David Oh: Latest News

PHILADELPHIA - Former Philadelphia council member David Oh has announced his candidacy for Philadelphia mayor. Oh made the announcement Monday, making him a Republican in a crowded race with several Democrat candidates. His campaign alleges he has the most diverse supporters of any candidate in the race. RELATED COVERAGEOh, a Philadelphia native, was elected to City Council At-Large in November 2011, re-elected in November 2019 and began his third term in January 2020. In a statement accompanying Oh's candidacy announcement, he said: "Philadelphia is the historic and cultural epicenter of this great nation. This wonderful city I’ve called home and served as Councilmember in for the last 11 years – is the birthplace of America, and the cradle of our legacy of liberty.

PHILADELPHIA - Cherelle Parker, the Democratic nominee in the race for Philadelphia mayor, will hold her first press conference Monday, nearly a week after a health issue prevented her from speaking on election night. Parker, 50, was unable to attend her own victory celebration last Tuesday as she dealt with a dental emergency at the University of Pennsylvania. She spend the rest of the week resting, recovering, holding some meetings with staff. Monday's press conference will follow her meeting with Pennsylvania Gov.

PHILADELPHIA - Cherelle Parker, a Democrat with a long political history in Pennsylvania, won Philadelphia’s mayoral primary on Tuesday, likely setting her up as the city’s 100th mayor and the first woman to serve in the role.Parker, 50, who served for 10 years as a state representative for northwest Philadelphia before her election to the city council in 2015, asserted herself as a leader whose government experience would allow her to address gaping problems with public safety and quality of life in the nation’s sixth-largest city. She will go up against Republican David Oh in the Nov.

PHILADELPHIA - Voters in Philadelphia are determining who will likely lead the nation's sixth-largest city in a crowded field of Democratic candidates on Tuesday, as the city faces upticks in gun violence and quality-of-life issues that make people feel unsafe.Five front-runner candidates — including former city council members, former city officials and a grocery store franchiser — have sought to differentiate themselves in a tight contest.The Philadelphia race serves as the latest barometer of how residents of some of the nation’s largest cities hope to emerge from the pandemic, which heightened concerns about crime, poverty and inequality. The results have sometimes been tumultuous in other parts of the country, leading to the defeat of the incumbent mayor of Chicago in February and the ouster of San Francisco’s district attorney last year.Philadelphia voters will choose between front-runner candidates including former council members Allan Domb, Helen Gym and Cherelle Parker; former city controller Rebecca Rhynhart; and political outsider and grocer Jeff Brown.

PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA transit officers are about to see the numbers on their paychecks go up this month.The largest salary increase for SEPTA Transit Officers in more than 20 years has been announced.

PHILADELPHIA - SEPTA transit police are searching for a suspect they say shoved another man onto the tracks at a SEPTA train stop late Thursday night, according to an internal memo obtained by FOX 29. Sources tell FOX 29’s Steve Keeley that the man was not injured after he was shoved while waiting for a train at 30th and Market Street. SEPTA shared three photos of the suspect in the incident in an internal alert shared among law enforcement, sources tell Keeley. RELATED HEADLINES: According to the alert, the suspect entered the Market-Frankford Line’s 30th Street Station, did not pay a fare, and made his way to the platform. Once on the platform, authorities say the suspect loitered before ‘aggressively approaching’ the victim and pushing him onto the tracks. The suspect then left the station, walking back towards the street. The incident comes as Philadelphia Councilman David Oh has urged city council to withhold $10 million from SEPTA in an effort to encourage them to hire more police officers, raise wages, and make salaries more competitive with other police forces in the region. Advertisement"Public safety is the paramount concern of our residents.

PHILADELPHIA - Law enforcement sources tell FOX 29 that a teenage girl was assaulted Monday evening at a Broad Street Line SEPTA stop by a group who stole her cell phone. According to a source, a 17-year-old girl exiting the Girard Avenue stop around 5 p.m.