Deadly explosion in Nicetown could be gas-fueled, source says
A source says the deadly explosion on a residential block in Philadelphia's Nicetown neighborhood could be gas-fueled.
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A source says the deadly explosion on a residential block in Philadelphia's Nicetown neighborhood could be gas-fueled.
The cause of the explosion on a block in Nicetown is under investigation. Three rowhome buildings partially collapsed due to the explosion.
Neighbors say the explosion that caused multiple homes to collapse in Nicetown on Sunday shook their homes.
Neighbors described the scary moment after an explosion that caused multiple rowhomes in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia to partially collapse Sunday morning. One person died and two others were taken to the hospital.
Investigators said a Philadelphia police car hit a cyclist as they were trying to pull over another car believed to be connected to a shooting in Nicetown.
The buses caught fire at the agency's Midvale depot located off Roberts Avenue, around 6:15 a.m. Thursday. SEPTA officials said all of the buses had been decommissioned and were in the process of being sold or scrapped.
More than 100 people from churches across the state were inside Triumph Baptist Church in Nicetown, singing, worshiping, and wrapping their arms around members of United Missionary Baptist Church. The Brewerytown church was destroyed in a fire back in February.
Police say a woman was killed in a crash on the 2300 block of West Hunting Park Avenue on Saturday morning.
A Philadelphia councilmember is asking the public for help after she said her dog, Buzz, was stolen over the weekend.
A plea for help from a Philadelphia city council member, after someone stole her family dog. Kendra Brooks shared pictures of her dog named Buzz. A neighbor told Brooks that two women in a gray Nissan took the dog Sunday in the area of 15th and Wingohocking in Nicetown. If you've seen Buzz, Brooks wants you to call her city council office.
PennDOT is celebrating the completion of a major project on the Roosevelt Expressway. The $107 million Wayne Junction Viaduct Project improved the span of US 1 over SEPTA tracks in Nicetown.
Vice President Kamala Harris made a series of campaign stops around Philadelphia Sunday.
A 56-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run in Philadelphia's Nicetown section on Sunday night, police said.
76ers center Joel Embiid is hosting a party Friday in Nicetown. It's a night of basketball, food, and games at the "In Memory of Arthur" block party. The event is named in honor of Embiid's late brother who died in a car accident in 2014 at the age of 13.
Friday morning, family, friends and community members gathered to remember Mujahid Ibn Jamal Sabir, who was shot and killed along the Cobbs Creek Trail last week.
A memorial to honor the life of an enslaved woman during the Revolutionary War was unveiled Saturday as the historic Stenton house celebrated its very first Dinah Day.
Marchant-Cartier Johnson, a neighbor in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia, woke up to a knock on his bedroom window and saw it was his neighbors whose house was on fire. Johnson then pulled multiple members of the family to safety through his bedroom window. Ross DiMattei walks you through a fire that broke out on Dennie Street Wednesday morning that left one man dead.
SEPTA says all Regional Rail trains resumed normal service Tuesday morning after signal issues that caused major delays have been resolved.
The "Victory in Philly" event on Thursday gave out tote bags, toys, meals and personalized holiday cards to over 250 local kids.
Philadelphia police are asking the public for help Thursday for any information to solve three homicides that happened this year.
A man died after being shot in the back in Philadelphia's Nicetown section Thursday night.
Philadelphia fire officials say the fire was on an upper level of the Venango House apartments.
A 15-year-old was shot in Philadelphia's Nicetown section on Monday, police said.
Investigators said a 15-year-old and a 39-year-old man were shot in the city's Nicetown neighborhood overnight.
This week, a New Jersey community came together to help repair a historic cemetery, students across the region returned to school, and the Media Little League may have not won the World Series but the team says it was an experience they will never forget.
