National Night Out 2023 events happening throughout Philadelphia region
Tuesday is National Night Out across the United States. Here are some of the events being held in the Philadelphia area.
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Tuesday is National Night Out across the United States. Here are some of the events being held in the Philadelphia area.
The school district's bus tour gives families access to free resources before school starts in the fall.
A SEPTA trolley left the tracks and slammed into a historic building that once served ale to George Washington and others in the colonial era.
12-year-old Aleemah Lanier wrote the book "Let's Help the Bully" which is inspired by her own story.
The Cherry Hill East 16U baseball team is heading down to South Carolina for the Senior League World Series.
A Philadelphia police officer who died while on duty was laid to rest Wednesday.
The shooting happened on the 500 block of East Loudon Street, according to Philadelphia police.
After a weeklong search, 2-year-old Mattie Sheils was located, but officials said the search is far from over for her baby brother, Conrad.
A veteran dealing with brain cancer is urging others who may have been exposed to toxic substances to apply for PACT Act benefits soon.
Niyah Thompson, who has a pop-up Dulce Candles inside the Cherry Hill Mall, opened her first specialty candle brick and mortar inside the Willow Grove Mall.
2-year-old Mattie Sheils and 9-month-old brother Conrad are still missing after their family was caught in a flash flood in Upper Makefield.
The coroner's office identified the five victims killed in flash flooding over the weekend in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County.
Philadelphia youth artist Alphonso Evans Jr. is being nominated for a prestigious gospel music award.
Wednesday night's prayer vigil in Kingsessing comes as the Philadelphia District Attorney charged the accused gunman with five counts of murder.
"Use caution, we got somebody with a long gun," a person is heard telling police officers on the scanner responding to a mass shooting near 56th Street and Chester Avenue.