Robberies. I live right up the , Jamestown Square apartments, my you bring your kids in here . All the time. And this is scary. We have taken what is a very dangerous individual off the streets. And we can tell you that walls is officially charged in two of these nine crimes so far but they do believe ballistics testing on that gun they recovered will link him to the other crimes, including one in hamilton township, Mercer County and an attempted robbery in eve sham. That night, the clerk noticed masked men outside the store and locked the door, that was the same clerk who was tied up with zip ties when they returned the next intoity to carry out the crime. Live in gloucester township, im cydney long, nbc 10 news. After twos and humidity, the rains moved in now. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, Sheena Parveen is tracking that threat. The best chance for thunderstorms at this point would mostly be in parts of delaware, watching the rain as it continues pushing to the south. Philadelphia is seeing a lot of clearing, south spotgvierainfal maurice river. This area of rain will continue to slide to the south, moving into cape may n ofthjersey. L anduch ilank p delaware, for the most part right now, is fairly dry, spotty e, not moving ou, but one very quickly. As it does move, it is kin of rebuilding and not making much progress, either way, still on a track toward delaware, does hold together, it does appear it will slide south of dover, good for the fire fly Music Festival. Denton by about 6 00, seifert, 6 30 if it holds together. At this point, we are seeing the rain slowly shifting to the south. Heres one area that has already improved through the day, up in the poconos, very different picture. This is the dry air that we will see tonight and tomorrow. So take a close look at that forecast, continue tracking the rain, coming up. Storms that moved through our region overnight did damage in bucks county. Up tn f on crew found this largh allentown road in from cag 17 b bersville. No one was hurt. Firefighters were delayed getting to the scene because of debris and downed wires in the road. Lightning may be to blame for this house fire in shall fant, bucks county. Owner heard a loud boom before they smelled smoke at 3 30 this morning. Smoke was coming from the roof. Everyone made it out okay. The fire marshal in Chester County believes lightning sparked this house fair in highland township, but investigators respect sure if it struck the house or tree firster. Any case, the fire destroyed this twostory home on martin road near East Friendship church road. No one was home here when the fire broke out. With the chance of showers and storms tonight, count on the first alert weather app to bring you instant alerts and updates. Track storms with the realtime radar, download the free app on our website, nbc10. Com. Nbc 10 following a developing story out of Atlantic City this afternoon. Revel casino hotel filed for bankruptcy again, the second time since opening in 2012. Executives revel say the casino will shut down unless it can find a buyer. Workers got warning letters today. Those employees could be out of a job by august 18th. The casino is owned by developers investors, i should same revel hasnt turned a profit since it opened more than two years ago. New information tonight about the new jersey turnpike crash that severely injured comedian tracy morgan and killed his friend. The driver of the tractor trailer that plowed into morgans limousine van was speeding in the final moments before that crash. The National Transportation safety board released those details today in its preliminary report. The speed limit was reduced from 65 to 45, approach willinging a construction zone. Walmart drive repr waviefor t hing ventonsideeaai n,di 7 crash. Morguen is still in fair condition with a broken leg and other injuries. Roper pleaded not guilty to a charge of death by auto and assault by auto. A criminal complaint accuses him of not sleeping for more than 2 liolaon of an newenaites in a double shooting in southwest philadelphia. This morning, skyforce10 over the scene the 2,000 block of south simpson street. One man in critical condition. The other in stable condition. No word on a motive in that shooting. More than a dozen men busted in a major child porn sweep in berks county this afternoon, berks county districts attorney announced the arrests of 13 men, ra ranging in age from 17 to 65, chd argeth possession and distributing child porn. Detectives confirm one of those arrested is 47yearold dr. Steven schwartz, a reading area neurosurgeon. Nbc 10 spoke with the mother of 22yearold suspect, william floor ranee. Williams a good kid . Yes, yes. All 13 suspect were arrested or turned themselves in. From our south jersey bureau, a couple is in custody, accused of Human Trafficking of a teenager. Police say the pair prostituted a 16yearold girl, offering Sexual Services on a website. Police arrested the couple. Three children are in the custody of the state. Developing news out of Philadelphia City council. Bill passed this afternoon that changes the penalty it is youre caught