Local Man Calls Death of Bin Laden a Special Occasion to Honor Heroes
A local man was driving around the city of Philadelphia today, his pickup truck pulling a handmade float, celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden.
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A local man was driving around the city of Philadelphia today, his pickup truck pulling a handmade float, celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden.
A leading Catholic journalist based in Philadelphia is leading a forum this week at the Vatican -- on the topic of social media.
Businesses across the Delaware Valley participate in today's events. The City of Philadelphia had festivities at City Hall for city workers and their children.
A Philadelphia fire department captain, touched by the plight of families who have children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, has decided to raise money and awareness for the cause by rowing from Washington, DC to New York City.
Jon Bon Jovi joined with homeless advocates on Tuesday to celebrate the opening of a transitional housing unit for young adults.
More than 40 neighborhood groups in Philadelphia were picking up trees on Friday from a warehouse on the site of the former Navy Yard, to be planted citywide over the weekend.
More than 2,000 medical grants have been given by the foundation since 2007.
On Sunday, April 10, families and friends will take part in the new 'For Pete's Sake, Walk,' a two-mile fun walk at Citizens Bank Park benefiting cancer patients and their families.
"It is to raise awareness and to raise funds so that we can go into the community and dispel myths, educate the public, and raise awareness for the critical need for organ donation," says Renee Freeman, cofounder and executive board chairman of the group "Donors are Heroes."
It's the first time the Lindback Foundation -- which usually honors teachers -- will be recognizing outstanding principals.
Tahkem, 13, has big dreams for his career: "Either an NFL player, or a computer technician, or a comedian."
On the morning of February 16th, Mahlon Graham and his sister were walking to St. Francis de Sales School in West Philadelphia when they saw smoke coming from a nearby assisted living facility and a woman at a window screaming for help.
Tina Meier's 13-year-old daughter Megan committed suicide in 2006, after what she believed was an online relationship with a boy turned out to be orchestrated by an adult a few doors down.
Volunteers from several services groups joined up today with students at South Philadelphia High School today to cook and package meals for the elderly and the infirm.
The Philadelphia-based anti-hunger organization has received a large donation from a national food processing company.
Eric Stephenson, a 2010 Temple University alum, is walking 141 miles from Connecticut to Temple to raise money and awareness for the "Relay For Life" cancer benefit.
One of the most devastated areas of Japan will get rebuilding help from the State of Delaware. The "First State" is reaching out to its Japanese sister state.
It's the beginning of the end for what had been one of Gloucester County, NJ's larger employers, as Sony Corporation shuts down its CD plant in Pitman, putting some 300 people out of work and perhaps changing the fabric of the town.
The US Coast Guard cutter barque "Eagle" arrived at Penn's Landing this morning on the first stop of its 75th-anniversary tour across the Atlantic.
About a hundred people attended an annual ceremony at Philadelphia's Irish Memorial, at Front and Chestnut Streets, to reflect on their heritage.
All proceeds from the second annual "Walk for Water, Walk for Life" event will go toward the construction of pipelines to bring clean drinking water to schools in the Rift Valley of Kenya.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has been awarded a major grant to fight a big problem.
"Just in the last three days we've had two very generous corporate donations," a local Red Cross spokesman told KYW Newsradio on Tuesday.
Those who want to help can donate online, by phone, or by mail.
