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The plan will use $350,000 in federal Community Project Funding secured by Rep. Brendan Boyle to help people buy a home or prevent foreclosures.

State officials are launching a program that trains law enforcement and social service providers on how to identify families dealing with addiction.

Details of the agreement haven’t been made public, but Councilmember Bass allowed a resolution to pass after she sought more funding for her district.

The Lederer pool had been closed for years due to a lack of proper maintenance and crumbling infrastructure. Now it's state of the art.

Jurors found that Cosby intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Huth.

Wharton State Forest fire destroys 13,500 acres, as investigators look to an illegal campfire as the potential spark.

Three Philadelphia schools have been added to the city’s Community Schools Program, a hallmark of Mayor Jim Kenney’s education plan. There are now 20 in Philadelphia.

Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas were the two top negotiators and both hailed the measure.

The last lantern festival in Franklin Square was in 2019. The large-scale illuminated spectacle returns with an undersea fantasy.

COVID-19 pushed the Philadelphia Flower Show outside the last two years. In 2023 it will return to its traditional indoor setting and start just before spring.

The fire has caused an almost complete shutdown of the Chinatown business area because of closed streets and hoses stretched to douse the flames.

State House Republicans are blocking a proposal to prevent those ages 18 to 21 from possessing assault-style rifles.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that religious schools can’t be excluded from a Maine program that offers tuition aid for private education.

President Joe Biden has signed off on giving federal wildland firefighters a hefty raise for the next two fiscal years.

The hearing was punctuated throughout with accounts of the personal attacks faced by state and local officials.