Stay on top of the pop air lung and two chances of snow in the forecast by down loading the free cbs philly weather app available on i tunes and google play. It the is first day of phl prek, locally funded prek initiative. 2,000 tuition free seats have been created thanks to the the cities you this drink tax. Eyewitness news was at the northeast where students were getting ready for their first day of school. Philadelphias chief education officer, was also there as well. Meantime, some say that they are experiencing, sticker shock, thanks to that new tax. Our joe holden is live in center city with more on that part of the story, joe. Reporter jessica, sticker shock is very clear when you hit the stores. City rebehind us intent of this law was to tax the distributors, of sugary drinks , however, we have found that is being passed on to the customer, and in some instances, the costs, related to this tax, it is higher then the soda itself. It makes he want to cry. Reporter she was about t
Pedaling his bike down the road new years day. He was coming from church. Reporter a driver swiped 56 yearold lenny golden on tennis avenue in bensalem and just kept going. I knew runaway was hit and run, and nobody else was there there is cops all around, glass all over and he was laying on the ground. Reporter lenny, a popular bagger at local giant store, rush to the hospital, and his bike okay, but his leg was crushed. It hit his leg all of the damage is on his leg. Reporter besides broken glass all that was left behind was this Surveillance Video for moments after the hit and run. We were able to obtain pictures from Traffic Cameras in the community and we will get that out on our social media apps called crime watch and also through cbs news. Reporter Bensalem Township Police director fred harring says our viewers called in tips which led detectives to the truck, parked in philadelphia, and wednesday morning, the driver, james hatcher, turning himself into police. Channel three ce
Stay on top of the pop air lung and two chances of snow in the forecast by down loading the free cbs philly weather app available on i tunes and google play. It the is first day of phl prek, locally funded prek initiative. 2,000 tuition free seats have been created thanks to the the cities you this drink tax. Eyewitness news was at the northeast where students were getting ready for their first day of school. Philadelphias chief education officer, was also there as well. Meantime, some say that they are experiencing, sticker shock, thanks to that new tax. Our joe holden is live in center city with more on that part of the story, joe. Reporter jessica, sticker shock is very clear when you hit the stores. City rebehind us intent of this law was to tax the distributors, of sugary drinks , however, we have found that is being passed on to the customer, and in some instances, the costs, related to this tax, it is higher then the soda itself. It makes he want to cry. Reporter she was about t
Pedaling his bike down the road new years day. He was coming from church. Reporter a driver swiped 56 yearold lenny golden on tennis avenue in bensalem and just kept going. I knew runaway was hit and run, and nobody else was there there is cops all around, glass all over and he was laying on the ground. Reporter lenny, a popular bagger at local giant store, rush to the hospital, and his bike okay, but his leg was crushed. It hit his leg all of the damage is on his leg. Reporter besides broken glass all that was left behind was this Surveillance Video for moments after the hit and run. We were able to obtain pictures from Traffic Cameras in the community and we will get that out on our social media apps called crime watch and also through cbs news. Reporter Bensalem Township Police director fred harring says our viewers called in tips which led detectives to the truck, parked in philadelphia, and wednesday morning, the driver, james hatcher, turning himself into police. Channel three ce
Weather and traffic with katie and meisha. Good morning, happy gateway to the weekend. Yesterday we were waking up to wet roadways and started to slow us down, it was really busy. Now they are dry but we have accidents out there. It could shape up to be another busy morning. Cold start as well. Exactly, yes. There is something about that tail wind you brought with you. Yes. It will be a lot cold tore day. Were ten to 15 to 20 degrees colder. So yeah, this same time yesterday. The get you out there and show you first and foremost what is happening on storm scan which isnt a lot locally but the possibility of snow is coming in for us, come tonight. Looking at storm scan three at local zoom and all clear right now. We are expect to go see, eventually though this disturbance move its way from the west. Look at the temperature difference. That is the immediate weather variable you will notice. It is heck of a lot colder in philadelphia and every where else. Take this mental image and lets t