for hopewell. they love to claim him as their on and in some ways they should because he grew up more a hopewell kid than a aliquippa kid. anyway two things happening were significant to me and i will start with -- and what they mean by that is this is a town that 9500 people at this point and getting smaller. at its peak it was only 27, 28,000 maybe 30 thousand people but it was a town that was not by any means a large city and get there or something and the presidents are testament to this, there's something incredibly is special about aliquippa. i first went up there in the fall of 2010. an editor at "sports illustrated" named mark who i believe his grandfather worked with the union in aliquippa and he said see if you are interested. they are producing incredible football players to win championships and the town is clearly dealing with the forces of the mills shutting down and obviously 25 years previously, sorry 15 years previously, go up and see what you think it so i went up and i wrote was

[laughter] >> i never lost anybody to hopewell. i used to get them from hopewell.sedi used to take their players. when i got the job at aliquippai never lost a player to hopewell again. and so this is my last did on hopewell and aliquippa. worked as assistance and kept an eye on frank, he knew that only a crisis a moment where if you believe would be right time and the right time came in 1997 and handed him the football program too. elsewhere in america the two sport coaches, that was the point. this was a desperate act of a desperate town. aliquiipa was debt and 85% qualified for free lunches, 300 were special education pup ills requiring more teachers and funding and 65% were black. most of the visitors at stadium had to be closed because no money was available for repairs. local officials kept launching trial balloons about emerger with hopewell all unanswered. everybody in aliquippa assumed it was a matter of race and ensure that daughters would never date a black boy. they think they are better than we are are a white aliquippa known as white chocolate. ma mak

i want to review one other thing about hopewell.n 1953, the future postmaster and historian forever devoted of high sports moved to hopewell. that's what you get when given the chance to. they worked for eight and was making enough to believe the neighborhood. housing development source bringing up all over. a man could carve out some space. hadn't they had enough excitement? you could get away from the attention and count the cars on one hand. at least nine other veterans moved into the new development with the bungalows the living room, kitchen, basement. many would graduate high school in the same year and all of them coming in from hopewell were as far away from township. the father of the basketball coach commuted sweating off 5 pounds agreed overturned and he lasted a year. they enabled the steelworkers ts to put a distance between work and home. it was a small sample starting in 1950 and 18 o 1950, 18 of tht cities began its life in the population. the suburbs in biography 60 people. nobody blames them said the current coach.

this is happening in hopewell township new jersey.olice and fire crews are on the scene as you see here of a truck fire that was near the exit ramp to interstate 95. this now has closed down that particular ramp. this is happening along route 31 in hopewell township. mercy county. that's where a tractor-trailer that was en route caused some type of fire here is that now causing big time delays as well. police have the exit ramp from 95 to route 31 shut down now as firefighters as you can see busy trying to work to put this fire out that was apparently caused by the tractor-trailer. no word on what else may have started this. but again, it is slowing down traffic in this area. as we get more information we'll pass it along. >> philadelphia police have identified the two people killed in last night's deadly crash on the roosevelt boulevard. happened around 9 o'clock last night near woodward street in northeast philadelphia. "action news" reporter vernon odom is live near the scene with the details. vernon. >> reporter: good evening, ric

and hopewell township currently in the low 30s.our wind profile helps but keep in mind as the day progresses it will shift out of the west. west-northwesterly, and then northwest. it will kick up tomorrow. so get ready for a blustery trend at least through sunday. feels like temperatures now that you take into consideration those northwesterly winds. it will feel mainly in the low to mid-30s. by this afternoon, we'll cause this again, 8:00 p.m. and notice it will feel like in the low to mid20s. upper 20s for philly. swedesboro, it will feel like 25 degrees but then this is where the story gets very interesting. overnight tonight into tomorrow it will feel like it's in the upper teens for westchester and pottstown. low 20s for philly and tomorrow morning, as you're getting ready for school, it's going to be very chilly. it's those northwesterly winds compromising those feels like temperatures. your 10 day on 10, we have a blustery friday and saturday. tracking the potential for a system to move in here. sunday into monday. however,