witmarijuana. Right now, Police Arrest anyone they find with marijuana. This measure changes that for anyone caught with less than an ounce. Or an ounce or less. Those people would face a 25 fine. It would be card civil offense instead of a criminal one. People are being arrested for time bag or a couple of joints in their pocket, what they are being locked up for. Nobody carries around an ounce of pot. Councilman jim kenny will send philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter a letter, asking him to sign the bill into law, but the mayor says this bill can be difficult to adopt. You will hear from mayor nutter at 6 00. New at 5 00, gloucester township is launching a new initiative aimed at stopping the cycle of heroin abuse and the crimes that result from addiction. It is called project save. Ifdrr be es atrt couris first time sons le once e he became aic s. Court, donwtothldrenis idi t out b the tree ises. We are openg doors, giving them a chance to recovery. And a chance to live their life and understand that we do care about them. The Holistic Program will cost the municipality about 8,000 to begin. It consider it is a lifesaving investment. Drugrelat eath he stollbooosiveaeheacre. Ls aa dduk,th. Use for ti accditatind mayo tor erms cbu oclthe o w p museumin ti csr se ] bet maan to o t ol he ine iter eaasf ioop. Tout t whiteseecithug inndnis to people,wahilades. The council. How the recent heat turned deadly in our area. A scare in the air, a commercial plane has to turn around after striking something in the sky. Also, a level playing field. The brandnew local law that gives all quids a chance at sports, a real game changer. Concert concerns. Nbc 10 live at a big fourday Music Festival in delaware. Crowd of thousands and how organizers are preparing for whatever Mother Nature may send their way. And a crash caught on camera, a motorcycle rider goes head over heels after colliding with a car and he wasnt wearing a helmet. Whats really remarkable is what happened afterwards. Now to the developing crisis in iraq. President obama announcing a plan to send up to 300 American Military visoadvise advisors tot up joint Operations Centers there the president s announce came after a parked vehicle exploded in a shiite neighborhood of baghdad today a least three people were killed. No ones claimed responsibility, but the militant group, isis, has vowed to take its fight to baghdad. Today, the president said the military is ready to take precise and targeted agos in iraq but mr. Obama stressed again he will not send u. S. Ground combat troops ithe coun theres no military solution inside iraq, certainly not one led by the united states. The 300 military advisers the president announced today would join about 275 other troops already being positioned in and around iraq. Now, we are monitoring how the iraq situation is affecting gas prices here at home as well. The National Average for a gallon of gas is at 3. 67. That, by the way, the highest for this time of year since 2008. The National Average will soon likely surpass this years high of 370 a gallon and this is the time of year gas prices usually drop. We have seen our fair share of a rainy day today, this afternoon, much of the area. Light rain moving south a chance of a thunderor iladphia, the dirg rig will c into tomorrow. For part of the week, we have thunderstorms around, does look like the threat will be part of the area, most of the weekend looks gokod a l from the comcast building in center city, we are seeing nice conditions now compared to what we had earlier today. A little bit of sunshine trying to peek through, as far as the rain is concerned, maybe a little light rain at the airport, all shifting to the south of philadelphia now. 72 degrees is the temperature, so, a little cooler with all the clouds and rain around today. Locally on radar, a lot of the rain thats been trying to move through is also breaking up at the same time. Through south jersey, all the rain around the area, cape may county, moving toward dennis this is more moderate rain, where the yellow, the lighter rain through atlantic county, parts of cumberland county, this is more on the lighter side, where you see the green this is all shift willing to the south. The rain near dover has broken up, so, that is good for everyone in do everier, the fire fly Music Festival, still watching the heavy rain and the lightning south of baltimore. This is still trying to move to the south southeast, but at this point, it does appear that should be sliding away from the area, if it does continue to hold together, it could be near seifert by 6 30, at this point, watching the dry air moving in. Made an improvement down to the south with the rain ending, the drier air really in place across the area. Heres what it looks like up in the poconos right now. This is pretty much proof of what the dry air is going to do come tomorrow. So heres what it looks like at the french manor in the blowing knowsing, dig difference than we had today, a lot of clearing, sunshine and tomorrow is going to be a really nice day, too, future weather is taking the rains, pushing