We're still dealing with flooding, but the waters are receding.
We're still dealing with flooding, but the waters are receding.
We're still dealing with flooding, but the waters are receding.
First Alert Weather: Rivers are Dropping
We're still dealing with flooding, but the waters are receding.
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Good News, Bad News in Delaware
The good news is the worst is over, the bad news is residents are left dealing with flooding. NBC10's Tim Furlong has more.
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Flooding in Lumberton...Again
Residents of Lumberton, Burlington County are dealing with major flooding following Wednesday's soaking. NBC10's Ted Greenberg has the story.
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SkyForce10 Above the Schuylkill
The river is flooded, but after 9 p.m., the water is expected to start dropping.
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Big Improvement in Manayunk
As usual, Manayunk was hit hard by flooding this storm, but big improvements have already been made. NBC10's Harry Hairston has more.
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Toddler, Friends Find Body in Blanket
A toddler and his friends made a gruesome discovery Thursday night in a North Philadelphia alley.
The three-year-old and 10 other children were playing in an alley between N. 11th and Warnock Streets around 6 p.m. when they discovered a body, duct-taped, and wrapped in a red sheet, said police.
"We didn't believe it at first, until an adult went back there," said Christine Casper, a mother of one of the children. "Then we noticed it was actually a dead body back there."
Casper says the body was bound at the head and waist with duct tape.
"All you could see was the feet hanging out," Taleiya Debeary, the 3-year-old's mother, said.
"We can't tell if it's male or female," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. "We can't tell race. We can't even tell the age."
Police say it's unclear how the person died and when he or she was dumped in the alley.
"It maked me feel like it's time for me to pack my family up and move us out of the neighborhood" said Casper.
There's no surveillance video in the area, so police are relying on the results of an autopsy and the help of the public in solving this crime.
Anyone with information is urged to call Philadelphia Police.
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Explosion Leads to Fire in Philly Neighborhood
Firefighters were already on the scene of an explosion before it exploded. NBC10's Darlene Jones has more.
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Wife Delivers Baby in Car During Torrential Rain
A Delaware couple didn't make it to the hospital to deliver their baby, instead, she was born in the family car thanks to rain and flooding. NBC10's Tim Furlong has the story.
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Clean-Up Begins in Chester County
Downingtown, PA was hard-hit by flooding Wednesday night. NBC10's Nefertiti Jaquez went back to Downingtown Thursday night, to check up on residents cleaning out their water-logged basements.
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3 Shot, 2 Killed in Shooting Outside Nightclub
Two men have died after a triple shooting outside a West Philadelphia nightclub early Friday morning.
Philadelphia Police say officers from the 19th District heard the shots ring out around 1:25 a.m. outside the Mark 5 Lounge near 52nd Street and Girard Avenue in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia.
One victim was shot in the head, another in the chest and the third victim was hit in the stomach, police say. They were all rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small said two of the victims did not survive and the other remains in critical condition.
Detectives scoured the scene with flashlights as they looked for clues related to the shooting. So far only one bullet has been recovered -- that slug shattered the lounge's window.
Mark 5 Lounge owner Jerry Jordan says he's never had trouble like this in the 24 years he's ran the nightclub.
"Didn't make any sense," he said. "Any shooting don't make any sense. Not to me. Don't make any sense at all. But I hope things get better."
Jordan says he does not have surveillance cameras, but Friday morning's shooting has him thinking about getting them.
Investigators are looking at nearby businesses that do have cameras for possible footage of the shooter.
Photo Credit: NBC10.com
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Firefighter Hurt in 5-Alarm Rowhome Blaze
A firefighter was hurt fighting a 5-alarm blaze at a rowhome in Berks County.
The fire broke out around 2:30 a.m. on Friday inside a home along the 100 block N. 3rd Street in Hamburg, Pa., Berks County officials said. Hamburg is 30 minutes north of Reading, Pa.
The blaze spread a neighboring home and quickly grew to multiple alarms. It wasn't placed under control until two hours later, officials said.
A firefighter suffered minor injuries after slipping and falling, officials said. They were taken to Reading Hospital for treatment.
