TWO LOCAL WOMEN CHARGED IN FAIRMOUNT PARK MURDER
39-year-old Shavon Armstrong and 28-year-old Shintele Smith has turned themselves in to police for the murder of 26 year old Toy Charda Bryant who was found handcuffed, stabbed, and shot on the 5300 block of Georges Hill Drive, near the Mann Center last week.
Police say it appears Bryant owed her assailants $800 and could not pay up. They also say it turns out the three women were friends.
MINIVAN PULLED FROM DELAWARE RIVER
Search crews pulled a minivan from the Delaware River in South Philadelphia early Sunday morning.
Witnesses tell police they saw the driver of a silver 2007 Buick Terraza going eastbound on Oregon Avenue at Columbus Boulevard at a high rate of speed, hit a metal fence, and heard a splash of water.
There was no one in the vehicle when it was pulled to the surface.
Philadelphia Takes Action With pre-K expansion
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The city of Philadelphia has officially begun its search for educational partners to expand pre-K programs after Mayor Kenney signed the sweetened beverage tax legislation into law.
With the soda tax set to take effect next January at 1.5 cents-per-ounce on select beverages, the city anticipates raising an estimated $91 million in revenue in 2017. Over the next five years, the Kenney administration projects the tax will generate $410 million.
Source: 6abc.com
