Corporation Helps Underwrite Growth For a Local Social Service Agency's Programs in Montco
A sizeable corporate donation from AT&T will help Congreso expand a job training program for some high school students.
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A sizeable corporate donation from AT&T will help Congreso expand a job training program for some high school students.
The Beech Companies includes a nonprofit, a bank, a real estate company, and a media organization. Together they are working to revitalize a North Central Philadelphia neighborhood.
Mayor Nutter today told stakeholders involved in youth violence prevention that they should commit to a long-term effort and not go for short-term fixes.
Grammy-winning producer Kenny Gamble was joined by "DMC" of the seminal hip-hop group, Run-DMC.
Families at the museum are celebrating the start of the "Year of the Goat" on the Chinese calendar with a variety of themed activities.
The district faces an $80-million deficit next year, but SRC chair Bill Green says adding five charters won't break the budget because four of the schools would open in 2016.
Prosecutors say the video, "Heroin Kills," tells the heartwrenching account of a mother who prays she'll never get the call that her daughter has died of an overdose.
There will be parades, dancing and plenty of food in Chinatown over the next week.
Penn basketball coach Jerome Allen is opening the door to opportunity for young people.
According to a new report released earlier this week, Philadelphia's housing market is holding strong.
This week, Hadas tells us about a onetime Korean barbecue restaurant that's finally found a new Philadelphia home, a new center city spot that's using German subways as its theme, and what's coming at the next Reading Terminal Market fundraiser.
Jarreau conducted the master class -- his first ever -- as part of the Mann Center for the Performing Arts' three-day "Artist N Residency" program.
He says elderly residents suffering from dementia walked away from their homes in Upper Dublin and Lower Merion, and were found dead. A third person, from West Philadelphia, was taken to Lankenau Hospital suffering from hypothermia.
Noted Philadelphia philanthropist Gerry Lenfest, who once served on US Navy destroyers in the Korean War, says it's almost hard to believe, in this city of firsts, that we don't have an official Veterans' Day parade.
One local ice sculptor got creative with all the ice and snow hanging around the Philadelphia area.
Drag queens were first. Now, Native Americans have joined the chorus of complaints about Facebook's "real names" policy enforcement.
The new $500,000 initiative has multiple parts geared towards people looking to work in a variety of trades.
Anthony oozes creativity.
Lenora Thompson formed the "Boys Book Club" to provide reading coaching -- and other forms of support -- to young black men in Philadelphia.
"This is our best way to show love," says Jackie Wleh, founder of Able Bodied Christian Men, Inc.
CBS Philly has received the following community cancellations for Tuesday, February 17, 2015, due to the weather.
When Anton Moore, 29, saw a problem in his South Philadelphia neighborhood, he joined up with fellow community activists and decided to seek solutions.
Philadelphia's cathedral of college basketball played host to girls and boys involved in the Police Athletic League's annual President's Day play day.
CBS Philly has received the following community cancellations for Monday and Tuesday, February 16th and 17th, due to the weather.
A spokeswoman says Washington's letter restating his now-famous famous words, "to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance," underscored his committment to freedom.
