Crossing the street. Franklin Township Police officer Nicholas Locilento responding to an emergency in his police car struck and killed the child. Friends of the family speaking off camera say mccloske was coming from a sleepover. I just cant say the words right now. I feel bad for them. My heart goes out to them. Reporter just a few hours ago, a neighbor placed this picture of matt outside her home as a memorial. Mccloske attended caroline reutter school. He was in the fifth grade. When speaking with their teachers this morning, they described him as a responsible, mature young man. Reporter the school is sending out this letter to parents to let them know about Counseling Services for them and their children. Pedestrian, motor vehicle. Reporter witnesses say they did not see Police Lights or hear a siren at the time of the incident. I went to the franklin Township Police department several times today to ask about that but the chief did not respond to my request for an enter view. The new jersey state basic training manual for police requires officers responding to emergencies to properly use emergency warning devices and slow down or stop at intersections. Now, the Gloucester County prosecutor is investigating this case. Ive been reaching out to that prosecutor all day long, trying to find out if in fact the Police Officers siren and lights were working and if they were on. Reporting live, Harry Hairston nbc 10 news. Thank you. Police say a suspected serial bank robber struck again at wells fargo, bryn mawr, delaware county. Take a look at these surveillance photos of the suspect given to us by police. Investigators believe the same man used a gun to rob banks in philadelphia and Montgomery County as well. He is considered armed and dangerous. New at 6 00 a south Jersey Energy company threatens to cut power to the bankrupt revel casino and the former gaming halls ongoing money problems. Acr Energy Partners owns the utility plan attached to the former revel. He says revel did not have enough money to make a nearly 7 million payment to its bond holders this month. Its threatening to shut off service. The plan the supplies electricity and water to the now vacant building. Engine problems forced an Emergency Landing at Philadelphia International airport today. U. S. Air flight 5927 was on its way to manchester, new hampshire, around 10 00 this morning when it returned to philadelphia. The airline put all 53 passengers on another flight u. S. Airways is still trying to figure out what was wrong with the planes engine. Just a few hours from now, parts of a popular south jersey highway will shut down. Crews are set to close the northbound lanes of route 42 near the creek road overpass in belmar. The closures will be segmented. They will begin at 8 00 tonight and tomorrow. The road will reopen by 5 00 a. M. The next day. This will allow crews to replace wood sheathing on new bridge beams. Taking a live look right now at the Philadelphia Museum of art. On an evening that will turn into a cold night out there. Some of us could even see freezing temperatures. Lets go to nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Glenn, how cold is it going to get tonight . Well renee, i think most of us will see below freezing temperatures tonight. It will all depend on how much cloud cover we have. We have a mix of clouds and clear skies across our area right now. Its pretty variable. We have more clouds to the south and also well to the north where theres snow flurries. None of thats coming this way. Its already down to 33 in allentown. 36 in reading. And 35 in millville, 36 Atlantic City international. Its not going to take much to get down into the 20s in those areas. Now, in philadelphia itself with mostly cloudy skies tonight, the temperature will go down a little bit more slowly. 36 degrees by 11 00, while most of the area is in the 20s. We have Colder Weather as we head toward the new year. Details on that in the sevenday in just a few minutes. Thanks, glenn. Philadelphia is putting the finishing touches on its new years plans. That includes one of phillys biggest traditions mummerfest. Youre getting a sneak peek the the new years day show, tim . Reporter i am renee. This isnt just one of those things for reporters and photographers. Take a look behind me. Anybody can come to this at the convention center. The big show with the fancy brigades is on new years day. You can come here and get a behind the scenes look at one of the anations great new years day traditions. In the Delaware Valley you wait all year to hear and see it the mummers. The acts take months of planning. We start from probably the week after new years start planning the show. Were all family. We grew up with it. Its a tradition over 100 years. And its a creative element that no one else can do. Reporter its all about Family Tradition and fun. I have so much energy, go out there and kill it. Reporter out on this barge in the delaware river, preps under way for another new years eve tradition. 4,000 to 5,000 individual shells will light up the sky between philly and camden. Its prescripted perfectly timed and ready to help us welcome in 2015. I havent lit a fuse in my 15 years. Computer systems are state of the art. To match it with the music, we can really reach out and touch your hearts. Of course my bad luck continues. Every time we come live to me on tv you dont hear anything. But you can see some of the cool scenery theyre working on here. Mummersfest continues this week. There are still tickets for the new years show. Come out, bring the family. The costumes the dancing, the music really is something the kids should see especially. Its a Great American new years tradition. Tim furlong, nbc 10 news. Timing is everything. Thanks tim. If you havent made your new years plans, not too late. We have a gallery of events all around our area. Find it on nbc 10 mobile app. The sudden closure of a Philadelphia Charter School has parents and teachers asking some tough questions tonight. While scrambling to find new schools. Teachers packed up their belongings this afternoon outside Walter Palmer charter school. Theyll have to find new jobs. While their 600 plus students will have to find new schools. School Officials Say they were forced to close because they owed the School District of philadelphia millions of dollars. That includes 1. 