North Philadelphia

Temple Women & Families Campus

Temple Health's new campus seeks to combat city's high maternal death rate

5-year-old girl, woman in critical condition after stabbings in North Philadelphia home

Tioga double stabbing

North Philly block to be renamed after slain Temple University police officer

Christopher Fitzgerald Street

Four suspects wanted in connection with fatal shooting of Simon Gratz student, police say

Police Shooting Simon Gratz

Higher Education

Temple president Jason Wingard to resign amid campus safety concerns, university says

Temple President Jason Wingard Resigns

15-year-old shot and killed near Simon Gratz High School, police say

Simon Gratz Student Shot

Philly to resume street sweeping this spring in neighborhoods most impacted by litter

Philadelphia Street Sweeping

Temple graduate student union votes to approve contract, officially ending strike

Temple ratify contract

Temple University receives $1.7 million in state funding to upgrade police technology

Temple University Safety Grant

Temple grad students on strike reach another tentative contract with university

Temple University Strike Agreement

Watch funeral for Temple University police officer Christopher Fitzgerald live Friday morning

officer fitzgerald funeral temple

Police seek 3 men who shot 7 people, including a toddler, near Strawberry Mansion school

Strawberry Mansion Shooting

Bucks County man will be charged with murder of Temple University police officer, D.A. says

temple university police officer shot bucks county man charged

Two Eagles fans from Delco charged with flipping car during Super Bowl pregame party

Eagles Fans Car Arrested

More than $13,000 raised for owner of car flipped by rowdy Eagles fans

Eagles Fans Car Pierce

Jazmine Sullivan discusses childhood, influences and failures in Audible diary series

Learn about Black history through audio walking tours and storefront installations in Northern Liberties

Black History Month NoLibs

Philadelphia expands legal service for low-income renters facing eviction

Right to Counsel expands to 19134 and 19144

Pedestrian, cyclist killed in separate hit-and-run crashes on Sunday, police say

Philly Hit-and-Run Crashes

Get help fixing tricky household items during NextFab repair workshop

NextFab Repair Fair

Driver sought for multiple hit-and-runs, including fatal collision in North Philly

North Philly Hit Run Mustang

Lidl supermarket planned for apartment complex in North Philly

Lidl North Philly

Jill Scott set for return to Philly in 2023 as part of anniversary tour for debut album

Kensington drug boss, known for selling narcotics labeled 'funeral' to show potency, sentenced to prison

Kensington Drug Trafficking

Man arrested in connection with two robberies inside homes near Temple campus, police say

Temple University Off Campus Robberies

Developer restoring 'Boner 4ever' building in North Philly wants to construct an 8-story addition

Boner4ever Building North Philly

Three people dead after North Philly house catches fire

North Philadelphia fire

11 Temple students robbed at gunpoint inside North Philly off-campus apartment

Temple Students Home Invasion

Kevin Hart finds dark humor in recalling his mother's response to a gunpoint robbery in North Philly

Teen charged in fatal shooting on SEPTA's Broad Street Line, police say

SEPTA Broad Street Line Shooting

Brendan Boyle reelected to Pa.'s 2nd U.S. House District, winning by wide margin over Republican Aaron Bashir

Three teens involved in Roxborough High School shooting fatally shot a man in Poplar a day earlier, police say

Roxborough Shooting Tahmir Jones

Philadelphia post offices will undergo audit for mail delays

Enter your dog into a Halloween costume contest for charity during Northern Liberties' fall festival

Hound O Ween Northern Liberties

Three Philly SWAT officers wounded, homicide suspect killed in shootout

Philly SWAT Officers Shooting

One dead in fire at North Philly rowhome with illegal electric hookup

North Philly Fire 10052022.jpeg

Air quality near the junkyard fire in North Philly has returned to normal, city officials say

North Philly junkyard fire

Three-alarm junkyard fire burns in North Philadelphia

Junkyard fire north philadelphia

New micro-winery in Olde Kensington evolved from Philly family's tradition

Gritty City Winery

Police shoot dog that attacked its owners in Hunting Park

Police Dog Attack

Four teens injured in North Philadelphia birthday party shooting, police say

Birthday Party Shooting

4 people killed, 2 others wounded in shootings in Philly on Wednesday night

Philly Gun Violence

Philly's top women chefs to host cocktail party featuring food from a dozen restaurants

Sisterly Love Collective

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