Now. Are you planning a trip to the shore . The invisible danger thats closing beaches. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. We begin tonight with that bad news if you like heading down to the beach bacteria has more than a dozen beaches along the new jersey coast off limits. Good evening im iain page. Im lucy noland. The source of that bacteria pretty nasty. It certainly not good for business. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson is live in ventnor, new jersey. Shawnette. Reporter well, it was very quite out here today for such a nice day. What we know is ventnor will be closed for 24 hours as of 1 00 oclock this afternoon. It will be tomorrow morning around 10 00 oclock when they find out if it will be ail to open again. Nineyearold daniel marks and his sister caroline are spending the summer here in ventnor but got up today to find the beach closed. Thats not so fun,. Not fun. Reporter ventnor is one of nearly three dozen new jersey beaches including rivers and b bays state department of epa found higher
Lot of people in our area its about coming down heavy since last night. Lets look live in centerity philadelphia a few hours ago. Downpours not going away any time soon. Weve seen the most of it several inches of rain before its all said and done. July 29, 2017, ill let the expert fill in now. I dont know much about weather. You think we can have an enjoyable weekend. Absolutely it wont be a washout. Most of heavy rain fell during the overnight time frame. But with that said, we still have some moderate to heavy rain, especially down the shore. So look at ultimate doppler. We have a boundary just to our south and area of low pressure as well. That will continue to head out to sea. Taking with it the bulk of heavy rain and as we look at ultimate doppler you can see the orange and red shade of color and that is where the most intense activity is moving auto away from those shore points. As we zoom in a little closer though north an west we have leftover clouds and also some showers and o
Bribes and stole money to pay off Massive Campaign debts and to fund lavish lifestyle. The scandal led to his defeat in the 2017 Democratic Congressional primary he would quit his Second District seat shortly after his june conviction on 18 corruption counts. The government had requested a sentence of 17 to 22 years but u. S. Attorney hem minimum injury assisted he was not disappointed by the judges ruling. He used his position in congress to benefit himself rather than his constituents and engaged in kimly activity for his own financial benefit. Hes also an individual whos done significant thing on behalf of the city of philadelphia for a number of years. The courtroom was packed with fattah supporters some of whom testified his character witnesses describing a career of helping his constituents and others in areas like education and scientific research. You believe he was goodman . I know he was a goodman. And i think a goodman who made some grievous mistakes. We lose a guy whos got
Temperatures falling into the teens during the nighttime hou hours. Those dangerous wind chills and a wintry weekend actually a wintry mix that will be a mess as we go into the weekend. Well talk more about that with your seven day forecast later in the broadcast. All right, thank you very much, kathy. An open sky and broken hearts in Atlantic City as hundreds gather to mourn a new jersey state trooper. Trooper Frankie Williams tune wal was today. 31yearold died last week in the line of duty. Fox 29s joyce evans is here. Hes remembered as an up standing man by all who knew h him. Guys were talking about brand new husband starting a new career and a whole new life. It was all ended in the blink of an eye. The weather outside reflecting the pain felt inside that private funeral and burial of a young man and straight trooper who friends and comrade say had that special glow. The sound of rain and footsteps. On a cold gray dreary day. The back drop as Law Enforcement officers predominantly
Packaging get swiped right off front stoops but what was inside these boxes something precious. Clothes meant for children in need gone. Just taken and now the Good Samaritan who checked the donations is hoping for a miracle. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. That woman who collected the donations reach out to us here at fox 29. Lets get out to fox 29s Dave Schratwieser at sixth District Police headquarters witness story. Dave . Reporter iain n Good Samaritan is heart broken because shes worried that some of the kids who were expecting gifts now wont get them. Shes hoping that folks will replace the gifts and the thief gets caught. They were for gifts in our community. Danielle and her friends on social media are in a giving mood this Holiday Season they donated and collected dozens of coats, hats and gloves for kids at the gw child school in south philadelphia. Either kids between eight and 14 dont have enough money to get basic searches like winter coats, scarves, hats, glo