harmonyville road fire crews responding to the scene, stick to hopewell road to the north. on the big picture, despite being wet no major problems reported along the schuylkill expressway or the boulevard or the vine no overnight construction, they were working on i-95 southbound by cottman, those crews just cleared. live look from camden, the ben franklin bridge, crossing the river, the bridges are slick this morning as we begin this monday, tam. >> a mask gunman killed a 17-year-old boy 234 front of his family -- in front of his family standing on a corner. katherine scott has more. >> reporter: that's right, tam, this victim was 17 years old, detectives at homicide are trying to figure out what happened and why. thmed at 60th -- this happened at 60th and market. investigator were on the scene for hours as they tried to piece together what happened. close to dozen gunshots were fired at 12:15 a.m. police and medics were called when they arrived they found the 17-year-old lying on the sidewalks, he was hit multiple times and visible wounds to his face and torso. police say

hopewell township at 42 degrees. if you look at what to expect along the jersey shore, it looks nice, egg harbor township at 40, mullica township at 40 and cape may currently at 45 degrees. what about christmas? lots of sunshine in the forecast. we're dominated by a high pressure system that will be our weather-maker, so look at the temperatures for tomorrow. 47 is the expected high temperature for bethlehem. 43 for easton. lots of sunshine. newtown expected to reach mid to upper 40s, west chester, mid 40s for you, overnight in the 40s. byeberry, mount airy, 46. temperatures above normal for this time of year. trenton, 46. lots of sunshine. galloway, 47. avalon, mid to upper 40s. and in delaware, wilmington 50, dover, 46 degrees, our hour-by-hour forecast shows us the next system moving in tomorrow we'll see lots of sunshine, i started this on monday. monday afternoon it looks like we'll start to see light rain showers, a wintry mix for parts of the lehigh valley. everything clears by tuesday. so conditions pretty mu

south jersey, montalban, 28 here, florence, hopewell, robinson all in the 20s this morning. not as cold for most neighborhoods compared to yesterday morning but still cold, 28 degrees am thereunder's a little bit of a breeze. you'll see a little bit of wind. some clouds will blow through, but enough sunshine to warm us from the 20s into the 30s and the 40s. that did not happen yesterday. 41 degrees by noontime and up to 43 degrees at 2:00. that's in philadelphia. in the suburbs, completely dry. few passing clouds at times. 25 degrees right now, through the 20s into the 30s. dry all day and a nice warmup for not ovnly the suburbs but lehigh valley. boosting into the low 30s at 10:00 this morning and near 40 by lunchtime today. in new jersey, clear skies right now have led to some of the cold temperatures. 20 degrees this hour. warming into the 30s and then right around the 40 degree mark starting around noon and 2:00 this afternoon. nothing but a few passing clouds. the winds at 10 miles an hour for much of the day. a little bit stronger than right now. 40s at noontime. low t

hopewell at 29 degrees. not quite that cold at 34 and 33 in nazareth while evidenton is 34. there are some cold neighborhoods. we'll see sunshine. satellite and radar, we're clear for now. by this time tomorrow morning we'll be looking at rain coming in to the area but not today. need your sunglasses today. 33 degrees. bright sunshine at 8:00. few scattered clouds at lunch time and clouds increasing late this afternoon. that's 4:00 today. still in the 40s for philadelphia. for the suburbs from just below freezing at 8:00 into the 40s this afternoon. the clouds come in late in the day in the suburbs and lehigh valley. 28 at 8:00, by noon time 40 degrees and 41 degrees later this afternoon. then delaware, sunny skies, completely dry today but that changes overnight tonight first thing tomorrow morning. sunny skies in new jersey. low 40s this afternoon and at the shore the temperatures will start off a little bit warmer at 8:00, 34 degrees and then 40s as we go into the afternoon. late afternoon hours that's when we'll start to see clouds come in. here's your hour by hour forec

