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Philadelphia teachers and school police got new labor contracts this year — but not principals. They expressed that frustration during Thursday night’s school board meeting.

PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — A 28-year-old man is in the hospital after he was shot late Wednesday night in the city’s Mayfair section. Police say the shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. between Walker and Wellington Streets. When officers arrived, they found the victim suffering from gunshot wounds to the chest.

BRISTOL, PA — Governor Josh Shapiro used a Wednesday visit to a Bucks County child care center to spotlight a major workforce initiative included in Pennsylvania’s newly enacted 2025–26 budget: a statewide recruitment and retention bonus program for child care workers. The plan allocates $25 million to support...

Whether you're thinking about adopting a pet or simply delight in watching cute animals, you'd find a plethora of endearing pets awaiting adoption at animal shelters across and close to wilmington..

New Jersey Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill visited Pitman on Wednesday to speak with small business owners about how her administration can help them out.

ELKTON — A man who broke into his ex-girlfriend’s Elkton residence in April while she and her new boyfriend were sleeping and stabbed the new boyfriend several times, including in the neck and in the face, received a 10-year prison term Wednesday. Cecil County Circuit Court Judge Cameron A. Brown imposed a maximum...

More than a dozen residents at the Turner Apartments complex in Glenolden were forced to vacate after the township condemned the complex for unsafe living conditions. It also took the owners to court.

The 10-acre Dilworth Farm at 1370 Birmingham Road near the Brandywine Battlefield has been successfully preserved in perpetuity, 240 years after the battle, writes Bill Rettew for the Daily Local News. Politicians, land conservationists, historic preservationists, and other stakeholders recently joined the public at...

The front glass door was shattered sometime on Wednesday.

A Salem County woman charged with murder in the stabbing death of her 5-month-old daughter nearly four years ago has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. Kristhie I. Alcazar, 30, of Penns Grove, told police she killed her child to “fulfill the last of her sins, murder,” according to court documents.