The School District of Philadelphia has released the data it will use to determine which school buildings it will close, rehabilitate or repurpose. Each school building was assessed on four…
A water main break at the Justice Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice has postponed cases scheduled to be heard Wednesday. The rupture occurred Tuesday evening at 1301 Filbert…
A suspect accused of vandalizing the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History on two occasions has turned himself in, police said. Police said they are not revealing the suspect's…
After tidying up 335 blocks in Northwest Philadelphia for over a year, a collaborative cleaning program is heading across the Schuylkill. Glitter is launching its Safe Steps initiative in West…
A Pennsylvania plastics manufacturer will pay $2.6 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Water Act and will ensure that no more of its plastic pellets leak into waterways, under…
President Donald Trump's choice for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is one of 10 federal prosecutor nominees whose confirmations were delayed Wednesday when a senior Democratic lawmaker…
A Philadelphia program focused on addressing the city's student dropout crisis is expanding into four new district schools this year. This article originally appeared on Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization…
SEPTA is moving forward with a 21.5% fare increase on Sept. 14 and will aim to restore full service across the transit system by the same date as part of…
Less than two weeks after SEPTA began implementing its new plan for fiscal solvency, a judge said Thursday the transit agency must immediately reverse major service cuts. However, the ruling…
To stop a form of deed fraud, Philadelphia has rolled out new technology that will verify if the signatory was alive at the time of the transfer of ownership. Mayor…