police have several surveillance cameras at the hopewell -- that they hope will help them identify a suspect. >> we also found several businesses at the corner of 60 and market that have several surveillance cameras. we're confident some of these cameras recorded the shooting. >> police say a man wearing a mask and dark clothes left in a white suv. >> and, philadelphia police are also looking for three suspect after a home invasion in oxford circle. investigators say the trio broke into a home on the 6700 block every rutland street last night. all of whom were wearing ski masks, and dark clothing, $3,500 in cell phones. also apparently had a pick axe. well, in sports, another tough loss for the eagles coming up short against the washington. just was not their day yesterday, as the birds continue to deal with injuries. turned the ball over twist in the red zone, former eagles desean jackson, 808-yard touchdown. the team has lost four straight for the first time since 2012, of course that was andy reid's last year coaching the team. >> max effort. max effort. this team responded, this

. >> from the cover of the trentonian, hopewell valley man accused of possessing child porn and sharingnternet was arrested at his home following a scuffle that injured two state detectives. authorities say 43 year old was in possession everyone hundred or more files of child pornography. >>> and, in the spirit of delaware county the pennsylvania attorney general has auditor general rather that is released a skating report on state of chester's pension plan. the report finds that the city owes more than $15 million to its three employee pension plans, and that the state may have to step in to guarantee retirees to get the benefit they've end. >> from the bucks county courier times, plan to convert 8 miles of a defunct septa rain line into multi-purpose recreational trail, essentially dead following a vote in northampton. supervisors voted three-two, against an engineering study for the township's four and a half mile portion of that trail. >> and that's a look at some of the newspaper headlines from around the delaware valley. >> well, a heartwarming christmas card now out. >> yes, you

s shamong 33 and hopewell township currently in the low 30s.neighborhood temperatures starting at ig and pause this a 5:00 a.m. i want you to see that temperatures will be mainly in the 20s. we'll compare that to your feels like temperatures in just one moment. 7:00 a.m., still seeing 20s. 9:00 a.m. 20s. 26 for philly. west chester 24. and wilmington, 26 degrees with those northerly winds. even though they won't be too strong, feels like temperature by about 5:00 a.m., it's going to feel like it's in the mid to upper teens. it will feel like 19 in philly. allentown, 14 for you. west chester 16 degrees. those are your feels like temperatures at 7:00 a.m. it will feel like a very chilly 15 in allentown. burlington, 16 for you and by about 9:00 a.m., still seeing those feels like temperatures in the teens. big stories to be sure you bundle up. out the door forecast tomorrow morning, bundle ip, layer up. you can take off those layers throughout the day. we'll have plenty of sunshine throughout your monday, tuesday and wednesday. all due to a high p

the hopewell church was set on fire in november and vote trump was spray painted on the wall.ody was hurt, but the church has been destroyed and a true motive is not clear. >> the new man charged in new castle county police in delaware is making history. he is the first african-american to lead the department. he is serving as interim police chief with the colonel setting announcing his environment this month. >>> a philadelphia neighborhood is helping the salvation army making this a happy holiday for children. residence decked out homes with bright light display. the 19th year to put on the festive show and toy drive that draws big crowds. >> it's been happening so much, people want to see how it gets bigger and bigger. >> reporter: the val vacation army gets in -- salvation army gets in 200 toys donated during the event. but the lights is the big attraction. >> rain will be on the holiday weekend, karen rogers has the accuweather forecast. >> a rising star in new jersey who was murdered, said her death could have been prevented and they taking those claims to court. >> brea

