The Philly Bookstore Crawl returns for a third year on Saturday, Aug. 23, bringing book lovers a slew of deals, signings, and giveaways.

Symiya Taylor, a young woman from West Philadelphia, was keeping cool in the Wissahickon on June 24 when temperatures hit 100 degrees.

As August winds down, plenty of local entrepreneurs are celebrating a successful National Black Business Month. The history of the annual celebration goes back to 2004, when engineering entrepreneur ...

I have had the great privilege of knowing and working with Shirley Hanson, a co-founder of the Chestnut Hill Conservancy, for over 40 years.

Hardly a day goes by that we do not see or hear about some weather-related catastrophe that appears to be more frequent and devastating than ever before. Scientists almost uniformly attribute these ...

The following is for crimes reported from Aug. 11 to Aug. 17. This report is compiled from information provided by the 14th Police District. (Some crimes that occurred on dates earlier than the ...

Kyle Irvin, husband of 48-year-old Rashida Irvin, who was found fatally shot on Aug. 11, turned himself into police Wednesday morning Aug. 20, just after midnight.

City Councilmember Cindy Bass told the Local this week that Ohio-based developer KBK Enterprises and her office will have an update on the Germantown YWCA project very soon.

In the spacious glass-and-brick taproom of Germantown’s Attic Brewing Company, horn players in their 20s bump fists with guitarists old enough to be their grandparents.

Wednesday, July 30, was the hottest day of the year, with a heat index of 103 degrees. Nevertheless, about 60 people showed up at Chestnut Hill’s Wednesday Trivia Night at the Chestnut Hill Brewing ...

When Yolanda Banks, president of the Parents Association board at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH), heard Dr. Delvin Dinkins would be departing as head of school after the 2024-25 academic year, ...