Philadelphia PA

CAMDEN, NJ - In Camden, a collaborative effort between police and social workers is making strides in addressing homelessness, addiction, and mental health issues. This innovative approach involves "boots on the ground" outreach, where teams walk the streets to offer support and services to those in need. What we...

PIDC transformed the abandoned Philadelphia State Hospital campus into industrial and residential community, Byberry Industrial Park. PIDC transformed the abandoned Philadelphia State Hospital campus into Byberry Industrial Park, a dynamic industrial and residential community, writes Rachel Hazzard for PIDC. This...

HARRISBURG, PA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday announced criminal charges this week against a Philadelphia pharmacy accused of dispensing unregulated HIV medications while fraudulently billing Medicaid and Medicare for more than $2 million in reimbursements. The investigation centers on Surnil Pharmacy,...

A man was shot inside a Philadelphia bar on Wednesday afternoon, according to a spokesperson with the police department. The shooting happened just at about 4:22 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30 at a bar on the 2800 block of North Lawrence Street in the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia, police said.

The PSPCA’s Animal Law Enforcement team executed a search warrant on the 1200 block of West Russell Street on Monday, July 28, after tips from the public led investigators to a property matching surveillance footage from the shelter. At the home, officers spotted a German Shepherd–type dog in the...

The looming cuts to SEPTA service are close to becoming inevitable, according to the transit agency.

Several lightning strikes were reported, including one in Aston, where a person using a landline phone felt an electric shock.

Authorities say 33-year-old Rasheen Trusty drove Nurshar Scott around the morning of Nov. 18, 2022. Trusty was on the phone, coordinating with someone to locate 35-year-old Philadelphia sanitation worker Ikeem Johnson.

Police sources tell Action News the 76-year-old resident and his 69-year-old partner were in a physical altercation that escalated to the men stabbing each other.

Two Philadelphia men arrested for possession of an estimated $140,000 in fentanyl-laced heroin during a 2023 traffic stop along the Pennsylvania Turnpike were sentenced Tuesday to serve lengthy prison terms. Mario Antonio Caba, 39, and Elvis Luis Holguin Ventura, 29, were convicted of one felony and misdemeanor drug...