Monthly Archives: June, 2012

God, electric football help save father of five

Al Harvey with the Cowboys (left), plays William Chalmers with the Jaguars (right) during the annual NEFL Superbowl, while Ernie Grice times them, Saturday,...

Keep calm and carry on: McGee ready to lead

Jenna McGee (right), 16, helps Madison Mulka, 12, during a softball camp at Archbishop Ryan High School. Jenna is a key softball player on...

The Wright way

(from the left) Jon, 22, Jake, 17, Luke, 15, and Zac Wright, 19, at Washington High School, Friday, June 22, 2012, Philadelphia, Pa. Jake...

Pets of the Week (June 27, 2012)

Give him a Bear hugBear is a medium-sized, 1- to 2-year-old male Staffordshire mix who is staying at Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control, at 111...

Tributes to a fallen officer

Police Officer Robert S. Hayes’s son Ryan Hayes speaks to the crowd who attended the revealing of a mural dedicated in Officer Hayes’s memory.He...

Charred body found in Tacony Creek Park

Police are trying to identify the charred remains of a man who was bound to a fence and set on fire in Tacony Creek...

Bill would force benefit recipients to prove their citizenship

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week approved a bill that would require state residents to prove that they are in the United States...

Congresswoman wants to beef up ban on veterans discrimination

U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz last week introduced legislation to strengthen an existing law that prohibits workplace discrimination against veterans returning from service.Schwartz (D-13th dist.), in...

I-95 project lands $212 million contract

Northeast Philadelphia will be the site of the most expensive construction contract in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s history — a $212.3 million effort to rebuild...

Wild ride will land drunken driver in state prison

Dozens of Tacony families will never forget Kathleen Amato, the belligerent drunken driver who horrified parents and children last September when she tore through...
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