“Rule No. 1 if you are a teacher or a coach: Do not have sex with a student,” Hogan said. “Breaking this rule is a one-way ticket to arrest, losing your job, and prison, not to mention profound damage to the victim and the school community which you were entrusted to serve.”

Chester County detectives became aware of the allegations in March after the now 16-year-old student told them he was being harassed by Bonkoski over text messages, a criminal complaint said.

The texts had begun innocently enough in 2015 when the boy had freshman science with Bonkoski. At first the messages were about schoolwork but the messages became more frequent and more personal in nature, police said.

Bonkoski told police she used a special phone to communicate with the boy because she thought it couldn’t be traced to her: “I thought I was being smart,” she told police.

Some of the messages linked to a phone owned by Bonkoski from this past March included her saying she “really needed to talk” after stating the boy hadn’t called her back, police said.

In July, Bonkoski told investigators that she and the victim had kissed three to four times in a car and that they had discussed sex. The boy also had slept in her bed.

The boy told investigators that he was shocked that he kissed a teacher and that he tried to make the messages and contact stop but that the defendant kept calling and texting him, even after changing her number without explanation, police said.

In August, during a second interview, Bonkoski told investigators she picked up the victim from work in December and took him back to her house where they watched television before kissing for the first time and then having sex, police said. She told investigators a series of “make out” sessions followed until all sexual contact ceased in January.

The victim later admitted to having sex with Bonkoski at her Stowe, Pennsylvania home and said he was upset that he had cheated on his girlfriend with his former teacher.

Hogan credited OJR leadership with cooperating with the investigation and taking “strong and affirmative steps to address this issue.”

Acting superintendent Dr. Anthony Costello told NBC10 Tuesday that the district would be making no further comment aside from its initial statement that said they couldn’t comment further due to the ongoing investigation.

Bonkoski has remained free on bail since being arraigned on previous charges earlier this month. Her attorney didn’t immediately return NBC10’s call for comment.

A man accused of slashing the tires of several police and fire vehicles in Somerdale, New Jersey early Sunday morning had reported to a different police department that his bike was stolen the night before, investigators revealed Tuesday.

Edward J. Holmes III, 51, of Somerdale, is charged with criminal mischief, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, criminal trespass and other related offenses.

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Investigators say Holmes walked into the municipal parking lot of the Somerdale Police Headquarters Sunday shortly before 1:30 a.m. and slashed all four tires on nine marked police vehicles, one marked fire vehicle and three personal vehicles belonging to officers. In all, 52 tires were slashed.

Holmes allegedly returned to the parking lot around 4:30 a.m. Sunday and was caught on video hiding between cars at a house located across the street from police headquarters.

Investigators also say Holmes went to the Camden Metro Police Department Saturday around 11:30 p.m. to report that his bicycle was stolen. Camden Metro Police then reached out to Somerdale Police when they recognized Holmes as the suspect in the vandalism, officials said.

Police believe Holmes is staying in the Camden area at homeless shelters though he is known to travel between Camden and Somerdale. While he is also known to travel on a bicycle, that bicycle was stolen, police said. He is most likely traveling on foot or using public transportation at the moment, according to investigators. Police also said he is known to loiter at transit locations. 

Holmes is described as a tall, thin and bald black male with a mustache. If you have any information on his whereabouts, please call Somerdale Police at 856-428-6324.

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Riders on SEPTA's busiest line should expect delays during the Tuesday rush hour after a fire.

Firefighters responded to a small trash fire in the train area at 13th and Market streets late Tuesday afternoon.

The fire was placed under control at 4:48 p.m. but impacted service. SEPTA's Market/Frankford Line was shut down in both directions between 30th Street and 5th Street.

SEPTA officials initially sent out shuttle buses to pick up passengers while repairs were being made. They later brought back one track to put in service on the Market/Frankford line though passengers should expect major delays of up to 30 minutes as El trains in both directions will operate over the track. Passengers traveling along the Market/Frankford Line must board all trains on westbound platforms between 30th and 5th Street Stations for the time being.

The Market/Frankford Line is SEPTA's busiest rail line overall with a daily average weekday ridership of 187,449. Trains normally operate every four minutes during the evening rush hour.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.

They come from all over the world, some just for the summer and others for a semester or two. 

But new legislation from the White House could leave these employees out of work and local businesses short of help.

President Donald Trump is considering cutting back on visas for U.S. cultural work exchange programs, including summer employees and au pairs that work in popular destinations like the Jersey Shore. 

The J-1 visa program currently provides “opportunities for around 300,000 foreign visitors per year to experience U.S. society and culture,” according to the Department of State.

At the Jersey Shore, Catalin Iova from Romania has spent his summer working as a games supervisor at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey. He said the experience “is one of a lifetime.”

Iova is just one of 1,500 seasonal workers at Morey’s, one-third of which come from other countries. Managers worry that a cut to the J-1 program could impact their ability to keep staff levels up during the high season.

