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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A New Jersey flight instructor was sentenced Thursday to years in prison for a 2022 Lehigh County plane crash that killed his student pilot. United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Philip McPherson II, 37, of Riverside, New Jersey, is facing six and a half years in prison, followed by three

Berks, Montgomery counties prepare to welcome Union Pacific's 'Big Boy'. Union Pacific’s No. 4014 steam locomotive will stop in Muhlenberg Township and Pottstown on its America 250 journey to Philadelphia.

The first wave of extended-hours permits allowing Philadelphia bars to stay open until 4 a.m. have been approved just in time for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Eva Andersen reports.

The Springfield Township Police Department announced today the arrest of Michael Charles Gordon, who is accused of robbing and kidnapping a female resident at knifepoint. According to the report, the incident took place at 10:00pm on Friday, June 5 as the victim was putting her trash cans out. Gordon allegedly held the

There is a heavy police presence in Philadelphia's Kensington section Thursday.

Philadelphia International Airport is also on alert, especially with an increased number of travelers for the six World Cup matches in South Philly.

It’s been eight years since Olga Duignam lost her son to gun violence. She’ll never stop grieving for Daniel, a likeable Nazareth Area High School graduate and promising junior at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. The family lives in Tatamy, a tiny town of about 1,000 residents in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. The Philadelphia school district has reached an agreement with the City Council and Mayor Cherelle Parker to stave off the 340 school-based position cuts it had planned for next school year. But no additional r

Philadelphia Councilmember Rue Landau is encouraging anyone with concerns to attend Thursday's council meeting at 10 a.m. to make their voices heard.

In the hopes of tracking down the suspected gunman who, police believe, shot and killed a man in an incident that happened on April 6, 2026, at a store along Market Street in Philadelphia University City community in West Philadelphia and fled the scene on an electric scooter. On Thursday,...