Jenkintown limits local police collaboration with ICE
From Delco to Chesco and Montco to Bucks, what about life in Philly’s suburbs do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. Jenkintown Borough Council on Wednesday approved an updated policy limiting local police’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Residents and activists pushed back...
Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office unveils report touting transparency, efficiency
Philadelphia’s Sheriff’s Office is taking stock to end the year. On Wednesday morning at the Laborers District Council training center in Philadelphia, Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal released a two-year report detailing her office’s efforts to increase transparency around its operations and engage with the...
Mummers parade named best holiday parade in the country by USA Today
A Philadelphia New Years Day tradition has received national accolades.
NJ store clerk spots skimming device as potential thieves try to install it
Businesses beware -- a store clerk in Camden, New Jersey, said he caught potential thieves placing a card skimmer at his checkout counter. Police are now searching for the people behind it. “And I look at my card reader over here and I see it right on there and I...
Philly school board to consider handing over vacant buildings for Parker housing program
The Philadelphia Board of Education this week will consider turning over some of its vacant school buildings to the city for Mayor Cherelle Parker’s affordable housing initiative.
Cephas honors life of young hit-and-run victim with street renaming 2300 block of Lansdowne...
PHILADELPHIA, December 8 – On Saturday, December 6, state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Philadelphia, co-hosted a ceremony at the intersection of North 63rd Street and Lansdowne Avenue in the Overbrook section of West Philadelphia. The occasion marked the renaming of the 6300 block of Lansdowne Avenue to “Jayanna Powell...
Vehicle found amid investigation into suspicious death of 93-year-old man in Logan
Philadelphia police have located an elderly man's vehicle as part of a suspicious death investigation in the Logan neighborhood.
Fugitive accused of 3 Philadelphia murders arrested in Delaware County
A fugitive accused of murdering three people, including a teenager, was arrested by the U.S. Marshals on Wednesday morning in Delaware County.
Now cancer free, Philadelphia dancer to make debut in “The Nutcracker”
Nick Patterson will make his debut in the Philadelphia Ballet's production of "The Nutcracker" a year after being diagnosed with cancer.
Parts of North Philly to begin getting trash pickup twice a week
People in parts of North Philadelphia will soon have their trash collected twice a week as the city tries to reduce illegal trash dumping on its streets. The program, which is already in effect in South Philadelphia, is part of Mayor Cherelle Parker's initiative to make the City of Philadelphia cleaner and greener.
