Telling the tragedy

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Weeks after Antonne Jones’ third book and documentary DVD, “The Lex Street Massacre,” was released June 18, an interview with one of the four convicted killers serving a life term came through — proving timing is indeed everything.

Killed on his block

The city’s 205th homicide happened on the 500 block of Sigel Street early Saturday.

Rashad Williams, 26, from the block where the shooting occurred was pronounced dead by a medic at 2:15 a.m., Homicide Sgt. Tim Cooney said.

Beaten in cell

Charles Meyers never made it to court for his preliminary hearing yesterday morning; he went to the hospital instead.

At about 10:30 a.m., while inside his holding cell in the basement of the Criminal Justice Center, the 18-year-old charged with murder in the July 14 shooting…

Clean sweeps

Members of Narcotics Strike Force A Platoon, assigned to South Philly, locked up 16 people in two recent drug busts and confiscated guns and dope.

Both raids were the result of neighborhood complaints, Narcotics Strike Force Capt. James Kelly told the Review.

Towering controversy

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The only signs of life at the two, chain-link fenced lots near Broad Street at Washington Avenue occur when the traveling band of eclectic performers, Cirque du Soleil, come to town. Otherwise, the one soil and other cement parcels on the 1200 and 1300…

The mourning after

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The shooting of Tykeem Law shook his neighborhood to the core.

The 14-year-old from Grays Ferry was riding his bike on the 900 block of Federal Street with about six cousins shortly after 4 p.m. July 14, according to police. A…

Mural Mania

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Philadelphia mural artist Barbara Smolen has a quote from the Talmud in her head she is trying to sketch out: “Each blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers ‘grow, grow.’”

Come here often?

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According to its well-known, bouncy slogan, “Everybody who knows goes to Melrose.” The catchphrase, invented in 1963 during a conversation between founder Richard Kubach Sr. and a local radio advertiser, forever lingers amongst the close-knit, family atmosphere…

Some enchanted evening

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The long lines of fans eagerly awaiting the release of the seventh Harry Potter book may have come and gone, but the excitement surrounding the boy wizard’s final appearance lingers like mist in the Forbidden Forest.

Big-cat fight

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When the latest International Boxing Federation featherweight ratings were released earlier this month, Rogers “The Tiger” Mtagwa’s name appeared in the №5 slot. With the top two spots vacant, Mtagwa is edging closer to that coveted world-title shot.