Huge Gift From Health Insurer Will Go Toward Bulletproof Vests For Philly's Finest
Independence Blue Cross is giving the Philadelphia Police Department $100,000 to buy bulletproof vests.
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Independence Blue Cross is giving the Philadelphia Police Department $100,000 to buy bulletproof vests.
It was a heated meeting Wednesday night in South Philadelphia as residents, in a loud voice, expressed their concerns over the possibility.
On-screen television program guides make channel surfing a breeze -- unless you can't see them.
Four schools are to be revamped under the district's "School Redesign Initiative," which gives teachers, principals, and community groups the opportunity to suggest academic overhauls.
Chris "Handles" Franklin says his favorite part of the job is visiting schools, hoping his story will inspire young people.
But they need the public's help to jump one final hurdle.
Today, at the Bellevue, at Broad and Walnut Streets, former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell helped kick off "Tasting Week."
You know the holiday season is around the corner when you see those red kettles appearing on sidewalks around town.
The Richard Stockton College is buying the former Showboat casino and plans to use it as a satellite campus.
At the Hamilton train station in suburban Trenton, representatives of Health Republic Insurance wore purple shirts as they handed out brochures and reusable shopping bags to commuters.
Dilworth Park, which recently replaced the old Dilworth Plaza on the west apron of Philadelphia City Hall, is more user-friendly than its predecessor.
A free Philadelphia sports program is getting kids off the streets and onto the court. It's not basketball, it's not tennis. It's squash.
This 16-year-old loves anything that gets her heart pounding.
Are you faster than a SEPTA bus? A group of Philadelphia runners put their best foot forward to find out the answer to that question.
Work is still underway at the Hardy Williams Veterans Center. Construction is expected to be completed in January.
Sweeney likens the current financial situation of Atlantic City to that of Detroit.
A native of East Greenwich Township, NJ, Ryan Iannelli died in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan in 2011.
For 60 years, the memorial sat in an obscure location in Fairmount Park. Twenty years ago, it was relocated to Logan Square, near the Franklin Institute.
Amid the traditional speeches, parades, and wreath-laying ceremonies came an acknowledgement that the present-day Veterans Administration has fallen short of its vow to serve those who served our country.
For one Camden County police officer, Halloween was anything but a normal day on the job.
Even with changes and reforms, Casey says, the backlog for disability claims is 266 days for Philadelphia veterans. "That backlog is unacceptable," he says.
A group of school districts, parents, and the NAACP are suing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, claiming the state's level of school funding is unconstitutional.
The World Meeting of Families, scheduled for next September in Philadelphia, has announced an all-star lineup of speakers. Will it also include the first visit of Pope Francis to the United States?
Efforts are underway to raise money to erect a statute in South Philadelphia honoring Edward "Babe" Heffron, a World War II paratrooper whose heroism is well documented in the HBO series "Band of Brothers."
