Police officer shoots knife-wielding man in North Philadelphia house, investigators say
A police officer shot a knife-wielding man in a North Philadelphia home early Wednesday morning after responding to an incident, authorities said.
PECO gives a discount to customers heating with electric
Philadelphia’s weather is downright tropical in the summer, but that can be hard to remember in January as residents crank up the heat and dread the monthly heating bills. PECO’s residential heating rate takes out some of the sting for households that heat with electric power. PECO’s “RH”...
Mummers postpones String Band competition, ditch props due to high winds
The 125th annual Mummers Parade was disrupted by Mother Nature, with wind damage suspending the String Band competition.
Man shot, killed by brother in Southwest Philadelphia, police say
Philadelphia police are investigating after they say a man shot his brother Wednesday night.
Philadelphia records 222 homicides in 2025, the lowest amount since 1966
According to Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel, there were 222 homicides in Philly over the last year. The last time the city had less than 230 homicide victims, he said, was 1966.
Homicides in Philadelphia drop to lowest level in 60 years
Philadelphia is on track to record its lowest number of annual homicides in six decades, as well as declines in shootings, assaults, retail thefts and most other serious crimes compared to last year. The Philadelphia Police Department reports there were 220 homicides in 2025 as of Tuesday night, fewer than...
First Babies Of 2026 Arrive As Families Ring In The New Year
The earliest reported New Year’s Day birth occurred at Temple Women & Families Hospital in Philadelphia, where baby boy Ezkiel Hall was born at 12:10 a.m., according to the hospital. He was born to his mother, Natalie Rivera. Just minutes earlier in Bucks County, Penn Medicine Doylestown Hospital welcomed...
How a group of teens helped bring home Rex the runaway wallaby
A group of teens helped find Rex and bring the adventurous wallaby home to Lots of Love Farm in South Jersey.
278,000 gallons of gasoline leaked from tanks in Aston
As people in Aston Township and parts of neighboring Bethel and Upper Chichester townships were preparing to celebrate the Christmas holiday, they were hit with news that a Monroe Energy subsidy tank, at the Chelsea Tank Farm on Cherry Tree Road in Aston, sprang a leak of 278,000 gallons of gasoline months ago.
Credit card skimming devices at Elkton store spur investigation
ELKTON — An investigation is continuing after two credit card skimming devices were discovered at a discount store near Elkton on Monday, according to the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office. CCSO officials reported that an employee at the Family Dollar at 10 Chestnut Drive, northeast of Elkton, noticed the devices on two...
