Dueling Arena Plans, Latest on SEPTA Shootings & Spring Weather
It’s the Friday News Roundup! We dig into how Philadelphians feel about the proposed stadium district redesign versus 76Place, the latest on last week’s bus stop shooting, and the most Philly things you notice when it gets warm outside. Host Trenae Nuri is joined by Ellie Rushing, criminal justice and law enforcement reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Mike D’Onofrio, reporter at Axios Philadelphia.
Our Friday News Roundups are powered by great local journalism:
- Third person arrested in shooting of students at Northeast bus stop
- How police closed in on two of the Five Points shooting suspects
- Readers back Comcast Spectacor over Sixers' arena in survey
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