it to the south, the dry air keeps moving in, gradual clearing through the late night hours tonight, then tomorrow, the humidity will be a lot lower, that will make it feel more comfortable, going into the weekend, more cloud cover starts to move in for part of your day on saturday, the best rain chances will be south of the area, but overall, most of the weekend looks good, even if you are going to the shore, starting with tomorrow, upper 70s, we will see sunshine and low humidity, saturday, we could have a chance of a thunderstorm, but either way, going to be nice shall as we even out the weekend along the shore. For tonight, see showers continuing to move to the south, the dry air moves in for everyone as we go late tonight. Tomorrow, more sunshine, less humidity, temperatures mid to low 80s. Then as we go into saturday, chance of a shower, mostly south of philadelphia, 80 for the high temperature, sunday, sunny and nice and that carries of near monday. In delawaring, Health Officials say the state has its first heatrelated death of the year. A 56yearold man from Sussex County died, in part, due to heat exposure. The medical Examiners Office says the man had an existing medical condition, which may have contributed to his death. Since memorial day weekend, aaa says seven kids across the country died of heat stroke after they were left alone in hot cars. The agency is reminding everyone as we head into the summer that even with the windows partially opened, the inside of a car can still heat up quickly, to deadly temperatures. Just yesterday, police say a toddler in atlanta, georgia, died after he was left in a hot car. Investigators say the childs father was supposed to bring him to day care but he apparently forgot the child was still strapped in his car seat and went to work instead. Freeholders in ocean county, new jersey, are saying no thanks to a state plan to shift responsibility of main taping beaches from municipalities to the county. The freeholders say they oppose the legislation because they say individual municipality does a great job taking care of beaches and they know how to best serve the public. They passed a resolution now saying just that and its being sent to governor christie and state lawmakers. A strip club and a convent, very close together and you might imagine, it is causing some problems. Tonight, the efforts by a group of nuns to drive exotic dancers out of their neighborhood. Also, marking a milestone, a small local airport has a big number to brag about tonight. The new regional record it set and what its doing to reward someone who made it all possible. And attacked with ammonia, the pooch that was doused with the chemical and the surprise suspect now charged with torturing that dog. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Yeah. Everybody knows that. Did you know there is an oldest trick in the book . What . Trick number one. Lookest over there. Ha ha. Madeest thou look. So endeth the trick. Hey. Yes. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you. Well, you know. A Southwest Airlines flight bound for houston went took tampa after a plane hit a flock of birds yesterday. You might see here, the birds did damage, knocking off a piece of the planes wing. Tampa International Airport spokesperson says the pilot wasnt comfortable continuing with the flight. No one was hurt here. Also, from floridas west coast, real scare for a motorcyclist. He slammed into a car an was catapulted into the air. Take a look. This video was captured by a Traffic Camera in clearwater. Police say the motorcycle rider made an improper left turn as another car came speeding through the intersection. Motorcycli motorcyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, walked away unharmed. Like nothing happened. Wow. A texas mother is in jail after police say she let six children ride on the hood and trunk of her car after a day of swimming tuesday. Four of the children were sent to the hospital after they were thrown off that moving car. Police say she and another mom let their kids ride on top of the cars so they wouldnt get the seats wet. Witnesses saw emts working, treating one victim. From what i saw, i never saw her move. They had to do everything to get her on the stretcher and everything like that, so, it was really really scary. One of the children is still in the hospital with a serious head injury. The mother is charged with intoxication and assault. And to this, a Staten Island woman accused of dousing her ighbors dog with ammonia because he barked too much. Police say theoman l t with amm rocky suffered ulcers in both eyes, may have permanent loss of sight. Neighbors charged with felony animal cruelty and torture. A group of nuns in suburban chicago took to the streets to protest a strip club. The sisters of st. Charles marched yesterday to try to close club allure, which happens to be right behind their building buildi. The club has to be 1,000 feet from the house of worship. Property line to Property Line no distance, flush with their property. I think wit the lawsuit, if its upheld, the law, the two feet the ot buerthen iou we just