Pennsylvania
University of the Arts supporters call for Pennsylvania attorney general to investigate abrupt closure
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — University of the Arts supporters are not giving up on their fight for answers after the school abruptly shut down earlier this month. Now, they want the state’s top law enforcement official to step in.
It was a call Friday for Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry to investigate the University of the Arts closure.
A group marched from Hamilton Hall to Love Park. Many of the people CBS News Philadelphia talked to have the same questions they had weeks ago and say they’ve still heard nothing from university leadership. They hope the attorney general jumping on board can change that.
“Let’s not kid ourselves, this is a crime scene,” Adam Nelson, UArts class of 1991, said.
Other lawmakers have been involved in the UArts situation. State lawmakers held a hearing on the closure earlier this week. City council also passed a resolution calling for hearings but people want the attorney general’s office to take things further.
“To not launch an unofficial investigation, not a review, but an actual, formal investigation into the criminality, I think, of these financial issues that they won’t share,” Nelson said.
Students and staff said there has still been no communication from school leaders. Union officials said on Thursday a lawyer representing UArts told them the university “lacks the cash flow” to pay faculty what it’s owed under federal law.
“The only communication we had from the university yesterday said that the financial information and the details of why the university closed, they said that information doesn’t exist,” UArts faculty member and Vice President of United Academics of Philadelphia Bradley Philbert said. “And we’re willing to believe that it does.”
Students and parents have also not been able to get answers about tuition reimbursement. Micah Kleit’s 17-year-old daughter was supposed to start a summer program at UArts before the school closed. Despite numerous calls and emails, his $1,600 now sits in limbo.
“The only work they’re putting into this now is to basically blowing off parents, pushing aside any kind of actual resolution,” Kleit said.
CBS News Philadelphia reached out to the attorney general’s office for comment on Friday’s rally but have not heard back. Our calls to lawyers representing UArts have also gone unanswered.
A crash involving several vehicles and a motorcycle has left one person dead in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, police said.
The crash happened in the area of West County Line Road and Greene Avenue, according to police.
Police are asking people to avoid the area as the investigation into the crash continues.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Warminster Township Police.
DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — A major downtown street will be repaved under a resurfacing contract awarded this week by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
Borough officials, who have lobbied for years to have East and West State Street resurfaced, announced the news on Wednesday via its Facebook page.
When the project happens later this year, the work will be fully paid for under a major $8.3 million project bid award by PennDOT to repave 16 miles of state highways in Bucks County.
This marks the first time that State Street will be resurfaced since the 1990s, said borough officials, who credited an organized lobbying effort by local leadership and the community for pushing the project forward.
In its Facebook posting, the borough thanked State Sen. Steve Santarsiero, State Rep. Tim Brennan, Borough Council, Mayor Noni West, residents and business owners who brought the street’s condition to PennDOT’s attention.
State Street runs through the heart of the borough and serves as a heavily used business, tourism, and residential corridor for the town. It is home to the County Theater, a popular local and regional tourist attraction, the historic Doylestown Inn, and many other businesses.
More detailed timing and work plans are expected once the state finalizes its construction schedule.
One person is dead, and two others were taken to the hospital after a crash involving multiple vehicles in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, Tuesday afternoon, police said.
The crash happened around 4:45 p.m. at East Bristol Road and Brownsville roads, police said.
Police said a person driving a Toyota RAV4 was involved in a domestic-related incident in Lower Southampton Township before the crash.
The person driving the Toyota RAV4 was traveling eastbound at a high rate of speed, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck another vehicle while attempting to pass a Hyundai Kona, according to police.
The Toyota then became airborne, struck a Honda SUV and a Ford pickup truck and rolled over. The driver of the Toyota died in the crash, police said.
The driver of the Hyundai Kona left the road and came to a rest after striking a fence on Bristol Road, according to police.
It’s unclear if any drugs or alcohol were factors in the crash, police said.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to contact Bensalem police.
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