RIDLEY PARK, Pa. (CBS) – Delaware County Health experts expect another busy tick season. They’re urging people to take precautions while spending time outdoors. A specialist from the Delaware County Health Department dragged a net through a state park on Tuesday morning to collect ticks for testing. The blood-sucking parasites can spread a variety of …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — You’ll find paper and paints and other traditional art supplies in most schools, but at West Philadelphia High School, students are learning to create art with a different kind of ink. Ms. Taylor Dixon is an English teacher at the school and teaches a new elective, tattooing. The course is the first …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Friday’s weather in the Philadelphia region is off to a cloudy but dry start before potential showers roll in for the early evening. Skies will likely get grayer as the day goes on and a front approaches from the west. A few breaks of sun could happen but for most of us …
Overturned dump truck closes southbound lanes of Northeast Extension Overturned dump truck closes southbound lanes of Northeast Extension 01:49 QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (CBS) – The left southbound lane of the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Quakertown has reopened after a dump truck overturned, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, but delays are expected. Update # 2: CRASH #PaTurnpike …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — George and Lori Schappell, who were the world’s oldest living conjoined twins, died April 7 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, according to their obituary. Born Sept. 18, 1961, in West Reading, Pa., the twins were 62 years and 202 days old, nine years older than the second-oldest …
Philadelphia high school robotics team achieves remarkable milestone Philadelphia high school robotics team achieves remarkable milestone 04:38 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – William Bodine High School in Northern Liberties is one of a few schools in the area set to represent Philadelphia at the FIRST Robotics Competition World Championship in Texas. The team’s name is the International Affairs robotics …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Three people were shot at the end of a Ramadan event with around 1,000 people in attendance in West Philadelphia’s Parkside section Wednesday afternoon, according to police. It happened at 47th Street and Girard Avenue at around 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said five people are in custody, including a …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Do you have to spend more to get the quality food you need for your pet’s health? According to veterinary experts, the answer is not necessarily. As Pennsylvania SPCA animal advocate Carol Erickson explains, the higher price of premium pet food brands does not necessarily mean the nutritional value is better. It’s …
NEXT Weather: Weekend weather improves NEXT Weather: Weekend weather improves 03:41 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Friday’s 4.8 magnitude earthquake in northern New Jersey is the strongest centered in the Garden State in centuries. Not since what is believed to have been a 5.3 magnitude quake shook the New Jersey Highlands in 1783. The quake was centered 60 …
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The Franklin Institute is prepared to help Philadelphians view the upcoming solar eclipse safely. The museum is ready to hold a free viewing party, complete with solar filter tents, telescopes and much more. “I’ve been calling it a sun-block party,” Adam Piazza, the museum’s experiences producer, said. “This is the biggest (eclipse) for …