Plenty of people grab a brew while they eat their favorite Wawa hoagie but it’s possible that soon you won’t have to go to Florida or Virginia, or the comfort of your own home, to live the Wawa-beer dream.

Folks in the Philadelphia Region might soon not need to go any further than Delaware County to grab a brew.

But, don’t crack open a cold one to celebrate just yet. The Philly-area convenience store favorite is in the process of getting permission to sell beer at its store location on Naamans Creek Road in Concordville, Pennsylvania but has to still clear plenty of hurdles.

“Our current request for one store… is similar to applications for the sale of beer recently approved for other retailers in that area,” said Wawa spokeswoman Lori Bruce.

Retailers like Wegman’s, Giant and Whole Foods recently got permission to sell beer at in-store pubs or beer gardens in Pennsylvania – something only recently allowed in the state that tightly regulates alcohol sales.

Wawa would need to “ensure our store associates have the resources and training they need to fully comply with all laws regarding the sale of alcohol,” said Bruce.

Concord Township leaders will consider Wawa’s beer-posal at a public meeting on June 30.

Bruce stressed that the beer-posal is only in the application stage and is not yet ready to test.

“For now, we view this as a single store product expansion,” Bruce said. “We may look to expand the offering depending on our experience at this store and the licensing requirements in the communities and states we serve.”

Human remains have been discovered in the search for an 18-year-old woman who vanished after a night out with friends in New Jersey last year, prosecutors said Thursday.

Prosecutors say 19-year-old Antony Freay, who was arrested two days earlier on charges of disturbing human remains and concealing evidence, among other offenses, in the June 2014 disappearance of Dumont resident Mila Kostadinova pointed investigators to the area in the Palisades in Alpine where the remains were discovered Wednesday.

Freay allegedly confessed to having dumped Kostadinova's body there, prosecutors say. Authorities say DNA tests will be conducted to confirm the identity, but authorities believe, based on the evidence and statements from Freay, that it is Kostadinova.

Kostadinova was reported missing by her family last year after a night out with friends. She had last been seen at Freay's home in Cresskill. Authorities believe Kostadinova died of a drug overdose and Freay disposed of her body. 

Freay faces a bevy of charges in the case, including failure to report the death of a person, hindering apprehension by concealing evidence, providing false information and unlawfully desecrating or damaging human remains, but has not been charged with killing the young woman.

Freay pleaded not guilty at a court appearance Wednesday. At his arraignment, his lawyer said if authorities had been called when the woman overdosed, "none of this would have happened."

A month-long investigation into drug dealing led Delaware State Police to a Walmart parking lot. And the suspects led police on pursuits on foot and by vehicle.

The Delaware State Police Kent County Drug Unit tracked down Dover residents Jaleel Wayman and Robert Knox, both 19, to the parking lot of the Walmart store in Camden, Delaware on Monday afternoon.

When detectives approached the car, Wayman darted off on foot. State Police said officers grabbed him a short time later without further incident. As officers tried to get Knox from the car, he drove off leading officers on a high-speed pursuit along Thomas Harmon Drive where Knox ran stop signs before finally surrendering.

Once police got both men into custody, they found 17 grams of MDMA, 1.5 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and more than $2,000 worth of cash believed to belong to Wayman in the car.

Wayman, who police say was in violation of his parole, faces a slew of drug counts and was sent to jail on $86,000 bond. Knox, faces a drug paraphernalia count as well as resisting arrest, drug possession, criminal mischief and driving violations. He was sent to county jail on $25,600 bond.

A major water main break in Northwest Philadelphia flooded a busy shopping center and forced some to be evacuated from stores using an inflatable raft.

The 120 year old, 48-inch main broke open around 3 p.m. Thursday at the Bakers Square shopping center at Fox Street and Roberts Avenue in the East Falls section of Philadelphia, water department officials said.

"All of the sudden the water is flooding and it came very, very fast," said Kal Rotbard, who works at Got the Look, a clothing store in the center.

Water gushed from under the parking lot next to Got the Look and flooded a ShopRite supermarket, Ross discount store, Fine Wine and Good Spirits and several other businesses. Several cars were left underwater as well.

"It wouldn't even start so there's water inside," said Joyce Coker, who was inside the Dollar Plus store when the break happened. "There's water up to the wheels so, just turn in to my insurance agency. That's all I can do."

"We could not go out of the store," Rotbard said of the flooding. Firefighters used an inflatable raft to evacuate some people from the area. Others walked through the water holding firefighters' arms. In all, about 100 people were evacuated, according to Philadelphia Fire Executive Chief Clifford Gilliam.

The shopping center is built on the site of the former Tastykake factory and is a few blocks away from the Philadelphia Water Department's Queen Lane Reservoir.

It took crews nearly an hour and a half to shut down the water flow.

Rotbard said this is the second time in the past year a water main break flooded the shopping center. He said one broke right before the center opened last year.

