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Have a question about Philly’s neighborhoods or the systems that shape them? PlanPhilly reporters want to hear from you! Ask us a question or send us a story idea you think we should cover. Philadelphia lawmakers have advanced legislation aimed at reducing the time it takes to resolve landlord-tenant...

Dramatic video captured ferocious flames shooting from a row house in Camden Wednesday morning.

Reverend Stephen Cantwell, a 2008 graduate of Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote (Cheltenham Township), will be ordained into the priesthood on Saturday, June 6, with the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. On Sunday, June 7, Reverend Cantwell will celebrate his first Mass at Immaculate Conception Church of Jenkintown

After spending nearly 30 years incarcerated, last week three men were exonerated and released from two Pennsylvania prisons, including one in Chester. Jermal Shuler, Marc Brittingham, and Rasheed Turner had been serving mandatory life sentences for the 1997 murder of 73-yearold Essie Thomas of North Philadelphia. Turne

New reflective "Slow Down" traffic safety signs are being installed in West Oak Lane and across Philadelphia. The signs are part of a citywide effort to address speeding after a series of crashes and denied speed bump requests. Residents can request a speed bump review through the city's 3-1-1 hotline,...

One person was taken to the hospital after a shooting on Wednesday night in Norristown.

Chopper 6 was overhead where firefighters were seen on the roof working to ventilate the area as smoke billowed out from inside.

A Philadelphia used car salesman has been sentenced to prison after stealing millions of dollars from customers who were looking to buy wheelchair-accessible vehicles. Edward Scott Rock, 50, of Philadelphia, was charged by indictment in December 2023 and pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and one count of wire f

A former Philadelphia police officer was convicted of perjury Tuesday after a jury determined he lied about a traffic stop, according to District Attorney Larry Krasner. On June 3, Krasner and the DAO's Special Investigations Unit held a news conference to announce the conviction of former police officer Daniel Levitt,

One person is dead as detectives continue to investigate a shooting in Camden that led to a multi-vehicle crash in Pennsauken on Tuesday night.