Im lucy noland that boy and his mom spoke only to our fox 29s Chris Oconnell live in palmyra tonight. Chris . Reporter us will see iain n victim is a 16yearold boy who happens to have autism. Palmyra police say last week he was beaten outside of his school then the very next day he was beaten once again inside a classroom here at palmyra high school. This is uncalled for. Its not necessary. It should have never happened. That was monday, tuesday. Reporter were not showing their face out of the fear of retaliation but they wanted to hear his story. Stressed. My body cant comprehend what happened. My body is still in shock. Reporter the 16yearold palmyra boy who has autism describes the two Violent Attacks in two days. The first came on sixth and race streets while walking home from the store last thursday. Punched him in the face. Asked him for money. He said he didnt have have none. Punched him again and took off. Reporter win Palmyra Police arrested 19yearold Brandon Hughes for attemp
To the mother of a local firefighter who is also faceing huge obstacles. Good evening im dawn timmeney. Im joyce evans. The house seemed to collapse just as the fire was finally knock down. Fox 29s brad sattin is live near the scene tonight. Brad, you have the very latest on this story. Reporter joyce nothing but hardship for the last few years for this family. Take look. The fire is now out behind us. In fact just a huge pile of rubble. Theres a fence that was put up over the course of the last couple of hours. But really this is turned into a personal story for the 46 firefighter it took on the scene here today. They have been very supportive of one of their own and had to again today. With up to 40 miles an hour winds this home on stow road never stood a chance. What started as a rubbish fire outside quickly took over the home and within minutes it all came down. We had early collapse of the roof into the second floor then shortly thereafter the second floor into the first floor. Re
Bill, is the radar working this morning . No it is working great. But we are watching the showers on the radar, but it is unlikely youll see them make it to the ground. Thats how dry the air is. They evaporate before they make it to the ground. Its plenty cold outside with temperatures dropping with clouds overhead. Right now it is 33 degrees here at nbc 10. A few spots have dropped into the 20s. It is unusually cold this time of the year. Of course it was chilly all day yesterday so an afternoon high of 43 degrees after a morning low of 27 and we are back on our way to the upper 20s this morning. Meantime, in the pocano mountains, it is colder. But youll see sunshine in the mountains today. Even though we have a cloudy start in philadelphia with a few scattered snow showers on the radar, well see those showers disappear and the clouds will be thinning out this afternoon. Well wind up with sunshine in the afternoon breaking through the clouds and thats when well see the temperatures wa
Construction crews set up blocking the right lane there. So cars are getting by because theres not a lot of volume. Thats why we didnt see the reflected on the map not slowing anyone down too much because there are just not too many folks out there. That should be cleared up by 6 00. If you are heading to the taconypalmyra bridge the bridge should open soon and then the traffic should stop. Two people are in Critical Condition after this crash in Washington Township at green tree road and bells lake drive. Police say the driver of this car lost control and smashed into a tree. He and his passenger were taken to Cooper University hospital. Its unclear right now what caused the driver to losele co. And be on alert. Thats the warning for students at West Chester University this morning after two attempted robberies near campus over the past few days. Nbc 10s katy zachry is live for us in west chester this morning. Tell us what happened with these crimes here. Reporter this is definitely a
By 9 00 not much warmer. Clouds hanging in there. Well finally break as we head into the afternoon hours. And thats when temperatures will start to climb. So were looking at another chilly day. Similar to yesterday. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back at 10 00. Right now well check in with first alert traffic reporter christine maddela. Good morning to you, bill. Youre talking about the white stuff. Im seeing a lot of green on the traffic maps. And thats the good news for drivers out there this morning. That means no significant delays on the schuylkill expressway and the blue route and the pennsylvania turnpike all looking good out there. And especially because we are not seeing any precipitation on the roads. We are seeing good reason conditions and taking a live look at route 422 in montgomery county. The eastbound lanes are the ones that typically slow down but we dont have a lot of volume out there reflected in the drive times. That means normal problem spo