Dozens Gather For School Closing Protest In West Philadelphia
A couple dozen members of one West Philadelphia community gathered to voice their displeasure with the pending closure of Alexander Wilson Elementary school.
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A couple dozen members of one West Philadelphia community gathered to voice their displeasure with the pending closure of Alexander Wilson Elementary school.
Police say two brothers got into a family feud Tuesday night around 11:30 and the incident ended with one of them stabbing the other.
The incident happened at about 8:30 p.m. at 53rd and Spruce Streets.
A vacant home partially collapsed in West Philadelphia Thursday.
They were tired after the flight from Rio to New York followed by a minibus ride back to St. David's Church on Easton Road in Willow Grove, Pa.
The incident happened around 2:20 a.m. Sunday at 57th Street and Lansdowne Avenue in the Overbrook section of the city.
Police now say a six-year-old boy is on life support a day after a near drowning incident at a community pool in West Philadelphia.
Officials are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday afternoon in West Philadelphia.
Judge Jeffrey Minehart sentenced 56-year-old Eileen O'Neill on her conspiracy and theft convictions.
Convicted West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to running a "pill-mill" from which thousands of prescriptions for pain-killers were distributed.
The City of Philadelphia's Mural Arts program kicked off its summer program for "What We Sow," a program that celebrates food and takes art beyond the wall with cooking demos and more.
"It means very transformational things for our school," says Brother Richard Kestler. "We've been able to look at things we never would have been able to look at in the past."
The driver was shot in the hand at Farragut and Walnut Streets in West Philadelphia around 10 p.m.
Officials say a kitten was rescued by water department workers Tuesday afternoon.
A young child has died after falling out a fifth-story window in West Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon.
Tom Mallery and Kate Koehn gave birth to a brain-damaged daughter who died at 11 months. Now they collect medical supplies for redistribution to families in need.
Three people, including a 15-year-old boy, are hospitalized after a shooting in West Philadelphia Thursday night.
The incident happened at 62nd Street near Pine on Monday around 10:30 a.m.
Police are investigating a shooting that sent one person to the hospital.
Philadelphia Police are investigating shootings that sent several people to the hospital on Memorial Day.
The incident happened at about 6:30 p.m. at the 5600 block of Wyalusing Avenue.
Dozens were on hand at the historic Hawthorne Hall to mark the beginning of "Make Your Mark," a community driven effort to revitalize lower Lancaster Avenue.
A judge imposed a third life sentence against West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell Wednesday morning.
Gosnell agreed to forego any appeals in exchange for elimination of the death penalty.
A Philadelphia jury today convicted West Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell on three counts of first-degree murder as well as involuntary manslaughter in the death of a woman who died during an abortion at his clinic.