Officials say one person living in the home where the fire started got out safely. They also rescued several pets.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Photo Credit: Fire Alerts of Berks County
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Concrete Beam Falls from Center City High-Rise
A large concrete-wrapped beam fell from a Center City high-rise overnight Friday landing on the sidewalk outside a popular restaurant .
The piece fell from the 2nd floor on the western side of the Kennedy House at 20th Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. on Friday, police said.
The building houses apartments and the Chima Brazilian steakhouse, which fronts the sidewalk where the steel and concrete beam landed.
Police say no one was injured and officers have barricaded off the area to protect pedestrians and drivers.
A building inspector with the Department of Licenses & Inspections did respond to the scene and could be seen taking photos of areas of the building where the beam had fallen.
The building's facade is lined with a number of the concrete beams and officials say each one will need to be inspected to ensure its safe to reopen the sidewalk.
Kennedy House General Manager Jim Giblin tells NBC10.com says the L&I inspector assessed the beams and "felt they were safe for now."
"He wants to have our architect come out here and assess the damage and to make sure everything else is fine," he said. "So we're going to report back to L&I when the architect figures out what happened."
Giblin, who is a former Philadelphia firefighter, said the situation is unnerving and that the architect should be on site during the morning.
Photo Credit: NBC10.com
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Flooded SEPTA Bus Finally Towed Away
Flood waters have finally receded in Manayunk allowing SEPTA to tow away a bus that was nearly washed over by the raging Schuylkill River.
SEPTA bus 8550 was trapped along Flat Rock Road in fast-rising waters from the overflowing river around 10 p.m. Wednesday night.
Unable to escape, passengers and the driver were forced to climb onto the roof of the bus and wait for marine rescue crews to retrieve them by boat. No one was hurt in the incident.
The bus remained almost fully submerged for most of the day Thursday as the surging Schuylkill continued to overflow its banks.
This week's record-breaking rainstorm dumped just shy of 5 inches of rain on Philadelphia and sent the river rising by more than 7 feet -- cresting at 13.9 feet high in the city.
A SEPTA tow truck hitched onto the bus around 6:45 a.m. on Friday and towed the bus off of Flat Rock Road and down Main Street.
SEPTA officials said on Thursday they would be inspecting the bus to see if it could be salvaged.
Photo Credit: SkyForce10
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2 Hurt in School Bus, Pickup Collision
A school bus collided with a pickup truck along a Delaware County road on Friday morning.
The crash happened along Church Lane at Darnell Avenue in Yeadon, Pa. around 9 a.m., county dispatchers tell NBC10.com.
There were kids on the bus, officials said.
At least two people were taken to the hospital, but it is currently unclear whether they were in the truck or school bus, dispatchers said.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
Photo Credit: NBC10.com
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Teen Hacker Takes Down Reading Terminal's Website
The website for the popular Reading Terminal Market in downtown Philadelphia has been hacked at the apparent fingertips of a teenager.
Those who visit ReadingTerminalMarket.org on Friday morning were greeted by a black screen with a spinning logo for the hacker 1337MiR.
"Just security test. Website hacked for fun. Nothing's deleted, all data are safe," a message read above the hacker's call sign.
In an email exchange with hacker, he apologized for the attack, calling himself a 16-year-old "white hat hacker" who identifies security flaws in websites. 1337MiR's website showcases a number of similar attacks on websites and Skype accounts.
"I just notify website owner/admin about their website security to secure their site from bad hackers and spammer. And I deface website for fun. I never harm any website data," he wrote.
He promised to send over the vulnerabilities he found to Reading Terminal officials. But he did not explain how or why he chose the website.
Paul Steinke, general manager for the famous Center City Philadelphia market, said officials worked with their web hosting company to get control of the hack.
"We never experienced this before," he lightheartedly said of the attack.
The website was restored around noon on Friday.
Reading Terminal Market is one of the oldest indoor markets in the country and is frequented by locals and tourists alike. More than 100 food spots, goods dealers and other merchants take up space in the market at 12th and Arch Streets.
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NBC10 First Alert Weather: Warm With a Chance of Showers
Chief Meteorologist Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz says the weather will be warm and sunny with a chance of showers
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Water Problems In Manayunk
NBC10's Matt Delucia shows the destruction in Manayunk caused by this week's rain.
