Philadelphia PA

Immigration advocates in Philadelphia are urging city leaders to take stronger action following a series of violent encounters involving federal immigration authorities in other parts of the country.

The two adults were discovered unresponsive on the 600 block of East Allegheny Avenue in the city’s Kensington neighborhood at about 6:20 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 9, according to police. Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced both victims dead at 7:02 p.m., authorities said. The scene was secured as...

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner held a press conference on Thursday and issued a stark warning to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Krasner told ICE officers who are in his city, or planning to come to his city, to “get the F out of here” if they were coming to “commit crimes.” Krasner’s...

Investigators of the Yeadon Police Department and Delaware County had a shock of their lives when they discovered over 100 human skeletal remains from a Pennsylvania man’s house. The man, identified as 34-year-old Jonathan Gerlach, had been stealing bones from a local cemetery for at least two months. The case first...

The Philadelphia Police Department says protecting your vehicle can be as easy as changing one simple habit.

Less than 24 hours after a woman was killed in a house fire in North Philadelphia, flames rekindled at the home and spread to the house next door, NBC10 confirmed. On Thursday, around 4:40 a.m., firefighters and police responded to a house fire on the 6200 block of Ogontz Avenue. When they arrived, they found a woman...

Charles “Chaz” Holesworth of Willow Grove (Upper Moreland Township) recently published an autobiography titled “Life and How to Live It: Volume Two: Near Wild Heaven”. The book is the second installment in Holesworth’s multi-part memoir series. “Life and How to Live It: Volume One: Begin the Begin” was released in...

The former chief financial officer of a shuttered Philadelphia charter school was arrested after being charged with alleged embezzlement, according to the U.S. Marshal's Service. Darnell Smith, 52, is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from Khepera Charter School while he was working as the school's Chief...

NORRISTOWN — Immigration enforcement operations continue in Norristown as a man was detained by officers early Friday morning, according to Voces Norristown Radio. The Norristown-based Spanish radio station posted a video at 7:38 a.m. to its Facebook account, which appeared to show a man being apprehended by agents...

A pit bull blamed for multiple attacks on dogs and their owners in Center City is now in the custody of ACCT Philly, police said.