4 More Nonprofits Push For Reforms In Next Philadelphia Teachers Contract
The Coalition for Effective Teaching, a three-month-old group of nonprofits endorsing changes in the next teachers pact, is adding four new groups.
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The Coalition for Effective Teaching, a three-month-old group of nonprofits endorsing changes in the next teachers pact, is adding four new groups.
Dr. Brent King says the highest risk population of drowning is really young children who can drown in a small amount of water.
A bipartisan commission on political reform brought its road show to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Wednesday, as it navigates stormy waters in an attempt to bridge the partisan political divide.
"Any New Jersey original song composition that the artist or the group just believes conveys their feeling of summer at the shore," contest organizer Shannon Eis said.
The great Philadelphia lap dance tax battle is firmly underway. Three strip clubs are challenging the mayor's plan to slap a tax on lap dances.
A man has been ordered to stand trial on charges he murdered a 95-year-old woman in their Kensington neighborhood during an attempted sexual assault earlier this year.
We hear stories all the time about Philadelphia back in the day. But here's some you may not have heard from Philadelphia author and the founding president of the Philadelphia Tour Guides Association, Ed Mauger.
They're among the best lawmen who ever lived and died.
With a 48-48 record, the Phillies get back to work after the all-star break on Friday night as they open a nine-game road trip with the first of three in New York against the Mets.
Just two games left in the regular season for the Philadelphia Soul. The first of those two will be Saturday night in San Jose against the SaberCats.
Germantown Academy product Tommy Coyle is making himself know in the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
A Southwest Philadelphia mother was arrested and charged with homicide late Thursday in connection with the Tuesday death of her four-year-old daughter.
On the streets of Old City the air has been thick with the odor of horses and the waste they leave behind.
Director of History makers for Historic Philadelphia Doug Thomas is in full costume portraying Major Samuel Nichols.
Sales were up more than six-percent -- almost $219-million. However, profits were up by just a fraction of that amount – only $6-million.
Kyle Adams was recently named the new head women's basketball coach for the Division II Cheyney Lady Wolves.
Former Villanova standout Dwayne Anderson joins the coaching staff at Penn State.
Darlington Nagbe is one of the top young players in MLS, and he is this week's guest. We then look back at the Union's water logged home win against Chivas USA.
"If there's wind on you, there's wind on the bugs and the bugs will stay away from you," Frank Swift explains.
"Mr. Stevens used his badge to coerce prostitutes into having sex with him and getting away with it without paying them anything," Elie Honig, Director of the State Division of Criminal Justice, said.
Muslims fasting for Ramadan and who also work outdoors are finding staying cool in this the heat wave an extra challenge.
Who will appear and who won't? That's the question of the day at Philadelphia City Council, where a committee resumes its probe of last month's tragic building collapse in Center City.
KYW's Matt Leon spoke with Bob Cooney of the Philadelphia Daily news about the Sixers offseason and where they go from here.
Public Utility Commissioner James Cawley ripped PGW as being essentially beyond regulation.
After a preliminary hearing that included days of testimony, a district judge in suburban Harrisburg has ordered that six defendants face trial in the turnpike corruption case.
