University city, we met the family of the 8yearold girl who was killed in a hitandrun this afternoon. If yall come up and tell me where the car is, they say its a gray Altima Nissan maxima, i got 20 grand today, tonight. Reporter the girls uncle said hes offering a 20,000 reward. A tragic start to the weekend and upcoming thanksgiving holiday. Loved ones shared these pictures of the victim. Police havent released her name, but relatives say its jayona. Whenever you see her shes smiling. Reporter Philadelphia Police shut down part of lands down avenue at 63rd street after the hitandrun. We learned the girl was walking home from school when a driver sped through the traffic light and struck the girl and her older brother. A witness says she heard a loud crash, then saw the aftermath. Her book bag flew open. It was all over the street. And her shoes. What they said, it knocked her 20 feet in the air. My grandson got hit, but he got throwed into the car. Reporter police say the driver cont
Thanks for being with us. It is 5 00 this saturday. We have some warm weather to start our weekend. Meteorologist krystal klei is looking at conditions outside in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Good morning, krystal. Good morning, rosemary. This is a forecast one for saturday and one for sunday. Huge differences between the two. Today a warm forecast. Sun and clouds move in through the afternoon and building thicker into the evening. Thats because as we move into tonight, we will see serious changes to the forecast. Rain starting to move in and winds starting to strengthen. Very windy weather moving in by sunday as well as much colder temperatures. Cold enough in some areas north and west of philadelphia, a rain snow mix is possible overnight into early parts of tomorrow morning. Look at the temperatures. 39 in allentown. 37 in mount holly. Upper 30s for atlantic city. No problem, not a bad start to the tomorrow. Tomorrow youll wish those numbers are on the board. Right now, ra
Parkway. It will be busy today and tomorrow. Today is philadelphias Half Marathon. That begins later this morning. 13. 1 mile race and several other events today are a warmup for the philly marathon set for tomorrow. Decent weather today for the Half Marathon runners. This is nbc10 news today. Thanks for being with us. I am rosemary connors. Just after 6 00 this saturday. We get warm weather to start the weekend, well take it. Lets check in with meteorologist krystal klei, she has more in the first alert neighborhood forecast. Todays forecast looks pretty good, similar to yesterday. Were warmer than average. The average this time of year is mid50s. Were talking 60s for highs. Clouds building late in the day, we see a possibility of showers as we move into evening hours. With the evening hours rain moving in will be accompanied by winds starting to pick up. In fact, hope things are tied down for the marathon, very high winds by this evening. Then those continue through sunday. Sunday we
Region with winds picking up. For some of us rain, snow mix moving into the forecast overnight. That will move off but leaves sunday with colder conditions and still very windy conditions as well, which means that wind chill factor or feel like temperature is going to stay very low the entire day. Heres the radar and satellite. Showing us a cold front responsible for the cold air moving in. The front, follow the arrows, thats where it is moving from west to east, passing the area, it is going to bring precipitation in. Thats what were looking at as we move along. That front is passing through ohio, pockets of heavy rain. Notice now some rain is changing to a rain snow mix and well behind it still a lot of snow moving over the great lakes. Thats going to fire off the snow effect machine meaning north of us well see snow. In our area, potential for mix is going to be in our area. What were looking at in our forecast today, 67 degrees. Sunday, 48 degrees for the high. And feels like tempe
The khmer rouges reign of terror in the 1970s have been sentenced to life in prison. The president of liberia has declared a stated of emergency as the country struggles with an ebola outbreak. Allen Johnson Sirleaf says it poses a threat to state security. Sierra leone made a similar move late last month. The ebola virus has an extremely high fatality rate it has been spreading through liberia, sierra leone and guinea on an unprecedented scale. Johnsonsirleaf says the state of emergency will be enforced across the country for 90 days. More than 900 people in west africa have been confirmeded or are suspected or have died from owe beale la. Nearly 300 of the deaths were liberia. She said extraordinary measures are needed to protect her country and its people. The outbreak in liberia has claimed the lives of 32 medical workers and forced a Major Hospital to close. The World Health Organization ask asking for more staff to help ease the strain on the medical system. Liberias Vice Preside