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According to a report, two 16-year olds are in the hospital after a car they were driving smashed into a concrete barrier on I-95 in South Philadelphia early this morning following a high-speed chase by police.

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERWe have another kind of spring-like day on tap for the today. Expect the high to hit about 62 degrees with a bunch of sunshine.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.

Make sure you get online and place a vote for the Walnut Street Elementary School choir as it competes in the MORE-FM (101.1) Christmas Choir Concert. The choir sings "Wonderful Christmastime."The voting will run unitl 9 p.m. Tuesday night.

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERYou are going to need the coat this morning, but it's only going to get warmer as the day goes on. Expect the high to reach about 60 degrees and plenty of sun.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.

Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.WEATHERDid you like Sunday? Well, today is kind of a repeat. Expect the high to hit about 54 degrees with enough sun to make you wish it was Sunday.CLICK HERE to check your local forecast.

A bill from state Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill County, would change the way Pennsylvania selects a lieutenant governor. Currently, the governor and lieutenant governor are chosen separately in primaries by their party's voters before becoming a team in the general election. Argall's bill would allow gubernatorial candidates to choose their running mates, much like presidential candidates choose their vice presidential running mates.

MEDIA COURTHOUSE >> Defense attorney Michael Malloy made his pitch to have several pieces of evidence in a long-closed murder case subjected to DNA testing.Leroy Evans has served 37 years of a life sentence for the 1980 slaying of "Avon Lady" Emily Leo in Chester, but Malloy and others say he was railroaded and deserves to have the case reopened.

The Rev. Joe Corley, pastor of Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Darby Borough, thought it was a joke when he learned he was named a monsignor of the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Francis - considering his holiness had suspended granting that title."I was shocked, then I just laughed. It makes me laugh," said Corley, who received a letter from Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput confirming that he was, indeed, receiving the title.

The torrent of sexual abuse allegations against celebrities has shocked many. It should not. Sexual harassment and discrimination, as well as other forms of abuse based upon fear and differences between people are as old as humanity. It is a good thing that bad behavior is getting so much attention, but undoubtedly some of those complaints are false.

A purchase on Amazon this holiday season may be the gift that keeps on giving in the William Penn School District.The Penn Wood Foundation is teaming once again with AmazonSmile, a website through which the AmazonSmile Foundation donates 0.5 percent of the price of all eligible purchases to be donated to a charitable organization.