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Equality Forum
Renee Chenault-Fattah interviews Malcolm Lazin, the Executive Director of the Equality Forum. The four-day event boasts more than 30 awesome events.
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South Street Spring Festival
NBC10's Renee Chenault-Fattah sits down with Mike Harris, Executive Director of the South Street Headhouse District, who goes over the details of the South Street Spring Fest.
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Ex-School Board President Settles Civil Suit
For long-time residents of Methacton School District, it may seem like a trip down memory lane. For many involved, it is a trip that most would likely not prefer to take. Former school board president James VanHorn, a resident of Lower Providence Township, ended up finishing a term that lasted into 2009 amid a wash of controversy. At its messy center, a court case involving the school board president who allegedly attacked a man in the audience after a meeting who was caught filming him, a completely legal action.
VanHorn was video taped by James L. Mollick, a Worcester Township resident and citizen that frequents both the school board and municipal meetings to stay abreast of happenings in the district. Mollick, a former OBGYN with Mercy Suburban Hospital, claimed that injuries sustained during the alleged attack caused him to stop his medical practice.
The civil court case was slated for Montgomery County Courts at 9 a.m. on Monday, May 5. Law offices for Mollick have confirmed that the case, instead, has been resolved out of court.
The case was initially filed on Oct. 28, 2008. The two have since battled between lawyers until a date was slated for a hearing.
The 16-second attack shows VanHorn behind the board desks. He views the videographer who never appears on camera but is said by witnesses to be Mollick himself.
VanHorn points at the camera and asks “Are you taping me?” and then proceeds toward the taper. “Turn it off,” he says during his approach.
The person behind the camera then says “Easy boy, easy, easy” as VanHorn repeats “turn it off.” As VanHorn reaches the videographer, a scuffle can be heard and the camera goes out of focus, zooming toward the ground. The sound of a breaking glass can be heard.
“You cannot tape me after meetings,” yells VanHorn to a cameraman now appearing to be on the floor. The tape ends with a view of the underside of chairs in the meeting space.
In a Times Herald article dated Nov. 25, 2007, then Worcester resident and now school board member Jim Phillips said he saw the whole thing. He told the Times Herald that “Mollick was disoriented” for several minutes after the incident.
Mollick, who is no stranger to the courtroom, had previously sued Worcester Township to gain access to private emails said to contain township information. Mollick won a January 2012 lawsuit against the municipality forcing Worcester supervisors to disclose the content of emails. This case seems to have ended with an out-of-court resolution, though neither sides’ law offices could be reached for comment. Calls from LP TAP went unreturned from Mollick’s lawyer David Hollar, as well as VanHorn’s three unique law firms.
VanHorn’s law firms are currently being paid for via Methacton School District funds.
A letter received from Methacton School District to LP TAP regarding a Right To Know Request stated that, as of April 16, the district had already shelled out $31,497.11 toward representing VanHorn in the matter.
In a June 2013 article in the Lansdale Reporter, the discussion of paying for his legal fees was a matter of debate during the budgeting for the 2013-14 school year. At that time, the district tabled a vote to allow a third law firm to represent VanHorn as “special insurance counsel” according to the article.
School board members, according to the report, hand concerns over the work that “would be done by this firm and the cost of three attorneys that would work on the matter.”
“According to Miller [then acting-superintendent Jeffrey Miller], the firm would be tasked with ensuring that the best interests of the district are protected as petitions that were filed by the two insurance companies that are now covering the costs of litigation,” said the Reporter’s article.
Miller told the board at that time that the range of cost was $195 to $625 per hour for the lawyers’ work, depending on which was doing the work. The firm was later added to VanHorn’s defense.
The Methacton School District's Coordinator of School and Community Information Angela Linch said that the appropriate individuals to speak to the matter were tied up in meetings Friday. A comment will be released when those persons can be reached.
At this time it is unclear if the district will be paying for any court costs, including the undisclosed settlement amount.
This story was published through a news content partnership between The Alternative Press of Lower Providence and NBC10.com
Photo Credit: Getty Images
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