need the courts to uphold that he clubs owners say the lawsuit is a misuse of the Justice System and that they tried to create an establishment that wld not disturb those who live around it. Well, tonight, up in smoke. The effortso contain a massive fire at a pennsylvania recyclin facili. Ging i fornehourr works hout r coittenseat r f badval. O hrs autir with small amount of a bill just passed through city council calling for just that. Marijuana . That story coming up at 6 00. Male announcer commemorate the war of 1812 bicentennial and join our traveling celebration as the Chesapeake Campaign visits town festivals up and down our shores. Visit starspangled200. Com. Presented by at t. Maryland. Land of discovery. Male announcer during the 150th anniversary of the war between the states. Order our civil war trails guides at visitmaryland. Org and download our new civil war mobile app. Maryland. Land of history. Nbc 10 first alert weather watching the skies with a chance of showers and storms tonight, as we look live at route 13 of the dover downs entrance where thousands of concert gears are gathering for the fire fly Music Festival. Now to the latest on that storm threat. Nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, Sheena Parveen is back now in the Weather Center with information you need to know as day turns into night, sheena . The good news for everyone in dover at the fire fly Music Festival no storms heading your way, the rain is breaking up, so things are really starting to dry out for delaware, so, that is good news. The rain is still in parts of south jersey, through parts of cape may county, lighter through upper cape may county, around ocean city, still a little bit of moderate rainfall, through the shore in atlantic county, still some light rain falling, this will all continue to push to the south. The one area of thunderstorm activity we were watching just south of baltimore has now sparked a tornado warning. This is for maryland though. You can see it right here. It should not be moving into delaware. We will continue watching that one for you, at this point, it does appear to be moving mostly to the south and southeast. Now, the threat of Severe Weather that will lie just south of the area for tonight. As we go through the rest of this evening, we will see gradual drying and gradual clearing, but either way, we will continue watching these storms and especially the one we have had our eye on right around baltimore. More details on that and of course, how this will play into your weekend weather coming up. More on that huge concert and great lineup of performers in delaware. Talking about a crowd of thousands for the fire fly festival and they are not just looking at the stage. They are also looking up at the sky. Nbc 10 Delaware Bureau reporter, tim furlong, live. And what precaution does they have in place of Severe Weather there . Reporter jim, we really hoped we wouldnt have to talk about weather, but literally, 30 seconds before the gates opened here at 5 00 at fire fly, the rain drops started to fall, all these people just want to come in here to rock out. Behindthescenes a whole crew of people making sure they are safe, dangerous weather roll through, hopefully, wont happen, see big, dark clouds up in the skies, huge metal stages here, not enough shelter space for everyone. They dont want to leave anything to chance when it comes to safety. If it is completely up to me, i would be home. Reporter clark doesnt want to be here at fire fly, his kids do, so they are here. Wanted to be able to do it for them but monitor and kind of keep an eye on things. So, they could have a responsible good time. Reporter a responsible time included staying safe through the weather that rolled through dover overnight. Just like amazing thunderstorm. Reporter but amazing thunderstorms and 80,000 people in a huge, flat, outdoor space, many of these people a little groggy. Look over there. Reporter not a great recipe, organizers say they have National Weather service meteorologists on site watching the radar, if dangerous weather is around, the concerts will be postponed. If the festival has opened, organizers will do their best to clear the area. Look at evacuation situations, we have to tnk how long would it take us to get everyone took their cars. Reporter tying down the inflatable palm tree, important. Keeping 80,000 people near the relative safety of their cars during a storm that is way more important. Wither constantly monitoring it, if there was any chance that it could affect our attendees safety, we will do everything we can to keep them safe. Reporter the 120 bands over here in the woodlands area but thats the speedway you are looking at, the dover speedily, what is a command center, meteorologi meteorologists. Organizers tell me they want everyone to have fun, all the people waiting to file, if you but if the weather getsing youly, not hesitate to send everyone become ba to be their cars, shuffle the schedule around, postpone bands, do what they have to, they are running a business, not taking a risk when it comes to anyones, anyones safety. Coming out