The KYW Newsradio All-Local for Sunday, June 9, 2024 (Midday Edition):
- Combining brunch and baseball, because of the time difference, the Phillies played the second game in their first ever series in London. KYW’s Justin Udo was hanging with some hometown fans.
- Students at Philadelphia’s Science Leadership Academy were honored by C-SPAN, for their entry in a documentary competition. The story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.
- The city's 49th annual Odunde Festival, the largest African American street festival in North America, is underway in South Philadelphia. The free, outdoor festival, rooted in West African culture features a variety of vendors, craftspeople, artists, and performers, headlined by R&B group Dru Hill.
- In West Philly on Saturday, all kinds of music was performed on the front porch. KYW’s Nigel Thompson was there for Porchfest.
- The Kimmel Center is honoring a famous Philadelphia singer and civil rights icon. Its main music hall, Verizon Hall, is now re-dedicated as Marian Anderson Hall.
- He's got a World Weries ring from 2008, and now the august Belmont Trophy for winning the third jewel in horse racing's triple crown. Former Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth is co-owner of Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch.