Public Safety

The working-class town of about 30,000 just outside of Pittsburgh was rattled after learning the gunman came from their community.

A CHOP resident’s death on her bike last week, and a spate of pedestrian fatalities together set off a call for safer streets.

Firefighters from near and far descended on Chester County for day one of the 2024 Northeast Regional Classic of the Firefighter Challenge Championship Series.

With more than a month left of the program, over a dozen county agencies have waitlists. “Demand is outrageous,” one official said.

What has the mayor accomplished after six months in office and what’s still on the top of her to-do list? We discuss policing, violence, “clean, green, saver,” and more.

Vision Zero has made a difference, but more than 100 people still die every year.

Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign.

A string of vehicle crashes prompted a rare, 7-month federal investigation.

Counseling and social services are being offered in the aftermath of the shooting.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is investigating potential chromium compounds that leaked onto a portion of Bartram’s Mile Trail.

The day before the shooting, Thomas Crooks went to the sportsman's club and practiced on the rifle range, according to a federal intelligence briefing obtained by the AP.

“I urge everyone — everyone, please, don’t make assumptions about his motives or his affiliations," President Joe Biden said in remarks Sunday from the White House.

Scientists say forecasts don’t indicate a repeat of last summer’s wildfire smoke emergency in the Philly area.

Advocates hope the cameras will reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries along the busy corridor.

The blaze was burning in a section of the forest in Tabernacle Township near the Batona Campground and Apple Pie Hill.