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$500,000 Lottery Ticket Sells In Philadelphia $500,000 Lottery Ticket Sells In Philadelphia
$500,000 Lottery Ticket Sells In Philadelphia A Northeast Philadelphia shopper stopped by a convenience store over the weekend and walked out half a millionaire, say Pennsylvania Lottery representatives.  The lucky player matched all five white balls pulled in the Saturday, July 8 drawing for the Powerball with Double Play game, state gaming officials said in a release.  E-Z Smoke Plus at 1542 Pratt Street in Frankford will receive a $500 bonus check for vending the winning ticket, officials added.  More than 114,000 other Pennsylvanians won prizes of some amount in the Saturday drawing and every player is encourag…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Body Recovered From I-95 Wreck: Officials Body Recovered From I-95 Wreck: Officials
Body Recovered From I-95 Wreck: Officials A body was removed from the wreckage on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia on Monday, state officials confirmed to Daily Voice.  Citing family members, 6abc has identified the victim as truck driver Nathanial Moody, reportedly employed by TK Transport in Pennsauken, New Jersey.  The body was turned over to the Philadelphia County Medical Examiner and Coroner's Office, who are in the process of formally identifying the remains, state police said.  Part of Interstate 95 running through Philadelphia's Tacony neighborhood collapsed after a tanker underneath it caught fire early Sund…

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by Mac Bullock
Weather
8th Tornado Across NJ, PA Confirmed In Lehigh County 8th Tornado Across NJ, PA Confirmed In Lehigh County
8th Tornado Across NJ, PA Confirmed In Lehigh County The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Lehigh County during Thursday's storm -- making that the eighth across New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. The EF0 twister touched down in Slatington and had winds up to 85 mph (click here for photos). It touched down on the grounds of Northern Lehigh High School, snapping and uprooting several trees. A wooden dugout on the baseball field lost its roof and some anchored metal bleaches were tossed, the NWS said. The twister continued its path straight west to east from the high school to the airport, where a plane ha…

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by Cecilia Levine