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As the summer days wane, The Philadelphia Folk Festival celebrates 60 years. Plus Ardmore Rock & Ride and cultural festivals at Penn’s Landing.

HB315 will open up $2 million in grant funding to help staff low-income districts considered to have a “high need” for substitutes.

Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.

An update to the FDR Park plan expands natural areas and drops a planned golf driving range. A new tidal wetland is set to break ground soon.

As well as federal misdemeanor offenses at the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, Antonio LaMotta is facing trial in Philadelphia this coming October.

Allen Weisselberg is charged with taking more than $1.7 million in untaxed compensation from the Trump Organization.

The event aims to encourage first responders to create relationships in communities to reduce violent crime in Philadelphia.

Mayor Jim Kenney and District Attorney Larry Krasner joined forces Wednesday to address a mass shooting that occurred at Shepard Recreation Center Tuesday night.

“Consumers have the power to vote with their dollars,” said Ramkissoon, “and we're voting for the world we want to live in, by choosing to support small businesses."

The research adds to a growing body of work on the health impacts of oil and gas drilling and bolsters arguments by public health advocates for greater oversight.

While many school districts already have “zero tolerance” policies in place, the new law is designed to provide mental health resources to help resolve students' issues.

Students will no longer be required to complete a writing assessment and the district will resume using PSSA results for its criteria-based middle and high schools.

Dozens of residents across New Jersey showed up at the East Greenwich Municipal Building Tuesday night, demanding answers after a stench wafted throughout New Jersey for days.

Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million.

The federal government has reduced the local allocation to about 720 vials of vaccine.