Philadelphia Police Force Donates, Distributes 500 Thanksgiving Meals
The Philadelphia Police Department is continuing its 42-year tradition of giving away Thanksgiving dinners to needy families.
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The Philadelphia Police Department is continuing its 42-year tradition of giving away Thanksgiving dinners to needy families.
Four blocks of State Street in North Camden and several blocks along Park Boulevard in the Parkside neighborhood are getting about 50 new streetlamps, to replace those vandalized in recent years.
A New Jersey couple who gave their three children Nazi-inspired names is due in court Monday to try to regain custody of their newborn.
Philadelphia city officials met with Occupy Philadelphia tonight to present the permit proposal to move the encampment from Dilworth Plaza to Thomas Paine plaza, across the street.
Pennsylvania governor Tom Corbett is praising the decision at Penn State to hire former FBI director Louis Freeh to head up the university's own investigation of the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
Some members of "Occupy Philadelphia" are concerned about the group's future.
Mayor Michael Nutter and other officials toured a North Philadelphia high school on Monday, to look at its security -- on the same day a newspaper article suggested that things there could get a lot tougher.
After the Jerry Sandusky-Penn State controversy exploded, state lawmakers rushed to submit anti-pedophile legislation. Now, a Philadelphia City Council member is doing the same.
This morning, Capt. William Fisher of the Philadelphia Police Department's civil affairs unit went tent-to-tent in a small section of the Occupy Philadelphia encampment, telling people they need to stay out of their tents until at least 4pm.
Governor Corbett's push for privatization of state services has barely begun, and already he's getting push-back from members of his own party on one idea.
The age-old question of whether a hoagie is better than a cheese steak has apparently been settled in the hoagie's favor on the floor of City Council.
Police have arrested about a dozen members of the Occupy Philadelphia movement who were protesting at a bank downtown.
An effort is underway among "Occupy Philadelphia" members to improve unity among the various working groups within the camp, so its message can be conveyed in a peaceful and effective manner.
Judge Sheila Woods-Skipper has upheld a Municipal Court judge's ruling that bars attorneys, defendants, witnesses, victims, and some minors from commenting on the case against Linda Weston and three other defendants.
New York is on record against fracking, and now Delaware indicates it will also vote no, given concerns over protection of drinking water.
