Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia charge 20 people in alleged NCAA basketball bribery scheme

The KYW Newsradio All Local on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 (evening edition) Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged 20 people in a scheme to bribe men’s college basketball players to shave points so gamblers could win bets on their games. ... SEPTA says serious crime on the system was down last year, to the lowest level in ten years. KYW’s Mike DeNardo reports… ... With temperatures forecast to drop well below freezing, Prevention Point Philadelphia is hosting a series of emergency overnight warming centers for the unhoused community. The program starts tonight and runs through the weekend. ... Water at Gilbertsville Elementary School in Montgomery County contains forever chemicals, known as PFAS, and now Boyertown School District has begun weighing options to remove the toxins. ... It was another record-setting year of life-saving organ-transplants for Gift of Life. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief and living kidney donor Jim Melwert tells us the organ procurement organization’s leadership isn’t resting on its laurels.