November 5, 2025
The Philadelphia Distance Run to Cause Road Closures and Detours on Sunday PHILADELPHIA — On Sunday, September 21, 2025, the Philadelphia Distance Run 5K and Half Marathon will cause significant road closures and traffic disruptions in the city. The event will affect major roads including Kelly Drive, Falls Bridge, Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, and…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross SEPTA is getting the funding they need by using money they already have. In a move to stave off any more cuts and court dates, Governor Josh Shapiro is allowing SEPTA to use up to $394 Million they had squirreled away ,earmarked for capital improvements. This means the transit agency will…
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Harrisburg, PA) – Senator Art Haywood (D-4) is stepping in to help students stranded by devastating SEPTA service cuts that were allowed to take effect under Republican leadership in the State Senate. Senator Haywood has partnered with Martin Luther King High School and Building 21 in Northwest Philadelphia to deliver brand-new bicycles for students. The school leadership…
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Kate Huangpu and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — As another acrimonious week ends in Pennsylvania without a finished budget, Democrats and Republicans…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross You can blame the Democrats or Republicans, or both. The bottomline is that there has been no deal on public transportation funding, which means locally, SEPTA will be making cuts to service . The cuts will come just as students are starting to go back to school. Some bus routes will…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross On June 24, 2025, Jonathan “Jon” Beaulieu, 32, of Philadelphia really had to get on an airplane. He bypassed a line and then walked up to a security guard who was guarding an exit only lane. Beauieu told the guard he left is phone in the secured area. The guard tried…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross On March 9 2024, David Easley, 39, of Georgia, had a ticket to fly from Philadelphia International Airport to Atlanta. Easley was in the airport in Philly when he did not want to go past airport security. He had in his possession an airport security badge to get him into restricted…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross SEPTA and other public transportation agencies across the state need more money. It is imperative that they get that funding to survive and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis was in Croydon to talk about that very subject. “Without additional funding, bus routes will be eliminated and Regional Rail Service would be curtailed….
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ALEX LLOYD GROSS FILE PHOTO- DELAWARE VALLEY NEWS.COM Military vehicles drive through a parade i by Alex Lloyd Gross Traffic in Center City will be bad tomorrow. The Army will celebrate their 250th birthday and there will be a No Kings rally that could turn into a major civil unrest, as people [protest against President…
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June 3, 2025 by Dan Doyle- Commuters on a SEPTA’s Regional Rail faced a frightening moment Tuesday morning when a fire broke out aboard an inbound Trenton Line train near the Levittown-Tullytown Station. The fire, reported around 7:15 a.m. on the roof of the train, prompted a swift response from emergency crews. Approximately 100 passengers…
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