“It would have a devastating impact on our business and tourism communities around the country,” said Morey’s Piers employee Denise Beckson.

About 100,000 foreign students flock to the U.S. each summer. More than 5,000 take up residence in New Jersey alone under the summer work-travel program.

“I think it would result in a shortening of our operating season [and] a shortening of our daily operations,” Beckson said.

“It’s a really serious issue,” added Morey’s owner Will Morey.

A state department official said in an email that the agency is “aware of the support that American businesses have shown for the program and its value to their local communities.”

More than 80 percent of Americans who apply for jobs at Morey’s are hired, according to a spokesperson. But even with those numbers, a popular destination like Morey’s needs more employees to remain fully operational.

“We have open positions all summer this year,” Beckson said.

A church in Ambler became the target of white supremacist intimidation after its pastor hung a banner condemning hate and wrote a blog post titled "Against White Supremacy."

Police in the Montgomery County borough are investigating the incident that dates to mid-August, around the time a pro-peace banner appeared on the outside of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ambler Mayor Jeanne Sorg said Tuesday.

"It appears a member of a white supremacist group or someone claiming to be, from the Valley Forge area, came to Ambler and took photographs of the church, then proceeded to post them online," Sorg said.

"It's become a great place for people to hide behind [anonymity] and post horrible things," she added of web social media.

St. John's pastor, the Rev. Rachel Anderson, immediately alerted police once she saw the online postings.

"The pastor felt someone was trying to intimidate them and put fear into them," Sorg said. "She went to police and filed a report. That's exactly what you're supposed to do."

Anderson reportedly received death threats after posting the banner that read "Resist white supremacy," according to a local news report. Police Chief William Foley and Anderson did not return messages left Tuesday for comment.

In her blog post three days after the violent Aug. 12 protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, Anderson described white supremacists and nationalists who gathered there as "infected with these demonic spirits," and "bearing the standards of nations that once existed to promote the enslavement and torture of Black human beings, and the genocide of our Jewish siblings."

Anderson, who came to St. John's in Feb. 2016, called on people to advocate for compassion and make peace with all people.

"In the name of Jesus, we, the church cannot be silent. By the grace of God we have the opportunity to cast out the demons of white supremacy, racism, bigotry, anti-Semitism, anti-Islamism, and hatred with the compassionate healing of God," she wrote. "Compassionate, healing, but not submissive, not acquiescent, not obedient to the powers of this world."

White nationalism and supremacy have reached more prominent levels in American culture this year. Ideologues in those fringe movements have been emboldened by the election of President Donald Trump, who at times has hedged his condemnation of hate groups.

Sorg said whoever was behind the cyberbullying and death threats against Anderson picked the wrong community to try stirring up bigotry.

She said St. John's was overflowing for Sunday services this past weekend with supporters of Anderson, and her message.

"When these people tried to create fear, Ambler came together," Sorg said. "It backfired on them."

Rain and heavy winds are dominating the shores as people try to soak up the last of their summer vacations. NBC10's Cydney Long is in Ocean City with the latest conditions.

Local churches are preparing to help victims of Tropical Storm Harvey. Many church leaders believe it's only a matter of time before those victims make it up to our area and NBC10's Aaron Baskerville spoke with them Tuesday about their plans to help.

The eighth grade diploma for Shyheer Frasier's son Tymier lies in the corner of her living room. It's a bittersweet reminder of her son's greatest accomplishment and the terrible loss she's still trying to come to terms with.

"I was looking forward to losing my voice watching my son walk down that aisle," Shyheer said.

Tymier, 14, was shot and killed on May 29, a week before both her birthday and his middle school graduation.

"I remember telling him that would be the best birthday gift a mom ever had," Shyheer said.

Tymier and a 16-year-old boy were on the 2000 block of E. Orleans Street on May 29 when a gunman opened fire. Tymier was shot several times in the back and neck while the 16-year-old was shot once in the left shoulder.

The 16-year-old survived the shooting. Tymier succumbed to his injuries at the hospital however.

Shyheer told NBC10 her son had left to go to a block party before the fatal shooting.

"He would still be here if I had kept him in the house," Shyheer said.

Three months later and a week before Tymier was set to begin high school, an arrest in his death has not been made. Shyheer is convinced that someone knows the identity of her son's killer. 

"It was a block party," she said. "Someone saw something."

For Shyheer, the silence in her neighborhood since the shooting speaks volumes.

"Everybody speaks about how well Tymier was. How polite he was," she said. "How well-mannered and respectful he was. But nobody can come forward and help me understand why I buried my kid."

A $20,000 reward is being offered for an arrest in the teen's murder. If you have any information, please call Philadelphia Police.

A chemical manufacturing company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania issued a warning that there is a risk of an explosion at its plant in Texas due to flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey.

Arkema Inc., whose U.S. headquarters and primary research and development center are located on 900 1st Avenue in King of Prussia, shut down its chemical plant in Crosby, Texas on Friday ahead of Harvey’s landfall.