Water department spokesman John DiGiulio confirmed a water main did burst last January, but said it was a different pipe. There are four 48-inch mains in this location, he added.

The shopping center main break comes less than a week after a major main ruprtured in West Philadelphia sending more than 12 million gallons of water rushing through a part of that neighborhood.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.

The South Carolina church massacre hit home for a Main Line man who grew up with the pastor killed in his own church along with eight others.

“We lost a great man in this society who could have done a lot more.”

That’s how Ardmore’s Anthony Stevenson spoke of South Carolina state senator and Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston pastor Rev. Clementa Pinckney.

Stevenson said he knew Pinckney his entire life – Pinckney used to spend summer’s on Stevenson’s family’s farm. Stevenson spoke to his cousin just two weeks ago. He said Pinckney practiced what he preached and treated everyone equally.

“Until our country, until we sit down as people and address the issues of differences and hate and bring people together, these things will continue,” said Stevenson. “Some of the things (Pinckney) said is that we will either learn to live together as brothers or perish as fools.”

Standing taller than 6-feet tall, Pinckney, 41, was a “gentle giant” who began his career preaching at just 13 years old and became a pastor at 18, said Stevenson.

“He had a very soothing and comforting approach to him,” said Stevenson. “

Stevenson and eight others died when a white gunman opened fire inside the historically black church during a Wednesday night prayer meeting. Police arrested 21-year-old suspect Dylann Storm Roof Thursday morning in North Carolina and will return him to Charleston to face charges.

A man suspected of supporting ISIS-related activities was arrested as FBI agents raided a home in New Jersey early Thursday, accused of conspiring with at least one of the other men arrested in the area this week in the same investigation, law enforcement officials said.

The Fort Lee man, Samuel Rahamin Topaz, 21, appeared in federal court in Newark Thursday on material support for terror charges. He is being held without bail.

His attorney, Borse Martinoski, declined to comment. 

The arrest is the fourth person allegedly linked to ISIS this week in the tri-state area. Outside his Center Avenue apartment Thursday, his brother Eyal Topaz told NBC 4 New York that the FBI took his brother's phones and computers, and "they just took him and left." 

The investigation into Topaz, a U.S. citizen, began when a friend reported to the FBI that he may try to travel overseas, according to the criminal complaint. 

Topaz watched ISIS videos with co-conspirators and held meetings with other suspects, including one near the World Trade Center site, the complaint stated.

There were dozens of phone calls and text messages between Topaz and his alleged co-conspirators, including the Queens college student arrested Saturday in the same case. Text messages showed Topaz was planning to travel to Iraq or Syria by way of Jordan; one allegedly said: "I'm saving my money for it, bro, trust me, I got it." 

A Facebook page showed photos of Topaz dressed as a jihadist fighter, according to the complaint. 

The FBI said Topaz also met regularly with two others who have not been charged -- dual citizens of the U.S. and Jordan, ages 20 and 23. The younger one left the U.S. on May 5 for Jordan and presumably attempted to travel on to Syria, the FBI said. 

Under questioning, Topaz said he sympathized with ISIS and watched videos, and admitted speaking with three others about wanting to join ISIS, the complaint stated. 

In his most recent public Facebook post dated April 25, Topaz said he was planning to delete his social media accounts until "I leave the country," though he didn't specify why he planned to leave. 

On another Facebook post showing him dressed as an apparent ISIS fighter, he wrote: "Which assassin am I, or am I all of them?" 

His older Facebook posts appear to be a mix of long-winded rants, reflections on Islam and his conversion to the religion, selfies and videos of himself singing -- including covers of Frank Ocean and Stevie Wonder. He mentions in one 2013 post he was preparing to audition for NBC's "The Voice." There are frequent status posts describing how "lonely" or "bored" he feels.

On Saturday, 20-year-old Queens college student Munther Omar Saleh and a 17-year-old were arrested near the Whitestone Bridge.

Saleh is accused of allegedly scouting possible targets for an ISIS-inspired attack. Court documents say Saleh also charged law enforcement officers with a knife when he saw them conducting surveillance of him and another alleged conspirator Saturday. No one was hurt.

The 17-year-old faces state charges in Queens.

The charges against Saleh accuse him of trying to acquire knowledge and materials to build a bomb and carry out some kind of attack here; the charges against Topaz make no allegation that he intended to carry out any kind of attack in the U.S. 

FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard Frankel said Thursday: "Topaz conspired to provide services and personnel to ISIL. Topaz discussed his desire to travel to Syria to join ISIL. Fortunately, this threat did not materialize due to the indefatigable efforts of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. I ask the citizens of New Jersey to assist us in this task by remaining vigilant and contacting the FBI or the police if they see or hear anything suspicious.”

On Wednesday, 21-year-old Fareed Mumuni was charged with attempting to murder an FBI agent after he allegedly tried to repeatedly stab the agent -- and others -- who entered his home to conduct a search warrant in connection with the ongoing ISIS investigation involving Saleh.