5 million that needs to be paid back immediately. And the bottom line is that 1. 5 million judgment is what took us over the edge. This goes beyond the 1. 5 million. It clearly shows a financial situation, a mismanagement of finances. School district says its working to find new Public Schools for all of these students. Several penndot workers charged in an alleged scheme to rip off taxpayers face a judge in Montgomery County today. Three of the ten defendants appeared in court. Authorities say they took kick backs from highway inspectors in exchange for turning a blind eye to fraudulent time sheets and mileage reports. Two are former penndot cmanagers. Eight are contractors. One of the ten has yet to surrender. In bucks county a resident shot a man who police say broke into two apartments and then touched himself inappropriately once inside. Angel suarez ma dareedero faces burglary and assault charges. It happened last night in bensalem township. Investigators say a woman in the first apartment found medero touching himself on her balcony. Police say medero took her dog and crawled out a window into a second apartment. Thats when the resident inside the second apartment shot him. Investigators say a levittown woman who died after a truck plowed in her bedroom last weekend died from Natural Causes and not from their injuries from the truck. The crash barely missed hospice patient jenny russo as she slept in her bed. She died hours later. Investigators say she died from advanced lung disease. It was her 93rd wirthbirthday. The driver of the truck has not been charged. The tension between police and the public has led to protests around the country. Today people in one Philadelphia Community wanted to show their support for the officers who protect them. State lawmaker w. Curtis thomas handed out certificates of appreciation to officers who serve in his district. Joining them is lippscomb. I can testify how great the Police Department in the city of philadelphia is and has been to my family and to others here. Representative thomas said thanks to the officers in his district crime has gone down but that trend wont continue without cooperation between police and the community. A new jersey mother jailed after police say she drove drunk with her 3yearold in the car. Running cars off the road almost causing accidents. Im ted greenberg. How Authorities Say a Good Samaritan got her to stop. Plus another huge honor for phillys own mone davis. How the taney dragon stars beat one of the biggest names in pro sports. Im watching the skies to see if the weather will hold out for your new years celebrations. Im tracking our next chance for rain or snow. Details ahead in my exclusive nbc 10 first alert forecast. Skyforce 10 right now over breaking news tonight. An 8yearold has been shot in philadelphias kensington neighborhood. Skyforce 10 live here over the scene. This is on orianna street. The child thats been shot is in stable condition. We dont know what happened here. No word on the circumstances yet. We are working to get more information and of course you can always count on nbc 10 for updates by going to our mobile app. New at 6 00 tonight, a Montgomery County woman facing criminal charges in connection with an accident in lower moreland township that left her husband dead. Prosecutors charged cogan with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence. Police say she had a blood alcohol level more than three times the legal limit. Her husband died in the august 19th crash. Police say alexandria was speeding when she lost control and crashed into another car. The driver of the other car was badly hurt. A new jersey mother is accused of driving drunk with her 3yearold daughter in the car. Police say this story could have had a different ending if it werent for another driver. Ted greenberg has the story tonight from barnegat township. Reporter that mother is in the ocean county jail on 20,000 bail. I talked with the Good Samaritan credited with getting her off the road. Authorities say calls came in from numerous people in several towns about how 26yearold rachel lemono was driving erratically. Barnegat Township Police say she was driving drunk with her 3yearold daughter in the car. When she ended up here on route 72 east. A bystander flagged her down and got her to stop her vehicle. Reporter that other driver was this man, Richard Warren jr. Of howell and also a West Long Branch firefighter. On the phone today he told me how he approached her car on the side of the road then intervened when she tried to drive off. The window was down. I reached my hand in put it into park and released the keys and grabbed and held the keys. She said why am i doing that . We always caution people about the dangers of getting involved in a case like that. When you have someone who is repeatedly coming so close to causing accidents, a courageous thing to do. Reporter he kept her there until officers arrived no more than a minute later. Shes charged with numerous offenses including endangering the welfare of her young daughter. I dont think theres anything more concerning than risking of life of a children. Reporter investigators tell me that 3yearold girl was turned over to a Family Member and state Child Welfare authorities were notified as well. In barnegat township, ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. The new year could mean lots of new jobs in allentown. Thats according to the Employment Outlook survey from the manpower group. 