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In recent news reports, concerns of a possible threat to Temple University have placed students and officials on alert. Temple Police has contacted the Philadelphia Police Department and FBI and have been conducting an investigation into graffiti messages found in the men’s bathroom in Gladfelter Hall. According to reports from Fox 29 News, the messages […]

Courtesy of ESPN Dot Com The La Salle Explorers March Madness run has come to an end after losing last night to the Wichita State Shockers in the Round of the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.  Wichita State proved to be too much for the Explorers as they started fast and held on to the […]

  CONGRATS LA SALLE! GOOD LUCK IN THE SWEET 16!

A vehicle was found underwater in the Schuylkill river near Boathouse Row today.  The one man inside of the vehicle had died.  He was evacuated to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania when rescue crews arrived. Read more at MyFoxPhilly.com.  Like Hot1079Philly on Facebook to stay on top of your favorite black celebrities:


Courtesy of Rap Radar Yahoo announced their first international music festival, which will embark on a 21 city tour.  Yahoo On The Road starts in New York City on May 3rd, 2013 and Jay-Z/Kendrick Lamar will be headliners on this international tour. Other acts on the U.S. bill will be J.Cole, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Justin Timberlake, Frank […]

from: NewsOne After surveillance video of two teenage boys robbing a 9-year-0ld girl was released to the public, their parents swiftly turned them in to he cops, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Video shows the two teens–ages 13 and 14–eyeing the girl’s wallet as she paid for her items in a Philadelphia corner store around 8:30 a.m […]

Courtesy of Fox News Former outspoken Philadelphia wide reciever not named ‘T.O.’, Freddie Mitchell plead guilty today to conspiracy to file a false tax claim in a Florida courtroom.  Freddie Mitchell, best known for doing the so called, “Discount Double Check” move after a good play, which the player mimicks showing a championship belt before Packers QB Aaron […]

Courtesy of 6ABC Dot Com The School Reform Commission voted last night to save 4 Philadelphia schools, while closing 23 other schools that were in jeopardy of closing starting the 2013-2014 school year.  Here is the complete list of all the schools poised to close next school year as well as a video about the […]

According to Fox 29, early this morning in Lawsnside, NJ,  an employee arriving for work found  3 pipe bombs inside a bag in an elevator at  Lawnside’s Borough Hall.  During the recovery of the evidence, police  discoverd  a threat against the town’s mayor,  along-with duct tape and a timing device. Click here for more details

A woman and her boyfriend were arrested Tuesday morning after stealing a police care in Camden, NJ, then leading police on a high speed chase that ended in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia. According to Police the woman stole the police cruiser with her boyfriend in the backseat. Officiers say it all bean with a routine traffic […]

A Delaware County 6th grade student, Bailey O’Neill, was taken off of life support and has died, following a schoolyard fight which left the boy with a broken nose and concussion. When O’Neill began having seizures, doctors were forced to put him into a coma. O’Neill’s father believes his son was a victim of bullying. He said […]

Courtesy of ESPN Dot Com According to ESPN dot com, Philadelphia 76ers center Andrew Bynum suffered a setback in his rehab last week and hopes of the Sixers big man playing this season are becoming very slim.  He told reporters today that he suffered swelling and discomfort in his surgerically repaired right knee that has […]