here, drink a lot of water, be safe, have a good time. Live at fire fly, nbc 10 news. An update on a developing story we have been following in south philadelphia. Know one lane of Delaware Avenue and another is still shut down after an accident involving a dump truck. The truck took out wires on columbus boulevard. Investigators havent said if anyone was hurt here. Heres some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 530. Police arrested a suspect in connection with a series of armed robberies at 711 stores in camden and burlington counties. Eight stores have been hit so far. Police believe the man they have in custody, 31yearold charles walls of collingswood is the ringleader. More than a dozen people are arrested after a child pornography bust in reading, berks county. The suspects are between 17 and 65 years old. One of the suspects is a neurosurgeon. Police seized computers, cell phones and other electronics allegedly containing child porn. The Revel Casino Hotel could close in two months if it doesnt find a buyer. Late this afternoon, the Atlantic City casino filed for bankruptcy, the second time it has done that in as many years. The casino told its employees today that if it doesnt find a buyer, the casino will shut down in august. I dont new at 5 30, an armed robber goes behind the counter to get his cash in philadelphia ands here the video. The man here robbing a dollar store in the citys Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, saturday afternoon, got away with 1,000, plus an entire roll of scratchoff lottery tickets. Now to the citys Port Richmond section, two men are wanted for stealing the muffler system off a trunk earlier this month. One of the suspects is driving that maroon and dark gray chevy avalanche pickup truck. The other man got out of the trunk and cut the fence to a trading company, got under the truck and disassembled the pars. The muffler system is worth about 800. Firefighters in harrisburg have finally gotten control of the fire at a recycling center. Flames ignited in a scrap pile early this morning, sending up clouds of smoke that could be seen for miles away for hours. The fire chief says lightning may have started the fire. More help on the way tonight for pennsylvanias homeless to tell you about. 4. 8 Million Dollars, in fact, on its way from the u. S. Housing and urban Development Care program. That money will go to 38 local homeless assistance programs in the state for additional, permanent transitional housing renewal projects. Decision 2014 now, some of the latest campaignpending figures are in the race for pennsylvania governor. Governor tom corbetts Reelection Campaign spent money twice as fast as it came in during the final weeks of the pennsylvania primary. Campaign finance reports show the republican governor received 1. 4 Million Dollars in contributions. Those last week. While he spent 3 million during that time. His total expanenditure was mor than 11 million. Democratic nominee, tom wolfes ifs reports are not available so far. Pennsylvanias Gubernatorial Election is november 4th. Tonight, local kids score a major victory. Yeah, a new law that gives them a shot at sports that they may not have gotten otherwise. Also, cramped conditions, an urgent plea made on behalf of Young Children lumped together in a really tight space. And flying high, a small local airport reaches a record and shares the success with one lucky flier. Plus, back on the job, a local Police Officer returns to the force more than a year after he was severely injured in a motorcycle crash. Still ahead, new at 6 00, the special honor for him tonight and the new challenges he now faces. New jersey governo cis christie signed bill allowing sabled sdents equal access to sports in school. The law requires Public Schools to make sure disabled ss can try out for and participate in mainstream athletics. Who gned up for p wi theirtrugnsing with theos acrdg a newpoll. E rveyas by t iserwsy 43 of people who signed up are hangle paying premiums and thats even with generous ssim e ra quality of their insurancehighly, the poll found coverage is rated better than the new health care pla im advice lattanzio with this exclusive story. Urt isnt just uto keep your favorite wine se. Develop mabud tse brandnew environmentally iendly homesht here in philadelphia. They are actually the first in visi nbc. Com or mobile apps to get a inside thehomes. Find out where the cork is being used inside the houses and how it will be making night time more peaceful for their homeowners. Its a digital exclusive story from nbc10. Com. All night, facebook users might have discovered the media site had a worldwide outage overnight. The interruption owe kburd 4 a. M. , lasted half a hour. Facebook users were greeted with a message here, something went wrong. F into her town, looking at colleges,cludin the university of pennsylvania. And she won 500 gift card. All the people traveling of on flight 383 bound for chicago got a gift bag. Onti has been servi wilmington airport for 11 months. Nice way to land, right . Yes. Its a project with promise. Tonight, nbc 10 analyzes the impact