Standing In Silence, Philadelphia City Council Honors 2 Fallen Firefighters
City Council paid tribute to the fallen firefighters both with a moment of silence and with resolutions honoring their memory.
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City Council paid tribute to the fallen firefighters both with a moment of silence and with resolutions honoring their memory.
Calling for the hearing is councilman Jim Kenney, who says he has information that Verizon is not honoring its Fios buildout plan agreed upon three years ago with City Council.
With the deaths of two firefighters on their minds, Philadelphia City Council memberson Wednesday grilled the fire commissioner about the controversial policy of temporarily closing fire stations -- a tactic known as "brownouts."
Councilman-at-large Jim Kenney hired a Philadelphia-based company called Chatterblast. The cost was $28,000, paid for by taxpayers.
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is calling for justice in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager.
Councilwoman Marian Tasco was instrumental in setting up the pilot program in 2008, just as the number of city foreclosure filings exceeded 8,000.
In blunt testimony, SRC chairman Pedro Ramos said that the previous SRC applied stimulus money to new programs rather than using it to address the long-term structural imbalance of the district's budget.
Mayor Nutter's budget experts were in the hot seat as Philadelphia City Council opened hearings on Nutter's plan to revamp the way property assessments are calculated in the city.
Today brings the start of two months of Philadelphia City Council hearings on Mayor Nutter's new budget, and the process could get heated over Nutter's plan to overhaul property assessments, while bringing in $90-million extra to the Philadelphia School District.
City councilman Mark Squilla is proposing putting the brakes on Mayor Nutter's plan to revamp Philadelphia's broken property assessment system.
"One day -- I'm not sure how -- I ran. I packed only the clothes my children and I had, and left," said one former victim.
The $54-million campaign is designed to get smokers to stop, and to prevent those who don't smoke -- especially kids -- from starting.
Philadelphia's 2013 budget season got underway with a first of it's kind neighborhood budget hearing in South West Philadelphia Wednesday night, allowing the public to voice their opinions and concerns with the city's finances.
Philadelphia City Council took a close look at the city's troubled bail system on Wednesday, but key players in that system were no-shows.
A city council committee proposes calling the open-air concert stage "The Georgie Woods Entertainment Center at the Robin Hood Dell."
City Council is planning more hearings on the deteriorating condition of the city's police and fire stations.
Philadelphia City Council will look at closing a little loophole in which property owners who don't keep their houses up to code can still receive a landlord's license.
City Council has announced its plans for public hearings on the mayor's proposed spending plan -- and they're taking it on the road.
Mayor Nutter says it is too soon to say whether massive cuts in Governor Corbett's proposed state budget will force the city to raise taxes to make up the shortfall.
City Council has Thursday off because of last Monday's holiday, but that practice may soon end if new president Darrel Clarke has his way.
Philadelphia has strict rules on setting out trash at the curb, but a councilman says those rules should be relaxed for senior citizens.
Philadelphia City Councilman Bill Green says the way Philadelphia government keeps track of its spending is woefully out of date.
Two city council members want to make it easier to fight City Hall -- by letting people contest parking tickets and other citations without having to show up in person.
Introduced in City Council Thursday was a bill that would change the purchasing practice of Philadelphia city government, so that more American products are selected even if slightly more expensive.
City Council is looking at creating a new kind of bank -- a "Land Bank" -- that would be responsible for disposing of 30,000 vacant properties scattered throughout Philadelphia.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III's younger brother, has been arrested over suspected misconduct in public office after revelations in the Epstein files.
Fog, low clouds and light rain will be around again Thursday morning in the Philadelphia region, and temps will be above freezing throughout much of the area.
A vigil was held Wednesday night in Northeast Philadelphia to honor Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald.
William Ingram will sit behind bars for more than three decades for the 2024 murder of his mother inside their Bucks County home.
A teenager who died in a crash during a police chase over the weekend on Route 422 in Limerick Township was identified Wednesday.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III's younger brother, has been arrested over suspected misconduct in public office after revelations in the Epstein files.
The Diocese of Camden has agreed to a $180-million settlement resolving decades of sex abuse claims made against former priests.
A judge has ordered the Trump administration to return the slavery exhibits that were removed from the President's House Site in Philadelphia by Friday.
Fog, low clouds and light rain will be around again Thursday morning in the Philadelphia region, and temps will be above freezing throughout much of the area.
A vigil was held Wednesday night in Northeast Philadelphia to honor Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald.
A vigil was held Wednesday night in Northeast Philadelphia to honor Temple University Police Sergeant Christopher Fitzgerald.
William Ingram will sit behind bars for more than three decades for the 2024 murder of his mother inside their Bucks County home.
A teenager who died in a crash during a police chase over the weekend on Route 422 in Limerick Township was identified Wednesday.
Student-athletes at Villanova are giving back to young boys through a mentorship program with Radnor Middle School.
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Philadelphia has reopened following emergency repairs, according to the city.
The Diocese of Camden has agreed to a $180-million settlement resolving decades of sex abuse claims made against former priests.
Morey's Piers dismantled the Giant Wheel last fall and sent its center hub to the Navy Yard in Philadelphia to be repaired.
