The SEPTA R8 Fox Chase commuter train was on its last run of the day at 10:15 last night when it struck and killed a teenage girl just south of the Lawndale station. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Philadelphia today for a private meeting at a Center City law firm to say thank you to some of her major supporters. A 16-year-old Delaware County girl on her way to a slumber party......

This is just one of those stories that you simply can't make up. According to an NBC 10 article, a Lansdale couple is under investigation for (and have openly admitted to perpetrating) an "18-month egging spree." Seeking revenge on unnamed friends for unnamed damages inflicted upon them, the man and his girlfriend spent over a year slinging non-viable chicken embryos at more than 400 homes, allegedly causing over $7,000 in damage. According to the national......

The presidential race will be coming to the area tomorrow when Bill Clinton travels to Cherry Hill, New Jersey to campaign for his wife. 23-year-old Chante Wright, as part of a deal to cut her boyfriend's jail sentence, agreed to testify in a murder case. It was a dangerous move, and her testimony was crucial, so "she became the first state witness in Philadelphia to enter the federal witness-protection program." She was given a......

CBS 3 anchor Alycia Lane was arrested at 2:04 AM yesterday at the corner of W. 17th Street and 9th Avenue in NYC for allegedly punching a female police officer in the face. She was locked up in a New York jail cell as of yesterday afternoon. More on this story later. (Via Jason) TV star Bam Margera of West Chester, along with business partner and bar owner Don Moore, plans "to open a theater,......

"Officers from the State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement in Philadelphia conducted a special underage drinking detail in the Lincoln Financial Field parking lot" before the Temple-Penn State football game Saturday and arrested 31 underage tailgaters, as well as one more for presenting false identification. City police were trying to break up a dispute between two rival groups of young men in Gray's Ferry Saturday night when the young men opened fire on......

Plan Philly has an article about that roundtable discussion amongst bloggers, reporters, and academics about the future of Philadelphia. Our own Jill Ivey was there to offer her insights. Go Phillyist! An 18-year-old former Philadelphian has admitted guilt in two armed bank robberies in April in South Jersey, as well as an attempted carjacking and a home invasion following the second robbery. The Tut exhibit at the Franklin Institute is on track "to break......

For many at-risk youths, getting arrested for the first time is no piece of cake. In fact, it’s a brief stay in jail with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. But what starts out as a frightening experience could turn into a constructive and hopeful opportunity. That’s typically the case for first-time juvenile offenders who, after admitting to their mistakes, are diverted from juvenile court and offered a chance to sit in front of......

Oh no! Fumo's attorney, Richard Sprague, just played the old "the charges are politically motivated" card. Meanwhile, the loose accounting and auditing practices that allegedly led to Fumo being able to allegedly get away with what he allegedly got away with (you know, allegedly) are going to be tightened up, according to the President Pro Tempore of the state Senate. Holy crud! The bill banning trans fats in Philly eateries (pre-packaged foods are excepted, so......

Weird crime time: A 25-year-old Lancaster County man named Brett Steidler mailed an explosive device to the Chicago surgeon who performed his penile enlargement procedure because he was "extremely unhappy with the results." Apparently! Luckily he thought better of his act and alerted police before the bomb was delivered. He subsequently pled guilty to weapons of mass destruction charges, which sounds a bit over-the-top for a little vengeful mail bombing of your penile enlargement surgeon,......

The Philadelphia Orchestra's newest and youngest member (according to WoodTV, anyway), 20-year-old Carol Jantsch, may also be the first female tuba player in a major full-time American orchestra. Apparently women don't normally have the large lung capacity needed to play the tuba, but Jantsch manages it somehow. Go her! Go Philly! (Via) Okay, time for a weird crime story. Kevin Eckenrode (25-year-old new employee of the state Gaming Control Board) and Rachel Kozlusky (his......

Philadelphians will go to the polls next Tuesday. Like any good, civic-minded resident, we're sure that you'll be there bright and early, clutching your voter registration card excitedly, ready to participate in democracy! So what's up for grabs next week? District Attorney, City Controller, and some judicial positions. Jonathan Saidel has decided not to run for reelection as City Controller as he prepares to run for mayor in 2007, leaving the position wide open. State......