Missing Juvenile Evelin Gonzalez from the 8th District
The Philadelphia Police Department is requesting the public’s help in locating 12-year-old Evelin Gonzalez, who was reported missing from her home in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday evening. Authorities state that Gonzalez was reported missing from the 3500 block of Grant Avenue at approximately 5:05 p.m. on Feb....
Philly School Board votes to remove half-days from the rest of this school year,...
On Thursday night, the school board voted to remove half-days from the rest of this school year and eliminate eight half-days from next year’s school calendar.
The Philadelphia Hoagie Joint That Has Been Slinging Sandwiches For Over 100 Years
Surviving even a few years as a restaurant is impressive, but this Philadelphia hoagie joint has been serving up sandwiches for over a century.
Philly Lab’s ‘Cyborg’ Pancreas Could Whip Diabetes Cells Into Shape
Philadelphia researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, working with engineers at Harvard, have wired up lab-grown mini pancreases with hair-thin electronics, nudging immature alpha and beta cells to grow up, synchronize and respond to sugar more like natural islets. The so-called "cyborg" mesh becomes part of...
Smoothie King in Jenkintown almost closed for good, then ownership changed their mind
The Smoothie King at 100 York Road in Jenkintown (Abington Township) is listed as “permanently closed” on its Facebook page and Google listing. Order options are listed as “Unavailable” on the location’s web page, and the location does not exist in Smoothie King’s store locator.
Reading Terminal Market announces renovations for America’s 250th
Reading Terminal Market will renovate 5,000 square feet of its historic Philadelphia market in anticipation of an influx of visitors.
Pair of shootings across Philly leave two men injured overnight, police say
Police say two men were hospitalized early Sunday following a pair of shootings that happened overnight across Philadelphia. In the first incident, officials said, a man was hospitalized after he was shot outside of JJ's Cafe, a bar and restaurant located along the 1000 block of East Erie Avenue in Philly's Juniata...
In federal lawsuit, 5 Philly officers say they were passed over for promotions because...
In November, the police union said they had an increased number of complaints about the annual promotion process and called for an investigation by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
Member of organized retail theft ring which targeted a Home Depot in Plymouth Township...
Kristopher Heard, 39, of Philadelphia, was sentenced to 9 to 23 months in prison for taking part of an organized retail theft ring responsible for stealing more than $51,000 in merchandise in May and August 2025 from Home Depot stores in Montgomery, Delaware, Bucks and Philadelphia counties, The Pottstown Mercury...
Motorcyclist dies after vehicle slides off tow truck flatbed, driver being sought
Officials say the tow truck has since been located, but the driver is still on the run.
