Authorities Investigate West Philadelphia Fire
rities are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a West Philadelphia row home Saturday morning.
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rities are investigating the cause of a fire that ripped through a West Philadelphia row home Saturday morning.
Philadelphia has hundreds of acres of parkland, but today it's getting a wee bit more: two West Philly parking spaces are being converted into a temporary park.
The University City Science Center, at 37th and Market Streets in West Philadelphia, was the backdrop on Monday as members of Congress showed their support for legislation to stimulate innovation in the life sciences industry.
Author Antonne Jones says this new edition of Equal Verdicts contains more interviews, including with the killer who is behind bars for life.
Even in the heat, a West Philadelphia church built a playground for the neighborhood.
There was lots of enthusiasm as campers from the Vare Recreation Camp in West Philadelphia jumped into kayaks and "water swans" -- some of them for the first time in their lives -- to paddle around the Delaware River Marina.
On a sizzling summer evening keeping the kids cool in this intense heat isn't easy for those without central air-conditioning.
The West Philadelphia Skills Initiative is connecting three universities and two health systems with entry-level jobs they need filled, and partners with the community to find those who can fill them.
A 16-year-old West Philadelphia girl is accused of leaving her six-month-old baby in a bathtub full of water. The baby was found fully submerged and unresponsive.
Funeral services were held Saturday morning for a little boy who police say was tortured daily by his godmother and her boyfriend in West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia police have arrested two people in connection with the death this week of a 3-year-old in West Philadelphia.
A leader of a nationwide motorcycle club described by prosecutors as a violent criminal enterprise has been released on bail.
Jackwin Bruton, the three year old who was rushed to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia after falling down the stairs in a West Philadelphia apartment has died.
Since it opened in April of 2003, the Red Cross House has housed more then 8,600 people in more than 2,700 families, who were victims of disaster.
Philadelphia police say they are investigating to determine if 3-year-old Joaquin Brewton, who was found critically injured inside a West Philadelphia apartment house, was a victim of child abuse.
The unionized drivers set up picket line at the Amoroso plant near 55th and Baltimore Avenue, in West Philadelphia.
Stephen Lyde, 23, has pleaded guilty to a vicious assault on a bicyclist during a "flash mob" riot at Broad and South Streets two years ago.
Medicare and Medicaid fraud were at the top of the agenda at the sixth annual regional Health Care Fraud Prevention Summit, at the University of the Sciences, in West Philadelphia.
This West Philadelphia center for art and dance is one of ten institutions from around the country eligible for a $50,000 grant, but the public has to help make it happen.
The Mural Arts Program has launched a unique, block-long multimedia project in West Philadelphia that brings attention to children and how homelessness affects them.
Police are investigating a double shooting in West Philadelphia late Tuesday evening. One of the victims is reportedly pregnant.
Philadelphia police are investigating the circumstances that led up to a car slamming into a home early Monday morning.
The report by a grand jury into the abuses at a West Philadelphia abortion clinic figured prominently in the debate over a state House bill last week, over the strenuous objections of one local lawmaker who believes the grand jury report is irrelevant to the legislative process.
As a part of the 125th anniversary of Bryn Mawr College, A spectacular mural has been dedicated in West Philadelphia as a tribute to advances in the education of women.
Cyberbullying was the hot topic at the University of Pennsylvania, at a conference put together by the Anti-Defamation League.
