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Community
6ABC

4 young people with ties to Simon Gratz High School have been shot in past week

"Think about how tragic that is, not only for my school community but for those families," the principal said.

5 years ago

In two weeks, Philadelphia has seen four of its schools shut down due to COVID outbreak. (Di’Amond Moore/Detroit Free Press via Chalkbeat Philadelphia)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Another Philadelphia school temporarily shut due to COVID cases

In the two weeks since schools opened, Richmond Elementary School is the second district school and the fourth school in the city to shut down over an outbreak.

5 years ago

After being closed for 18 months for the pandemic, the Steel River Playhouse will welcome audiences back into it main stage auditorium during Arts Montco Week, for a series of three one-man performances
Arts & Entertainment

Montco launches its first county-wide Arts Week

Arts venues have a $100M impact on Montco’s economy. Arts Week highlights the large and small spots reopening from the pandemic.

5 years ago

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Ardmore Music Hall
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Montco arts showcase, Kimmel Center celebration, Delaware ‘Dream,’ and XPN Fest in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Sep. 16 - Sep. 19: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

5 years ago

Listen 4:15
Ken Steif (Courtesy of Steif family)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Remembering Ken Steif, an urban planner who used data to make cities more just

The University of Pennsylvania professor, R&B-lover, neighborhood advocate, and beloved husband and father passed away after a battle with cancer.

5 years ago

The Benjamin Franklin Parkway and City Hall in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy
Plan Philly

What 4 of Philly Council’s fiercest housing advocates plan to fight for this fall

As Philly City Council prepares to restart, here’s a rundown of the policies some of Council’s most vocal housing advocates are bringing to the (virtual) chambers.

5 years ago

District Attorney of Philadelphia Larry Krasner
Courts & Law

DA urges criminal defendants to come to CJC to get a new date

The Philadelphia District Attorney is urging criminal defendants to avoid arrest by voluntarily coming to the Criminal Justice Center next week to get a court date.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Massachusetts man convicted of sending threatening emails to Police Commissioner Outlaw

Peter Fratus, 39, of West Dennis, Massachusetts, was charged with transmitting threatening communications in interstate commerce.

5 years ago

Activists hung caution tape around City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to bring the crime scenes they witness in their neighborhoods to city officials’ work place. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Some long-awaited relief: Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic, still at historic levels, eases up a bit

Over the past month, the number of shooting victims citywide has dropped 11%, officials said. Operation PinPoint zones saw a more dramatic decrease.

5 years ago

Empty courtroom
Courts & Law

Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments over FOIA requests for Biden’s papers

Biden gifted the papers to UDel in 2011 when he was vice president. The total collection includes more than 1,850 boxes of documents and 415 gigabytes of electronic records.

5 years ago

An age-progressed photo shows what Dulce Maria Alavez could look like today. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children)
Courts & Law
6ABC

Police release age-progression image of Dulce Maria Alavez, girl last seen at Bridgeton park

Dulce was last seen Sept.16, 2019 at the Bridgeton City Park. A reward for details leading to her whereabouts stands at $75,000.

5 years ago

United States Postal Service carrier Henrietta Dixon walks her route to deliver mail in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to the expiration of pandemic-related benefits

P.O.C. hit the streets of Philadelphia to see how residents were reacting to the news that federal unemployment benefits expired a week after the eviction moratorium.

5 years ago

Listen 5:14
Two young men walk past a rehab project in Strawberry Mansion, in 2018.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Council President Darrell Clarke to introduce overhaul of Philly Zoning Board

Clarke wants to give City Council more power over neighborhood development after a series of zoning decisions that he believed favored developers.

5 years ago

School buses
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Philly schools consider bringing in National Guard to help with bus driver shortage

Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. says he’s reached out to Gov. Tom Wolf to ask for assistance with the district’s transportation crisis.

5 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia School District students at Samuel Powel Elementary School and Science Leadership Academy Middle School returned to in-person learning on Aug. 31, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Philly COVID-19 cases trend downward as city debuts new breakthrough case dataset

As of Tuesday, the city is averaging 250 new cases per day, down from a recent high of 313 per day, the acting health commissioner says.

5 years ago

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