A joint Senate and Assembly select committee held a special hearing in Trenton Friday to get answers on what is driving up utility bills for New Jersey residents. KYW Newsradio South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty.(photo credit: Getty Images)

As repair on a fuel pipeline leak begins in Bucks County, residents are concerned for their health and the environment. Construction on the Market Street bridge over the Schuylkill River will mean major traffic headaches in 2026. And we say farewell to the longest tenured Eagles player, Brandon Graham, who just announced his retirement. Matt Leon a…

A Philadelphia man charged with stabbing his wife and mother-in-law to death inside their Lawncrest home last May will spend decades in prison after pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in a deal with prosecutors. KYW Newsradio's Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson has the story.(photo credit: Philadelphia Police Department)…

In January, 27-year-old Giovanni Impellizzeri admitted to urinating in food bowls and rubbing his private parts on cooking utensils at the Elizabeth Moore School in Upper Deerfield in 2023, then posting a video of his actions online. He also pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual abuse material.(photo credit: Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Offic…

Drivers on the westbound Schuylkill Expressway should expect delays this weekend. The highway is closing near Grays Ferry at 9 p.m. Friday. KYW's Mike DeNardo reports.(photo credit: Geetarism/Getty Images)

Philadelphia police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man seen on surveillance video breaking into and burglarizing a bar in the Olney section of the city. It happened this past Tuesday around 5:30 in the morning.The video shows a man going through a window of the Chihuahua Bar, along Fifth Street near Lindley Avenue, and then cleaning…

Police in Bucks County say a gym membership helped them track down a man accused of carving a swastika into the side of a Tesla.The vandalism happened on Wednesday morning in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness in Doylestown.The man was captured on the car's side parking cameras scratching the side of the car.Police say he then walked into the gym …

A communion wafer that turned red had an entire congregation in Morris, Indiana thinking it was a miracle. It turned out to be... kind of gross instead. The archdiocese had the wafer tested at a lab, and it turned out the red stuff wasn’t the blood of Christ, but rather a colony of bacteria that usually turns up when people don’t wash their hands. …

The long-running Media Film Festival kicks off in Delaware County this weekend. KYW Newsradio’s Justin Udo has more.(photo credit: Sunguk Moon/Getty Images)

Newly released police body camera video shows the arrest of a South Jersey mayor accused of driving drunk while her 2-year-old son was in the back seat.

Health officials in Bucks County are warning of a possible measles exposure at a Starbucks in Newtown.Officials said an infected person visited the Starbucks at 2896 S. Eagle Road while they might have been contagious. It happened between 10:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 19.Health officials said the infected individual is an adult who lives in Bu…

You'll once again get to give a Philly "yo!" to people in Ireland, Poland, and Lithuania. The Portal -- that livestreaming art installation -- reopens today in LOVE Park.It's been wrapped in a tarp since last month after someone stole copper wires from it, and its screen was smashed with a rock.The Portal will be moved in a few weeks to a new locat…

A church in Kensington went up in flames early Friday morning. Residents of three homes and a nursing home next door had to evacuate. KYW Newsradio’s Conner Barkon reports from the scene.

The treatment of high blood pressure is changing. KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has more.

The charges are piling up against a former Allentown police officer who the Lehigh District Attorney says now faces a second set of rape charges stemming from his time as a Vice Cop in the Lehigh Valley. KYW's Matt Coughlin has the details.(Photo Credit: Neil Strebig/York Daily Record)

More excitement for sports fans today with the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament getting underway. Many fans are placing their bets and that has some experts concerned. They warn that anxiety can accompany that need for a win, and could lead to problems.KYW Community Impact Reporter Racquel Williams has more.(Photo Credit: Elsa…

Members of Philadelphia city council’s minority party offered three new tax bills at Thursday's session.KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports.(Photo Credit: Chris Mansfield and Ta'Liyah Thomas/PHL City Council)

The Philadelphia School District will have to dip into its reserve fund to balance the budget next year. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.(Photo Credit: Holli Stephens/KYW Newsradio)

Authorities in Camden County say a man was arrested and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material. KYW South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty tells us this arrest is part of an increased effort to chase down tips.(Photo Credit: Doug Hood/USA TODAY NETWORK)

A season of massive expectations for the Phillies is underway down in D.C.Here in Philly, the fans are excited, hopeful, and maybe a little nervous. KYW Newsradio's Vik Raghupathi is with dozens of them at Chickie’s and Pete’s.(Photo Credit: Vik Raghupathi/KYW Newsradio)

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is pushing back against a Trump Administration decision to cancel a contract that pays farmers to stock food banks, calling the decision “abrupt” and “unlawful.” KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports.(Photo Credit: York Daily Record-USA TODAY NETWORK)

Allied Universal, one of the largest security firms in the world, is laying off employees in Conshohocken.KYW Newsradio's Matt Coughlin has more.(Photo Credit: Allied Universal)

It all starts for real today!The Phillies open the 2025 season in Washington, D.C. against the Nationals at 4:05. And some Phillies fans plan to invade Nationals Park to cheer for the Fightin's.KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo reports.(Photo Credit: Harry How/Getty Images)

A student at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School in Montgomery County found graffiti with a swastika and racial slurs in a bathroom.In a letter to parents, the principal and superintendent condemned the hate speech and said the messages have been removed.They’re still trying to figure out who did it.

