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The KYW Newsradio All-Local, Saturday, January 4, 2025 (Midday Edition)

Last night's snowfall was just a tease for what's about to come. A big winter storm is moving across the country and we are expected to get some of it beginning late Sunday night.

A couple was crossing the street in the Queen Village neighborhood of South Philly last night (fri), when police say a turning SEPTA bus hit them and killed a 35-year-old man. According to officials this happened just after 7 as a Route 64 bus was turning onto Washington Avenue from Front Street.

It was graduation day yesterday for K-9 class #128 at the Philadelphia Police Training Center in Northeast Philly.

Jason Kelce made his debut as a late night host in a star-studded show filmed here in Philadelphia.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2024 (morning edition):

The region is bracing for its first significant snowfall of the year. We got a dusting Friday but another developing storm could bring a larger amount of snow late Sunday night into Monday. PennDOT and other local agencies are gearing up in response.

Philadelphia’s Office of Homeless Services is looking for volunteers to help with the yearly census of people living on the street.

A couple was struck by a SEPTA bus while crossing a street in South Philly Friday.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike launches a new way to collect tolls on Sunday.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local - Friday, January 3, 2024 (Evening Edition)

People in the region are bracing for winter weather in this weekend's forecast, including a big storm expected to hit late Sunday into Monday.

Police have identified the victim of a deadly shooting Thursday in Frankford, the city's second homicide of 2025.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike launches a new way to collect tolls this weekend.

People who live in parts of Chester County say tiny flies that feed on networks of mushrooms grown in the area are invading their homes.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (midday edition):

The Philadelphia area is expected to get a double dose of winter weather in the next few days, starting with snow that could hamper the Friday afternoon and evening commute.

A 6-year-old boy was killed and more than a dozen other residents and first responders were injured in an apartment complex fire in Ewing Township, New Jersey.

Police say an argument escalated and a man stabbed another man with a box cutter on a SEPTA bus in Old City.

Your family and close friends might have given you more than gifts and season’s greetings last month. Through December and into the new year, cases of norovirus, a common stomach bug, have been surging to the highest levels in more than a decade nationwide.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (morning edition):

SEPTA says about 100,000 student, senior and paratransit fare cards were encoded with the wrong expiration date, causing them to stop working in 2025.

Workers at the Whole Foods in Philadelphia’s Spring Garden neighborhood will vote, later this month, on whether to join the United Food and Commercial Workers, in an election that holds high stakes for the workers and the organic grocery chain.

For those who choose to experience January sans alcohol, Haddon Township’s bars and restaurants have plenty of options.

Two of the New Orleans truck attack victims had ties to the region. They were friends who played football together at Princeton. One of them was killed and the other - a Lansdale, Montgomery county native - survived.

Look for slow traffic on the Schuylkill Expressway tomorrow (Friday) as PennDOT repairs storm drains along the highway.

The owner of a popular Bucks County farm is facing criminal charges after more than 100 animals needed to be rescued last summer.

A New Jersey Appellate Court has overturned a previous ruling that would have stripped a former police chief of his pension.

Two victims of the truck attack in New Orleans were Princeton grads. One victim died, the other victim from Lansdale was badly inured.

Mummers history was made New Year's Day as 2 clubs tied for Top String Band.

Expect to see plenty of Eagles backups this weekend against the Giants.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025 (morning edition):

Two of the victims of the New Orleans attack — in which a U.S. Army veteran drove into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in the French Quarter, killing 15 people — had ties to the greater Philadelphia region. The two friends played football together at Princeton University.

With a focus on safety following a tragedy in New Orleans, the 2025 Mummers Parade blew through a windy Philadelphia on Wednesday. Thousands celebrated New Year’s Day on South Broad Street with about 10,000 performers.

No rushing record for Saquon Barkley. Nick Sirianni announced he will rest the star running back and many other starters in the regular season finale against the Giants.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 (morning edition):

Philadelphia's 124-year-old tradition, the Mummers Parade, gets underway today.

Pennsylvania legislators said Tuesday they’ll once again try to increase the state’s minimum wage in 2025.

Officials in Montgomery County have charged a mother and caretaker with neglect and related charges in the death of a 21-year-old care-dependent man. Police also have an arrest warrant for the man's father.

The KYW Newsradio All-Local on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 (morning edition):

Two men are in critical condition after a corner store robbery turned into a gunfight.

A 23-year-old man is dead after a shootout in Kensington last night.

A string of car vandalisms plaguing two streets in Northeast Philly has neighbors demanding answers and more protection from police and elected officials.

Crews at the Navy Yard are loading the fireworks for the New Year’s Eve shows that will light up the sky over Penn’s Landing.

The Phillies fan group known as the Phandemic Krew raised $10,000 for the Pennsylvania SPCA over the 2024 baseball season.