Pa lawmakers can’t agree on how to sentence second-degree murder cases. The state Supreme Court may extend their deadline
The Allegheny County District Attorney asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to give lawmakers an additional 120 days to develop new sentencing guidelines on Thursday.
A presumed lightning strike forced 2 store closures on Maple Shade’s Main Street
Confectionery shop L&S Chocolates and bakery Tis So Sweet have been closed since Tuesday, when storms swept through the region.
Jefferson Health sued IBX, claiming payment changes cost it nearly $100 million this year
The lawsuit pits two Philadelphia healthcare titans against each other less than six months before their contract ends. Jefferson has been losing money, and IBX is under pressure to slow…
John Alviti, retired senior curator at the Franklin Institute and former executive director at the Atwater Kent Museum, has died at 76
Even after he retired in 2018, he was known around town as “Mr. Philadelphia History.”
Phillies pitcher Alex McFarlane made his major league debut on Wednesday. He survived an All-Star-heavy order.
The 25-year-old McFarlane remained calm and acquitted himself well against some of the game's best.
Philadelphia dental clinic reopens two months after patients were urged to get tested for HIV
Smiles at Rittenhouse Square is owned by dentist Kirti Chopra, whose license was temporarily suspended in May.
The Philly school board just voted to borrow $600 million to pay its bills
Borrowing to pay bills is a rite of summer for the district, the only school system in Pennsylvania unable to raise its own funds.
North Philly’s Kahleah Copper is heading to the 2026 WNBA All-Star Game as a replacement selection
This will be the fifth WNBA All-Star Game for Copper, who graduated from Prep Charter and Rutgers.
Ravi Coltrane joins ‘one of the greatest orchestras in the history of the world’ to celebrate his legendary father’s 100th birthday
John Coltrane wasn't born in Philadelphia but we have ample reasons to claim him. The city's orchestra teamed with the the saxophonist's son for a concert at the Mann.
Founder of Kensington anti-violence nonprofit arrested for knife attack on SEPTA train, authorities say
Rosalind "Roz" Pichardo, founder of Operation Save Our City, was arrested for attacking a SEPTA passenger with a box cutter during an argument last week, authorities said.