of one new building and whether it can play a pivotal role in transforming a neighborhood with a troubled past. And concern for the kids. Thousands of Young Children all jammed together a new jersey lawmaker is calling attention to eir plight. Xitd storms fromwhet ourr ey we head into your weekend in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert 7day forecast. A local offduty Police Officer allegedly shoots another man during a road rage incident. Im doug shimell. The story coming up at 6 00. Pleaodederid fo thousands ont ho have beeou Months Congress whoay is notn a ca froem humatarian one. We get thels from n national co, clackum. Reptece lasttober,abunaccomp children have been apprehended on boerost itexasarizona. Ton t most say they risked their lives walking across mexico to escape violence in their home countries of honduras, guatemala or el salvador. Ei housed temporarily in u. Like thien ara,t no to se850 dr who seemrs oongres said ures w given the chance to have due inadvertently return them to tetherem peali heyall a hea y crisis, usually seen elsewhere around the rl in u. S. Many have died on the road to america fleeing certain death and destruction in their own country. Reporter they say up to 2 billion may be needed to deal with the crisis immediately. R border enforcement and relaxed immigration laws under presen obama, these democrats say blame the drug cartels and gangs and ask the administration to put pressure on the governments in e the countries. Nbc 10 news. Ld thunderstorm,ar s but fth of tharea. E dry air i moving in now continue to filter in as we througnitnd especily tomoow. Mae a unhe hae will be sou of th l prettood for poconos though. Kend. We have really nice conditions with sunshine, detroit air continuing e ing dry air move in. Philadelphia now the mid70s. So, we have actually warmed up a little bit from an hour ago because we are now starting to see a little more sunshine and drier conditions. 77 in dover now the rain has come to an end. Most of the area, starting to dry up, light rain along the shore, so, in parts of atlantic county, closer to the shore, cape may county, thats where we still have a little bit of light rain left over. Now, it is ending pretty quickly, see isle city, up to Atlantic City, still dealing with some of that lighter rain. In parts of maryland, south of baltimore, east of washington, s actually oneornado rn he to worry ou tt will not be moving into delaware, this thunders i more to the southeast and its starting to kind of break up through parts of maryland. But as far as that tornado warning, thats going to hold together, but for dover, the fire fly Music Festival, everything does look dry. So, that is the good news. The drier air is moving in. You can really tell on radar a lot of the rain has come to an end, and that will continue as we go through tonight. So, future weather shows gradual clearing from north to south as we go through the rest of your evening hours, overnight, the dry air keeps moving in, tomorrow, its really here, the humidity will be lower, it will feel a lot more comfortable, more clouds start to move in to start off your saturday and the best chance of any showers saturday do look to be south of the area, so, i wouldnt let the chance of showers ruin your saturday, actually looks pretty good, in the poconos, the farther north you are, the less chance showers you will have upper 70s for saturday, mid70s for sunday, looking pretty sunny, the shore around delaware beaches, pretty good going into the weekend, friday, sunny, dry, less humidity, 78 degrees, saturday, chance of a shower, temperatures, mid70s, on sunday, pretty nice, sunny, temperatures around 77 along the shore. For tonight, showers keep moving south, gradual clearing overnight, 62 for the flow philadelphia ya. 54, north and west, feel cooler tonight. Tomorrow, more sunshine, less humidity, mid to low 80s, really nice end to the week. On saturday, best chance of showers will be south of philadelphia, 80 degrees four the high temperature, sunday looks nice, monday looks nice, mid80s, starting off next week, our next chance of thunderstorms comes next wednesday. So thats where the music was coming from, rain didnt stop people from rocking out at love park, a young man showing off his moves, the band six of one set up and performed a free concert for the center city lunchtime crowd, noon to two. It is made up of corporate ceos, lawyers, doctors and journalists, all from our area. Got to love that. Summer now officially under way for a are the of local school kids. Today, yearning the last day of school for students in the School District of philadelphia. They should be running out of the building, shouldnt they . Kind of sad. Yeah. Nbc 10 in south philadelphia high school, some of these kids left the building for the summer. Teachers, they are not off the hook just yet, last day of school is tomorrow. We did see a smile right there. Thats it shows that they will miss school. They like it so much. That is it. A hopeful sign in a local city that needs some good news. But can one project really make a difference . Nbc 10 is there for