Newly renovated Kensington apartments open to formerly unhoused families
Kings Highway Apartments, a once-vacant apartment complex in Kensington, is now a symbol of hope and new beginnings.
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Kings Highway Apartments, a once-vacant apartment complex in Kensington, is now a symbol of hope and new beginnings.
City leaders joined local developer Odin Properties in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday morning to welcome families into the newly renovated Kings Highway Apartments.
The Philadelphia Fire Department said say no one was hurt after a large fire broke out at an apartment complex in the city's Kensington section early Sunday.
CBS News Philadelphia drone footage shows extensive damage following a devastating fire at a church in Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood.
Firefighters had to evacuate four homes during a massive fire at a church on Allegheny Avenue Friday morning.
Joshua Santiago, a barber in Kensington, says Kensington is cleaner, but he remains focused on connecting with people in need.
Joshua Santiago, a barber in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, gives free haircuts to his neighbors in need. He says efforts to clean up the area are working.
A woman died after she was struck and killed by a U-Haul truck in Philadelphia Kensington neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
A woman walking down the street in Philadelphia’s Kensington section was fatally struck by a U-Haul truck after the driver “lost control” and jumped a curb on Tuesday afternoon, Chief Inspector Scott Small said.
A woman was just killed after getting trapped under a truck in Kensington. Chopper 3 over the 1800 block of East Cambria. That's right near Kensington Avenue. Police said this all started with a minor hit-and-run crash down the street. He only made it a few blocks before he lost control and hit a woman on the sidewalk killing her. Police said the driver ran away but officers caught him.
A person died and a woman was rescued during a fire at a home in Philadelphia's Kensington section on Monday, the city's fire department said.
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Business owners in Kensington say the neighborhood is improving under Mayor Cherelle Parker, but more should be done.
Business owners in the Kensington section of Philadelphia say Mayor Cherelle Parker's efforts to improve the neighborhood are working but there is still more to be done.
Philadelphia leaders on Monday shared an update on their efforts to clean up Kensington and make the neighborhood safer.
Philadelphia leaders on Monday shared an update on their efforts to clean up Kensington, saying homicides and shootings have fallen and police have seized millions of dollars worth of drugs.
On Monday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker will share updates from the first year of her plan to clean up Kensington's open air drug market.
On Tuesday, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker unveiled a new wellness court and wellness support center in Kensington.
Mayor Cherelle Parker is adding to her plans for cleaning up Philadelphia's Kensington. She signed an executive order Tuesday morning creating a new community court designed to get people suffering from substance use disorder into treatment instead of jail. CBS News Philadelphia’s Dan Snyder has more.
There was a deadly shooting right outside of the Market-Frankford El's Allegheny Station in Kensington on Wednesday. Police are searching for the gunman. We're working to learn what to lead the shooting.
A new community hub in Kensington will provide health care, tax prep and other services, state and local leaders say.
Philadelphia leaders on Wednesday celebrated the opening of a new community engagement center in Kensington that will provide health care and services such as tax prep.
City leaders say Philadelphia neighborhoods are safer now that a Port Richmond firehouse has its pumper truck back.
Residents in the Port Richmond, Fishtown and Kensington neighborhoods in Philadelphia say they feel safer and more comfortable after their firehouse got a new pumper truck.
Philadelphia officials opened the Riverview Wellness Center in Holmesburg to house people in longer-term recovery.
