Philadelphia News

PHILADELPHIA - Police are searching for the vandals who slashed the tires of several cars in Northeast Philadelphia early Friday morning.

State police brought George Lee Barnes back to the area from Philadelphia on Thursday to face a criminal homicide charge in connection with a fatal shooting in Edwardsville.

Members of The Roots join Philadelphia Mural Arts Executive Director Jane Golden during the organization's 8th annual Wall Ball fundraiser.

A South Philadelphia drug gang is officially history after the convicted of seven key members by a federal grand jury.

Three Philadelphia men were convicted by a federal grand jury Thursday after a seven-day trial for a series of armed robberies of pharmacies in and around North Philadelphia between February and May 2010.

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, shown here speaking in Philadelphia last December, said in a release Thursday, 'These aggressive enforcement actions against unsafe bus companies send a clear signal: If you put passengers' safety at risk, we will shut you down.' WASHINGTON - The federal operation unveiled Thursday that lead to the crackdown ... (more)

"Nasty" may be considered a bad word in a lot of places but not when it comes to good music.

Dutch muralists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn are leading the Mural Arts Program's Philly Painting of geometric murals from the 2500 to the 2800 blocks of Germantown Avenue.

Governor Tom Corbett has signed execution warrants for three men, each of whom were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death.

Philadelphia is feeling the heat as recent fires have raised the issue of "brownouts," or temporary suspensions of select fire engines or ladder companies throughout the city, including the neigborhood surrounding Penn.

Jose Pistola's weekly Cheap Kittens R&B Soul Open Jam was cancelled this Sunday, but customers still flocked to the bar in light of the upcoming Philly Beer Week.

Seventeen people, including a husband and wife from Puerto Rico, have been arrested in connection with a drug ring that officials said was trafficking cocaine from New York City to Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are searching for an escaped prisoner who is accused of shooting an elderly man inside his home earlier this month.

Lost pet alerts in the Philadelphia and the surrounding areas will be listed on Monday and Thursday of each week except for Holidays.

A central Pennsylvania judge says a man on death row for killing his ex-lover's husband in 1998 isn't competent to fire his attorneys or to withdraw his appeals.

The Philadelphia Corporation for Aging is asking for public input this Thursday morning over its four-year program plan and upcoming budget.

A local woman says an ATV rider who crashed into her car left the scene of the accident with the help of other people.

Ashley Kranick told a Philadelphia judge Tuesday about the violent, deadly clash she witnessed the evening of Oct.

A Roman Catholic church official apologized to a priest sex-abuse victim on the final day of testimony in his groundbreaking child-endangerment trial.

Angelique Gerald-Porter shows where she was grabbed on her arm by a policeman in front of her Overbrook house on Memorial Day 2011.