mostly coming in around 50 degrees. 50 in vorheess, if you're in lumberton, you're at 51 degrees, hopewell township coming in at 58 degrees. it will be colder as we go into tomorrow morning. this morning, we reached a high of 6 degre3 degrees, then we st dropping. that was before many of you were probably awake. tomorrow it will be around 51 degrees, the normal high is 50 this time of year. we're going to keep on dropping and we'll actually be in the 40s for a high on saturday and sunday. see it is going to be cool and it's going to stay that way for a pretty long stretch. 49 in swankville. easton coming in around 46. if you're in vorhees township, 52 for a high, and rehoboth beach, temperature right around the low 50s. into the week, 49 for saturday in new jersey. delaware saturday, 50 degrees, by sunday, we're going to be a little bit cooler, lehigh valley, 43 for a high, on sunday, 49 degrees along the shore, 48 in delaware, and if you're in philadelphia sunday, 47 degrees. but at least we're going to stay nice and dry across the weekend. as we go into next week, we're going to get more

hopewell township, 43 degrees. these numbers are going to drop off very quickly, take a look, we have low 30s up near rochester, but also notice some lake-effect snow here developing, that will be the case as we go into tomorrow and the strong winds could in fact blow some of that lake-effect snow into parts of our area, now you see the arctic air back up to our west and southwest and that is moving in our direction, so yes it will be a much colder day tomorrow. so how long will it actually stick around? it will get here tomorrow, it will be here for saturday and it will even be another cold day on sunday comes back as we go into next weeks, and it could even hang around again as we go into nec weekend. now we're looking all the way to next sunday, not this sunday, but next sunday. so yes, it's all going to continue spilling down from parts of canada. temperatures for tomorrow, 39 degrees in fairmount for a high, swanksville 38. chance of some lake-effect snow showers. do be surprised if you're in the pennsylvania

hopewell township 55.e've got a lot of 50s, even some 60s on the map out there, especially in delaware and along shore points. wind forecast for today, winds are up right now, gusting in some areas around 25 miles per hour or above. what we're looking at here is even into the afternoon, right around 20 miles per hour sustained winds with gusts 25 to 35 miles per hour. windy day. and right now winds coming in from the south but they're going to switch coming in from the west once that front starts to pass through. you're really going to start to see the changes today with rain moving in. hour by hour shows us the showers, the more developed line of rain, and the potential for thunderstorms, starts to move in by 7:30 to 8:30 so we're already seeing it start to edge in and by 8:30 pushing into philadelphia. spread through to the shore by your lunch hour but the rain continues in and out, not constant, but in and out, as we move along here throughout your afternoon. by about 3:00 moving out of philadelphia, i

sky fox over the scene of a truck fire in hopewell township. there are no injuries right now but route 31 is shut down in both directions while first responders try and clear that scene. we of course will update for when you that road reopens. >>> partial service back up and running on septa regional rail after massive delays. transit officials say passengers may have to deal with delays of as long as an hour while they work on getting service back up and running completely. a downed wire near the jenkintown station led to power problems. septa says that is now fixed. looks like the controversial soda tax in philadelphia will go into effect next month. that is after a judge today dismissed a lawsuit trying to block it. one of the plaintiffs in the suit the american beverage association argued the tax is unfair in part because there's already a state tax on sugary drinks. mayor kenney pushed for this tax which will fund pre k, community schools and other public services. >> we're moving forward. our kids can't wait. they've waited too many gener

in mississippi, a church member is arrested, charged with deliberately setting fire to the hopewell baptistville last month. nobody was injured. the fire was put out quickly. the church was also vandalized. spray painted on the walls, vote trump as you see there. authorities are investigating whether the suspect is the same man responsible for that vandalism. >>> if you thought e-cigarettes were safer, take a look at this video. a california man was smoking his e-cigarette on a city bus, put the device away and moments later it explodes in his pocket. he suffered minor burns to his right thigh and hand. >>> by now you have likely heard the story of the "jeopardy" contest ant who died from cancer before she was able to see her appearances on tv. her final episode aired last night ending her six-game winning streak. alex trebek paid tribute to her and her brother spoke out earlier. >> it's kind of an emotional roller coaster. it's bittersweet. i got to be there in person for the tapings so i kind of knew the outcome and despite knowing the ultimate outcome, i still ended up cheering for her w