Philadelphia PA

PENNSYLVANIA — Residents across southeast Pennsylvania should prepare for the potential for flash flooding Monday afternoon and night as the National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch for the region. The Flood Watch is in effect from 2 p.m. Monday through late Monday night for Delaware, Philadelphia, Bucks,...

Antwon Brown, a committee member of Unite Here Local Union 274, says the cost of living has skyrocketed, and workers are feeling the pain.

Demolition began last week on Bellmawr’s former Little League Hall on Essex Avenue, bringing down a building that had served generations of local families but had ultimately deteriorated beyond repair despite years of maintenance, repairs, and upgrades. I visited on Father’s Day morning, and it’s a sad yet necessary...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche (1) The federal government has taken the City of Philadelphia...

Established in 1979, Black Music Month celebrates the profound impact and global influence of African American musicians, songwriters, and producers on the cultural fabric of the world. It is also a celebration of the places that hold their stories. Philadelphia’s Uptown Theater was one of the premier music venues in..

On a quiet stretch of Brown Street in Northern Liberties, cracks are spidering through several rowhouses after a nearby school conversion and addition, and the homeowners say their block is literally shifting under their feet. Residents describe doors and windows that stick, floors that feel slanted, and hairline fissu

At least three people died in shootings over the weekend in Philadelphia, and multiple other people were hurt, police say.

The Raven Cafe quietly slid into action on Friday inside The Dovetail at the Glenside Lanes, bringing a compact, community-minded coffee bar to 2256 Mount Carmel Avenue. Co-owned by Glenside locals Jason Dooney, Lara Witt and Rhiannon Punzo, the cafe is pitched as a daytime third place that will pull double duty as a l

After a quiet Father's Day weekend, get ready for a potentially noisy Monday weather-wise. The ingredients will be on the table for some severe storms and flooding downpours Monday afternoon and evening across our area. Now it's not yet clear if and where those ingredients will come together just right, but we should a

A brick house from 1719 still stands not far from a river in New Jersey’s capital, and most people zoom right past it without a second glance. They are missing the oldest surviving home in the city, built by a wealthy Scottish merchant who founded the town. He constructed...