By Monday afternoon, approximately 40 inches of rain fell at the Crosby facility, located about 25 miles northeast of Houston, leading to heavy flooding, power outages and the water inundation of its backup generators.

A small crew of eleven people had remained on site at the Crosby facility but were evacuated Tuesday afternoon. Homes nearby were also evacuated.

Arkema’s Crosby plant manufactures organic peroxides. Arkema officials say the facility lost refrigeration to all of its cold-storage warehouses after power went out and the backup generators were flooded. Workers at the facility then transferred products from the warehouses into diesel-powered refrigerated containers. The refrigeration of some of those containers were compromised however due to the flooding leading to the risk of a possible fire or explosion.

“Arkema is limited in what it can do to address the site conditions until the storm abates,” a spokesperson for the company wrote. “We are monitoring the temperature of each refrigeration container remotely. At this time, while we do not believe there is any imminent danger, the potential for a chemical reaction leading to a fire and/or explosion within the site confines is real.”

A young boy was in Old City Tuesday selling lemonade and iced tea to raise money for Harvey victims.

Tropical rains and high winds made for a miserable Tuesday at the Jersey Shore. NBC10's Lauren Mayk spoke to residents who are trying to make the most of the last week of the summer vacation.

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'Thought I Was Being Smart': Teacher Accused of Student Sex: A suburban Philadelphia science teacher and softball coach broke “rule No. 1” when she had sex with one of her male students and “bombarded” him with harassing text messages from a “burner” phone, prosecutors said. The Chester County district attorney announced Tuesday that Melissa Bonkoski of Stowe, Pennsylvania, had sex with a 16-year-old student. The 38-year-old teacher was previously charged with institutional sexual assault and inappropriate contact with the student after allegations of kissing and touching came to light.

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Western Louisiana in Crosshairs as Harvey Makes 2nd Landfall: Western Louisiana residents braced for more wind and water Wednesday as Tropical Storm Harvey made landfall in the state after dumping record rainfall on Texas, parts of which continue to see flooding. After lingering over Texas for days before meandering back into the Gulf of Mexico, the deadly storm made its second landfall early Wednesday, this time just west of Cameron, Louisiana. Forecasters say another 5 to 10 inches of rain could fall in western Louisiana.

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Kathy Griffin Rescinds Apology for Trump Photo: Kathy Griffin retracted her apology for a gory image of a fake President Donald Trump head, saying anger against her was overblown and should be directed at Trump and his administration. A feisty Griffin, interviewed Tuesday on Australian TV in advance of an international comedy tour, slammed the president and his actions as she reversed course from her tearful mea culpa in May. "So the picture happened, the outrage was ridiculous, I made an apology, and now in light of all the crazy stuff that he (Trump) and this administration are doing... He's unhinged," she said on the morning show "Sunrise.".

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Residents in a New Jersey suburb have seen an alarming increase in rats and are calling for the town to exterminate them.

Locals in Waldwick have been setting up traps in attempt to mitigate the recent rat infestation – but they have been largely unsuccessful.

“(The rats are) totally unexpected and I'm pretty disgusted because we pay taxes here,” Waldwick resident Gary Nicolosi said.

Lucy Wanklin had seen the direct effect of the rodents on her beloved tomato garden.

“So far in the last, maybe two to three weeks, we’ve caught – on this piece of property – 43 rats,” Wanklin said.

The reason why the rats may be so difficult to catch is because the source remains a mystery.

Borough officials say they’re unsure of where the rats are coming from, but they believe nature will take care of the problem on its own.

In the meantime, they have been passing out fliers to residents, instructing them to eliminate their food source.

“Humans tend to do things that bring in animals they don’t want. Maybe we have to use exterminators for a few but we are not overrun with rats,” Carol Tyler, a Waldwick Animal Control officer said.

Despite the borough’s beliefs, locals speculate the rats are coming from the Russo Development construction project down the block.

While the developers contest that the rats originate from their site, they have hired pest control as a precautionary.

“Whether it’s coming from our site or not, the last thing we want is for people to have a rat infestation in our town. So we’re definitely working on that,” Ron Simoncini of Russo Development said.

Now, residents are calling for Waldwick to take similar precautionary measures of its own.

“Take some of that tax money and get exterminators in here,” Wanklin said.

Unfortunately, against her wishes, the town currently has no plans to call in an exterminator.

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Firefighters found an elderly couple dead inside their Bucks County home early Wednesday.

Crews arrived around 12:30 a.m. to find the two-story home along Kings Lane in Bensalem fully engulfed in flames, Bensalem Township Battalion Chief Rob Sponheimer said.

After about an hour firefighters had the blaze under control but it was too late for the couple, identified by police as 89-year-old Albert Serventi and his 86-year-old wife Eileen.

Neighbors in two homes were evacuated but uninjured in the blaze, firefighters said.

The blaze appeared to be accidental, caused by a candle, firefighters said. Power was out in the area Tuesday night and a neighbor saw a candle burning in the home prior to power being restored late Tuesday, firefighters said.