No serious injuries were reported, and Mumuni was also accused of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS and trying to assist the terror group in carrying out an attack in the New York area. Saleh allegedly gave authorities Mumuni's name while cooperating with officials after his arrest.

Mumuni allegedly discussed building pressure cooker bombs and using guns to target landmarks and kill police officers.

Relatives and lawyers for Saleh and Mumuni have said they deny the charges.

You may see them in your neighborhood. They are curb cutouts featuring red truncated domes. Each is designed to give people with disabilities access. But access to what? There are no sidewalks in some parts of Chester County.

Retired Temple professor Carol Marfisi who has cerebral palsy tells the NBC10 Investigators, the ramps do little to help her. Instead they hinder her independence.

Marfisi works with The Freedom Valley Disability Center. She had to be rolled down the side of the road to get at to a ramp to nowhere at Paoli Pike and Boot Road in East Goshen.

There is where she saw four other ramps to nowhere and no safe way to get to them.

“Would this be smart for anyone in a wheelchair to use this cut out? I asked. "I can't see any possible reason.” Marfisi replied.

The Americans with Disability Act mandates state and local governments install the ramps. But the ADA does not mandate putting in sidewalks. That decision is left up to the local municipalities if they chose to do so. That leaves people with disabilities with no place to go except into the streets.
And East Goshen Township Manager Rick Smith suggests that’s what those with disabilities should do get to and from the ramps.

“All that, the ADA requirement is that it provides the same opportunity for the disabled person as it does for … a person who walks,” said Smith.

Some like Freedom Valley Director Mike Burke said the ramps to nowhere are a waste of your taxpayer dollars.

PennDOT told the NBC 10 Investigators, they are mandated to put in 60,000 ramps to make intersections compliant with the ADA. So far, just more than 25,000 are complete.

The total cost of the project is more than $300 million. The average cost of a ramp is around $6,000.

East Goshen’s Township Manager says there are plans to install a multi-use walkway for bicyclist and pedestrians that the people with disabilities can also use that may connect to some of the ramps. But there are no plans to build sidewalks.

"Over the years the township developed and historically there was not a big demand for sidewalks," said Smith.

"Curbs cuts to nowhere and sidewalk to no cuts, we should be putting the two things together." Burke argued. He said every time he asked the township about building a sidewalk he would get the same answer. ”Well we’re working on that is the usually answer.”

East Goshen isn’t the only place we found ramps to nowhere. Just south of Route 1 and 352 in Middletown Township, Delaware County the ramps exist at the intersections at Elwyn Road, S Old Middle Road and Knowlton Road.

Middletown Township manager Bruce Clark said his township has plans to put in some walkways that will connect with some ramps to nowhere as part of a larger project. Clark also said the plan is still in the early stages and he could not say when it would be competed or how much it would cost.

"The idea of putting in sidewalks everywhere – you can’t address it everywhere immediately," said Clark. "You got to say, ‘where’s the main demand?’"

Both townships are in compliance with the ADA.

Marfisi told us she understands money is limited, but hopes municipalities will think about the disabled when they plan any project.

"We need to use it where it makes a difference," she said.

Road work could slow the commute for thousands of drivers along a busy South Jersey road.

The Camden County Department of Public Works (DPW) will begin a weeks-long highway project that will result in the reduction of Haddonfield-Berlin Road (CR 561) from four to two lanes beginning Monday.

“Whenever you are driving through a road construction zone, please prepare for traffic pattern changes, and be observant of posted instructions,” said Freeholder Ian Leonard, liaison to the Camden County DPW.

The project will center on making improvements to the bridge near the Downs Farm Swim Club in Cherry Hill. The outer lanes of Route 561 will be closed 24 hours a day for about two to three weeks while the DPW makes these improvements.

The road, which connects Cherry Hill to Haddonfield and Berlin Township, serves about 15,000 drivers every day, according to Camden County.

Message boards are in place to alert motorists of possible traffic delays and drivers are advised to be on the lookout for more traffic than usual.

“In addition, finding an alternate route to your destination would also be advisable during the duration of this project,” said Leonard.

Many Philadelphians already rent out their homes through services like Airbnb, but Philadelphia City Council just made it officially legal.

The new rules, passed by council Thursday, allow everyone in Philadelphia to share their home for up to 180 days and make cash off the stay.

But the city wants it’s cut too. Landlords will have to pay an 8.5-percent hotel tax. Airbnb, the most popular service, already collects other taxes and will handle the withholding during the rental reservation process.

The change comes ahead of Pope Francis’ visit to the city in late September. Upward of 2 million people are expected to come and see the pontiff during his two day visit. That’s exponentially more people than the some 30,000 hotel rooms available in the area.

Earlier in the year, the Department of Licenses & Inspections told NBC10 in January they’d essentially be looking the other way in enforcing rental license rules during the pope’s trip.

The rental law will go into effect July 1.