A split verdict in the perjury case against three long-retired Philadelphia homicide detectives accused of lying under oath during the retrial of a man convicted of rape and murder.KYWs Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson has more from the criminal justice center.

A 9-year-old boy was taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries after police in South Jersey say two school buses collided this morning. It happened near Taylor Road and Reed Avenue in Franklin Township, Gloucester County. KYW Newsradio's South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has the latest.

A South Jersey woman who had already been charged with abusing an infant and a toddler at her in-home day care has now been accused of mistreating four other children. KYW Newsradio’s Vik Raghupathi reports.

The Flyers have fired head coach John Tortorella. Associate coach Brad Shaw will take over as interim head coach. (Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images)

The University of Pennsylvania Health System is eliminating about 300 positions. A spokesperson says more than 100 of the positions being cut were either vacant or held by employees who had already announced plans to retire in the coming months. The spokesperson says no patient care services or programs will be discontinued.…

Bryn Athyn College is ending its athletics program. The school in Montgomery County says the costs are "unsustainable." Bryn Athyn will move all 11 of its NCAA Division III sports teams to the club level at the end of the year, meaning they will be student-run and student-funded. (Photo credit: Bryn Athyn Athletics)…

A new report takes a look at the impact of food insecurity on people’s health. KYW medical editor Dr. Brian McDonough has more.

The wait for Phillies baseball is almost over. KYW Newsradio's Dave Uram has more from the newsroom. (Photo credit: Kim Klement Neitzel/Imagn Images)

President Trump announced a 25% tariff on auto imports in a move he says will bolster manufacturing in the U.S. Trump claims it will spur growth, but experts say American consumers will end up paying the extra costs. KYW Newsradio’s Conner Barkon reports. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Philadelphia City Council questioned some of Mayor Parker’s tax proposals in day two of budget hearings on Wednesday. KYW Newsradio City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports one proposal that generated a lot of discussion was the elimination of a small business exemption to the business tax.

A former infectious disease physician who admitted to trying to set a 99-year-old woman’s home on fire to get back at a romantic rival is sentenced to time behind bars in a Montgomery County jail. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports.

Philadelphia police say the officer who was shot and wounded last week during a scuffle outside Friends Hospital was accidentally struck by friendly fire. KYW Newsradio's Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson has the details.(Photo: NBC10)

Two County Council seats are up for grabs in Delaware County this November.As KYW Newsradio's Justin Udo tells us, Democrats are making a push to keep control of all five seats and that’s starting with May’s primary.(Image: Getty Images)

New Jersey lawmakers have passed a law that would require more oversight and accountability at so-called sober living homes, where people who are struggling with addiction can go to get help.KYW Newsradio South Jersey reporter Mike Dougherty has details.

Free parking is about to be a thing of the past in some Center City loading zones. The Philadelphia Parking Authority is launching a new automated enforcement program, as we hear from KYW Newsradio's Mike DeNardo.

Will Smith is a Philadelphia legend, a rapper, actor and film producer who has won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, four Grammy' — and on Wednesday, he added another accomplishment to his list. Smith was on hand as the city renamed a street near his former high school in his honor. KYW Newsradio's Matt Coughlin was there.…

Police say they now know who they are looking for but need the public's help in finding a teenager wanted in connection with the shooting death of another teen on a SEPTA bus in West Philadelphia over the weekend.KYW Newsradio's John McDevitt reports.

The Philly Portal art installation will reopen at LOVE Park in a matter of days after it was shut down because of repeated vandalism. KYW Newsradio's Conner Barkon was in University City where officials revealed some details on its relocation.

A Philadelphia jury is deciding whether three long-time Philadelphia homicide detectives committed perjury during the homicide retrial of a man accused of stabbing a woman to death decades ago. KYW Newsradio's crime and justice reporter Kristen Johanson has the latest.

In 2021, hospitals started seeing increasing numbers of patients coming in with sepsis from wounds in different parts of their bodies. Some were so severe, amputation was required. The culprit? Xylazine replacing fentanyl as the drug of choice in Kensington.

Looks like we live in one of the best areas in the country. The website Niche is out with its 2025 list of best places to live in America, and three Pennsylvania suburbs near Philly are in the top 15.Chesterbrook in Chester County is the highest in the region, coming in at No. 3 overall. And, it's rated as the best suburb in the entire country.The …

Mike Waltz, Trump's national security adviser, admitted he created the Signal group chat where top administration officials discussed attacking the Houthis in Yemen. But on Fox News, he claimed he didn't know that a journalist was added to the chat and attacked the journalist's credibility. ABC News national correspondent Steven Portnoy has more. (…

Will Smith is returning to West Philadelphia, where a street will be named after him today. The 2000 block of North 59th Street in Overbrook will be renamed Will Smith Way.Philadelphia City Council members passed a resolution recognizing Smith's accomplishments in the entertainment industry along with his charitable contributions and advocacy for s…

There’s no strike at Community College of Philadelphia after the faculty union and the school reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. KYW Newsradio's Tim Jimenez reports live on campus with the story.

It appears a Democrat pulled off a major upset win in the state Senate election in Lancaster County. Trump won this district by 15 points in November. The unofficial total gives Democrat James Malone a narrow 500-vote lead over Republican Josh Parsons. A Malone win would narrow the Republican majority in the state Senate to 27-23.A Democrat also wo…

Washington Township Public Schools has appointed an interim superintendent after the current leader was suspended last week amid clashes over the district budget. KYW Newsradio’s Vik Raghupathi reports.