a Ground Breaking which some hope will spur a trenton turn around, hear from both sides about the building that will soon be here and the promise it may hold for the future. Then coming up on nbc 10 news at 6 00, the campaign against closing, how parishioners at a local church say they are using the power of prayer tonight to try to keep their doors open. Tonight, a new Nursing School is in the works for new jerseys capital city. A lot of people are hoping this project signals a turn around for the troubled town. Nbc 10 Trenton Bureau reporter, naeem douglas, was there for todays groundbreaking. Naeem, High Expectations for the neighborhood on this one, right . Reporter High Expectations indeed. This project is about 12 years in the making. The president of the school as well as the mayorlike the are hoping that this new school will be just one piece in the continued development of the capital city, but not everyone in this neighborhood wants a new school. I think they should just make it into a lowincome housing, instead of building another Nursing School. Reporter melissa barns lives behind the site for Thomas Edison state colleges nursing center. She appreciates the develop n her backyard but hoped it would be used differently. One, two, three. Reporter a groundbreaking ceremony announces the official start of work to build a stateoftheart nursing center. When completed, will attract about 3,000 people each year. The development is one of several in the capital city, including another on say the street and opening of rush crossings on the other side of trenton, a mixed use Affordable Housing complex, which addresses some of the concerns. The project, that was a huge lift last week. This project groundbreaking now, several others that are in places to come forth, we are poised on a comeback to have a renaissance in our city. Reporter today marks the first event with the governor and local City Government in quite some time, mainly the mayor. The governor refused to be seen with former mayor tony mack, was ousted after being convicted on federal corruption charges. Theres a huge repository of pent up goodwill waiting for mayor that the community can rally around, a lot of people interested in the city. Reporter the total cost for this project is about 27 million. Part of it is being funded through state bonds approved by voters in 2012. This project is expected to be completed by early 2016. We are live in trenton, naeem douglas, nbc 10 news. Coming up next on nbc 10 news at 6 00 nbc 10 first alert weather tracking the rain moving out of our area now. Sheena . These great news most of the area, drying out, tracking rain through the rest of the evening though and what to expect for your weekend in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. A jersey shore Police Officer is welcomed back to work in a big way after losing part of a leg in a devastating accident. Theres no word that can describe how i feel to be back today. Im ted greenberg. Coming up at 6 00, the grueling journey he had to endure to return to the force. Plus, decriminalizing reck Recreational Use of marijuana, City Council Passes the bill but the mayor yet to sign off on it. Nbc 10 told him about the likelihood of it becoming law, what he had to say all new at 6 00. First at 6 00, a ory in philadea yas port trk goes of control and smashes into eight parked cars. This is ara mingo avenue near east clearfield. Witnesses say the trunk blew a tire and then crashed into the hercars. Very ocked. Right up on my ig up on m i was afraid it might have hit my pavemhiye. Us hank godot hurt eres kid on theblock, you e ere ne scene to get en damage here. Mo information about what happened here. And now at 6 00, nbc 10 first alert weather, tracking the remnants of rain moving out of our area, things have improved since we went on the air at 4 00 today. Bes dealing th the evening commute. A live look at the bennklin brge check in with nbc 10 first alert meteorologist, Sheena Parveen. Lked like it was clearing what lt of th ain, sheena . Notuch leftherain watc aarnd baltimore, still, but local kers lot of the rain we were watching in new jersey has moved out. As rained we were looking at a few light ows from atlantic cit down to cape may, but s rea left the anow, reallyeein thf baltimore, one thunderstorm still kind of keeping its ener,ut w dont pect it tomove into delaware at this point. Its just moving too mh to the south. So for those fans iner at the fire fly mus festival, they will actually be looking at nice condions this evening, severe threatour south as we go through the rest of this evening and the s ming in for us tonight and even as we go into tomorrow, setting up us for a pretty good weekend. Coming up, i will show you the weekend forecast and which day we could see a chance of showers, straight ahead. All right, sheena. Count on nbc 10 to keep you prepared for changing weather conditions any time with our nbc 10 first alert weather app. Download it for free on nbc10. Com to get Severe Weather alerts and interactive radar, plus the 7day forecast right on
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