Hour 1 of The Dawn Stensland Show:
- Local News Headlines/News Rundown
- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw addressed questions about the city's lagging 911 response times. Outlaw explained that there were several reasons for increased wait times, including staffing shortages and a new mental health script that phone operators read.
- A former elementary school principal in Upper Darby has been charged with indecent assault of a child.
- In Villanova, thieves have been targeting mailboxes—taking outgoing checks from residents.
- Briarcliffe Fire Company Station 75 is now temporarily closed after members of the department used racist language to describe residents and shamefully mocked the death of a local 8-year-old girl.
- Over the weekend, University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas won the women’s 100-yard freestyle at the Ivy League Championship. Thomas, one of the most prominent transgender athletes in the country, is now set to compete in the NCAA Championships. But does Thomas have an unfair advantage?
- The Associated Press is reporting that 73% of Americans have immunity from COVID-19—either from vaccination or from having already contracted the virus.
