The report’s authors worry city and school officials haven’t worked well enough together to ensure the success of the programs meant to help students overcome poverty.

The moment in the spotlight isn't over yet for a Philadelphia Eagles fan who stumbled into fame as a viral video star after running into a subway pillar earlier this year.

October 20, 2018 marks four years since Philadelphia decriminalized small amounts of marijuana.

The city calls its new emergency-oriented approach “The Philadelphia Resilience Project,” acknowledging the deaths and suffering caused by addiction go beyond Kensington.

Ann Strickland, 87, has lived in the southwest corner of Eastwick for 37 years.

When I was five years old, my pet guinea pig died.

Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network provides tools and foundations for schools to to address needs of LGBTQ students.

Joey Merlino, a former Philadelphia mob boss, was sentenced Wednesday in Manhattan to two years in federal prison for operating an illega ...

Lenfest's commitment to journalism may have been his greatest achievement, many suggested.

At issue is a provision that would give now-adult victims of child sexual abuse a two-year reprieve from time limits in state law that otherwise bar them from suing.

Philadelphia officials are looking for a developer to remake a valuable tract of city-owned land just off South Philly's thriving East Passyunk corridor.

Over the last decade, Philadelphia saw a rise in rentership well above the national average, and higher than most of the nation’s other large cities, according to new data

The Renaissance wind ensemble Piffaro and Prism Saxophone Quartet join forces Wednesday to premiere “The Anchoress” by David Ludwig.

Thomas Paine Plaza, the public space outside the Municipal Services Building, is so unremarkable that you’d be forgiven for not knowing its name.

Pa.'s Senate has started its last scheduled session week for the year — and all eyes are on a measure that aims to make it easier for victims of child sexual abuse to sue