Positively Philadelphia: Students Design New Sleep Products
"The challenge was for the students to design a memory foam sleep product suitable for retail."
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Police Step Up Enforcement of Bike Laws in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Police Department has begun an education and enforcement campaign targeting the city's most aggressive cyclists -- those riders who violate the motor vehicle code.
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Trial Ordered for 3 Accused of Dogfighting in Phila.
A Philadelphia Criminal Court judge has found that there is enough evidence for three defendants to stand trial on charges that they operated a dogfighting ring.
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Local Sci-Fi Group Holds Its 74th Annual Convention
A large science fiction and horror conference is under way in South Jersey, and organizers say it has something for the whole family.
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Oprah's Planned Exit May Send ABC Affiliates Scrambling
Perhaps no one is sadder about Oprah Winfrey's departure from daily daytime television than the ABC Network's local stations around the country. The entertainment diva's move could, for example, have a huge impact on WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.
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Sidelight of Teachers' Strike in Montco: Food for the Poor
While schoolteachers continue their strike against Barrack Hebrew Academy in Bryn Mawr, some of their students spent one day of the unplanned vacation doing something helpful for the area's kosher Jewish community.
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In South Jersey, A Wealth of Adoptions on Adoption Day
November 20th is National Adoption Day, and this year in Burlington County, NJ, they marked the occasion by honoring 17 families who are newly approved for their lifelong commitments in the name of love.
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Valero Oil Is Shutting Down Its Delaware Plant
Valero Energy says it is permanently closing its Delaware oil refinery, where 550 workers will lose their jobs.
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Acme Markets, Workers' Union Working on New Deal
Talks aimed at averting a threatened strike against 28 Acme supermarkets in South Jersey and lower Bucks County are set to resume on Friday Morning.
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Drexel Health Center Helping Smokers Kick the Habit
Drexel University's family health center in North Philadelphia marked Thursday's annual "Great American Smokeout Day" with a celebration of its own successes in helping people kick the habit.
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Free Tutoring Service Begging for Students to Teach
Free is a good price but a federally-funded program of free tutoring in Philadelphia goes begging for customers.
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Broadcast Pioneers of Phila Induct 2009 Hall of Famers
The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia hosts its annual Hall of Fame dinner on Friday evening. Among the inductees, someone who you’re probably quite familiar with -- at least if you listen to KYW Newsradio every morning.
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Eagles Assist in Giving Phila. Children Free Eye Exams
Children can get free eye exams and even glasses on Friday, and the Philadelphia Eagles are helping to make it possible.
You don't need to make an appointment, and you don't need to have insurance.
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Pat's Outdoor Seating is Finally Legal, Geno's to Follow
One of Philadelphia's most revered purveyors of cheese steaks -- Pat's Steaks -- is finally legal, and its longtime rival Geno's is on its way to becoming so.
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Jay Lloyd's Getaway: Thanksgiving in Canada
If you’re thinking about a non-traditional Thanksgiving, KYW's Jay Lloyd has a getaway idea that might just inspire you to give up the turkey.
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