A West Philadelphia man is accused of fatally shooting a woman and then disposing her body in a trash can in the city's Mill Creek neighborhood late last month, police …
March 5, 2025
During a normally slow time for tourism, Center City hotels cashed in on the Eagles’ Super Bowl run
The Eagles Super Bowl parade on Valentine's Day boosted hotel occupancy to 90% in Center City and drove $4.3 million in additional revenue for the hospitality industry that weekend, according …
Franklin Square is adding a climbing tower, new playground equipment, outdoor musical instruments and a bike and scooter path as part of an 18-month renovation project. The work at the …
School District of Philadelphia to continue allowing trans athletes to play sports aligning with gender identity
Following President Donald Trump's executive order prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in female sports, Pennsylvania's governing body for high school sports changed its policies to fall in line …
About 30 homes in Port Richmond were left without water after a sinkhole opened up on the 2700 block of Birch Street on Tuesday afternoon. A vehicle parked on the …
Mulherin's Pizzeria, the sister restaurant of Wm. Mulherin's Sons, is closing less than one year after it opened. The Center City establishment has shuttered effective immediately, a representative said Wednesday. …
University of the Arts’ Hamilton Hall sold to Scout, the design firm that redid the Bok building
Scout, the Philadelphia development firm that transformed the Bok building, purchased Hamilton Hall, a former University of the Arts building, at a bankruptcy auction Monday. Scout paid $12.25 million for …
Philadelphia has already begun recruiting seasonal staff for its city pools, and it's offering a four-figure bonus to those who apply early. For the third year in a row, Parks …
One year into Mayor Parker’s Kensington intervention, city officials tout lower crime, better community services
Crime in Kensington has fallen significantly and there are more robust services for quality of life issues since Mayor Cherelle Parker began a public safety initiative in the neighborhood one …
Update 2/27/25: Officer Joshua McKnight will be discharged from Cooper Medical Center Thursday afternoon. A Camden County Police officer is in critical condition after he was stabbed during a business …