Sick and dying geese at Alcyon Lake in Pitman, New Jersey, had presumed cases of bird flu, officials said in a news release.
The Diocese of Camden has agreed to pay $180 million in a settlement to more than 300 survivors who were sexually abused by clergy members.
New Jersey's acting attorney general won't ask the state Supreme Court to review the dismissal of racketeering charges against Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III and those charged alongside him.
The long-ago first husband of first lady Jill Biden pleaded not guilty to charges that he killed his current wife in Delaware.
A fire that broke out at a wastewater treatment facility in Wilmington, Delaware, is under control after an explosion early Tuesday morning.
Ice is still impacting bodies of water around the Philadelphia area after a long stretch of cold temperatures.
Two firefighters and two residents were taken to the hospital after a house fire in Wilmington on Sunday, officials said.
Power companies across the Philadelphia region and Lehigh Valley are reporting some outages Saturday while high wind alerts are in effect.
Sick and dying geese at Alcyon Lake in Pitman, New Jersey, had presumed cases of bird flu, officials said in a news release.
A Code Orange alert is in effect Wednesday, Feb. 18, for all of southeastern Pennsylvania due to poor air quality levels around the region.
A nationwide shortage of estrogen patches used for hormone replacement therapy has prompted many women to look for alternatives for treating symptoms of menopause.
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is the country's oldest hospital and will become a museum for the nation's 250th birthday in 2026.
A person with measles traveled through Philadelphia International Airport last week, health officials said.
Move over, Wawa, "there's a new player in town." Customers shed light on Pennsylvania's heated rivalry as Sheetz opened its first store in Montgomery County.
Former Sheetz president and CEO Steve Sheetz has died at age 77, the Altoona-based company announced on Monday.
The post-Christmas return rush was underway at shops and malls across the Philadelphia area.
With product return fraud on the rise, an emerging company is using AI to help spot issues.
Here are mall opening and closing hours for the Christmas and Christmas Eve holidays around the Philly region.
Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Philadelphia has reopened following emergency repairs, according to the city.
A stretch of Spruce Street in Philadelphia's University City section is closed until further notice because of a water main break.
Police and fire crews are once again responding to the scene of a train fire that broke out Thursday.
More than 100 speed bumps near Philadelphia schools were installed improperly, a new report says.
The Downingtown Interchange on the Pennsylvania Turnpike reopened Wednesday night after a canopy over the toll booths collapsed.
Joel Embiid reported soreness in his right shin over the All-Star break and will miss the 76ers' game against Atlanta on Thursday night.
Mikaela Shiffrin, the most decorated skier of all time, last won a medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
The Eagles' main headquarters in South Philadelphia has a new name: the Jefferson Health Training Complex.
Their respective semifinal wins on Monday set up a seventh gold-medal showdown between Team USA and Canada later this week.
Anthony Edwards won the Most Valuable Player award while leading his "Stars" team past their fellow Americans on the "Stripes" team 47-21 to win the final of the NBA All-Star Game.
Bruce Springsteen is bringing the Land of Hope and Dreams tour to Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia on May 8.
J. Cole's "The Fall-Off Tour" will stop at Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia in July.
Robert Duvall was in such classics as "The Godfather," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "M*A*S*H," "The Great Santini" and "Tender Mercies."
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
The Pennsylvania Film Office has awarded $34 million for production on Season 3 of "Tires" and the fifth and final season of "Mayor of Kingstown."
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Middle school students in Philadelphia got the opportunity to do hands-on learning during the school district's five-day career and technical camp.
With her Girl Talk mentoring program, one Philadelphia teen turned her camp days into a safe space to discuss social issues young girls face every day.
Recent high school graduate Sylvain Farrell says his temporary position at a local clinic is the pathway to a full-time career.
A Philadelphia student won an award from NFL Films for his documentary on bringing back sports teams at his Kensington school.
A group of East Norriton eighth graders took what started as an Earth Day project and made a whole initiative.
A grey seal pup found in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Valentine's Day is being cared for at the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The center said the pup will stay with them until she's gained enough weight to be released back into the wild.
The organization started with an Instagram post offering free therapy for Black men. Now they provide eight free therapy sessions with Black men and pair them with clinicians of color. Meet Zakiya Williams and Tasnim Sulaiman, founders of Black Men Heal. Check out the full story Thursday night at 7 p.m. as we air our special, Changemakers: CBS News Philadelphia Celebrates Black History.
The Bucks County Board of Commissioners said it doesn't want any warehouses in the county to be used as immigration detention centers. The board voted unanimously after the federal government recently bought two warehouses in Pennsylvania, one in Berks County and the other in Schuylkill County.
Brad Reese, the grandson of the man who invented Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, criticized the Pennsylvania-based Hershey Co. for allegedly "quietly replacing" the candy's primary chocolate and peanut butter ingredients.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, King Charles III's brother, was arrested on his 66th birthday Thursday morning. The arrest comes after the Epstein files suggested the former prince shared confidential government information with Epstein while working as a British trade official. Josh Sanders has the latest from the Pulse Desk.