District moves forward with controversial school closures, even as it continues to catch heat

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Friday, Sept. 4, 2026 (evening edition): Former Philadelphia union leader and power broker John Dougherty is now a free man after being released from federal prison. ***** The school district is moving ahead with its plan to close 17 schools. But parents and staffers haven't given up the fight to keep them open. ***** The Labor Day weekend travel rush is in full swing, and the high price of gas is not keeping folks off the roads. ***** Philadelphia police are trying to identify a man who robbed a gas station employee who was on his way to make a bank deposit Monday afternoon in North Philly. ***** Philadelphia has reported its first four human cases of West Nile virus this year, and the Department of Public Health is reminding residents to do their part to keep the spread down.