25 of allentown businesses expect to hire new employees over the next three months. Thats one of the highest outlooks in the nation. Allentown leaders believe the new ppl arena complex will play a big role in that increase. It includes the sports arena plus luxury suites, restaurants as well as a hotel. According to manpower the job prospects in allentown are best in manufacturing, Transportation Retail and hospitality. The news not as positive in new jersey. Only 9 of employers plan to increase hiring. Delawares much higher at 25 . And the philadelphia region at 17 . Nng your your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. We have near record warmth last week. The weekend was kind of warm. This week, no. Its going to be significantly colder, even below average temperatures coming this week. New years eve will be a part of that cold but not bitter cold or any precipitation. And the precipitation may fall on the weekend with the wintry mix in some parts of the area. Dry conditions across the entire region. Now its 42 degrees in philadelphia with a 6 mileanhour wind. Thats 12 degrees colder than it was at this time yesterday. 57 degrees on saturday. 56 yesterday. 48 official high today. That occurred around midnight. And tomorrow the high about 39 degrees and then on wednesday, not even that warm. Despite sunshine thats how cold the air is thats coming our way. Its already down to 33 in allentown. Well be in the 20s in a couple hours at this rate, unless the clouds thicken up. 35 in lancaster. Its colder back to the west. Especially up in canada. Its 6 degrees in minneapolis now. 0 in bismarck. These are temperatures not wind chills 10 to 20 below in much of canada. This covers a very wide area and its going to affect a very wide area of the country from los angeles, which has believe it or not, a winter storm watch for Los Angeles County and las vegas with a winter storm watch. Were just getting the edge of this cold air mass here. We have clouds around but its dry, at least so far. Its likely to be dry for new years eve as well. But cold temperature down to 26 degrees at midnight, a little bit of a wind making it feel like its about 20. Yes, thats cold but weve seen worst than that. The arctic air coming back down into the country but most of it is staying to our west this week. It will be cold but not bitter cold or dangerously cold as some parts of the country will be. Mostly cloudy and colder tonight 31 for the low in philadelphia. 24 north and west. Tomorrow clouds give way to sunshine as we go through the day. Certainly colder than today. Highs only in the upper 30s. Just a little bit of wind. Even colder on wednesday. Wednesday night, of course, new years eve will be cold. Thursday morning for the mummers it will be cold an a little bit breezy but not dangerously breezy. You know they dont like wind. On friday, its dry but over the weekend, a storm approaching, look like mainly rain but has a chance of starting and ending as a wintry mix. Thanks glenn. The Associated Press named local Little League pitcher mone davis female athlete of the year. The 13yearold taney dragons pitcher became the first girl to win a game in the Little League world series. She became an instant celebrity. She appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and even met president obama and beat out threetime winner Serena Williams for the honor. Lesean mccoy and trent cole on their contract issues, that is next. Thank you cable. For the slower internet upload speeds. For making me wait longer to share my photo albums. Thank you cable, because if we never had you. 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This is the xfinity sportsdesk brought to you by xfinity. Your home for the most live sports. Im john clark. The eagles were the team with the best record that did not make the playoffs. They finished 106. Even if they had beat the redskins and finished 115 they would not be in the playoffs because of tiebreakers. Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said it remains to be seen if they have found a quarterback that can take them to the super bowl. Nick foles says he expects to be the guy next season. Thats for the coaches to determine. I still have a lot to prove. I have a lot to prove. As long as i play this game ill always have something to prove. I think they have to continue to work. The one thing i do not fault nick is a work ethic. Hes been outstanding. I watched the way he attacked his rehabilitation in terms of his shoulder injury, what he did every day. Hes been outstanding from that standpoint. The eagles have key free agents including Jeremy Maclin and mark sanchez plus bradley fletcher, graham and allen on defense. The birds cleaning out their lockers today. Trent cole and lesean mccoy will both make around 10 million next season. They both want to be back. This is a business. I know that. Whatever happens, happens. I love this team. I love this organization. Ive been here for six years. Ive been very, very productive here. Im from harrisburg im a hometown kid. You know, i would love to be with the eagles. They might have to say, we have to let you go. It is what it is. In hard feelings. Ill be play regardless here or somewhere else ill be playing football. Trent says hes willing to restructure his contract to stay here. He wants to retire as an eagle. For a look awhats coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 11 00, a woman on her way to church is hit in the head with a gun. Shes not alone. Theres been a rash of holdups. The crime alert tonight at 11 00. If youve always wanted to finish a race without actually running it the philly 0. 0 may be the one for you. Xfinity live hosting the race in february. Its 0 miles long. Youll get a tshirt and bib. There will be an official start and simultaneous finish. Thats it for tonight at 6 00. On the broadcast tonight, without a trace. A massive search is on for the plane that vanished with 162 people onboard. Now the u. S. Is being asked to help as loved ones endure agonizing uncertainty. Abandon ship. Fire ravages a ferry with hundreds of people onboard as crews race against time to get them off safely. Going off course the military couple forced to change their wedding plans because of one of the president s favorite vacation activities. And, animal house. A family opening their hometurned zoo and giving kids who are having a tough time a reason to smile. Nightly news begins now. From