Hunting ParkOpinionPhiladelphia wrote the playbook on grocery access. It’s about to lead again.By supporting municipally owned grocery stores, the city can build a holistic system that brings fresh food from farm to neighborhood, giving access to healthy nutrition for underserved communities.Eli Moraru and Ertharin Cousin, For The Inquirer Copper wire thieves turn out the lights on youth sports teamsNate File Fewer people are running red lights, PPA saysThomas Fitzgerald Broad Street enforcement cameras have caught nearly 800,000 speeders, new report saysThomas Fitzgerald Man charged in 2000 rape and murder of 5-year-old girl returned to Philadelphia from Honduras to stand trialJesse Bunch AdvertisementJoan M. Satterthwaite, talented tailor and seamstress, and longtime office administrator, has died at 92She joined the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union in the 1950s and supplemented her weekday work by producing gowns, dresses, suits, and other clothing for family, friends, and clients.Gary Miles Philly students head back to schoolSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said the district would "double down this year to continue to drive this fast improvement" in Philadelphia as it begins the 2026-27 school year. Kristen A. Graham and Henry Savage SEPTA is altering 30 bus routes. See if your commute changes.Enter your address and we'll help you navigate the new routes.Sam Morris and Erica Palan Six killed, more wounded in wave of weekend violence in PhiladelphiaDespite the weekend's killings, the city remains on pace for one of its least violent years in decades. Jillian Kramer and Ellie Rushing A 61-year-old woman was killed, another man injured, in North Philly shootingAfter a weekend with multiple shootings in Philadelphia, a 61-year-old woman was shot and killed on her porch in North Philly.Henry Savage A father is searching for answers after lawyers say a police pursuit of an ATV ended in his son’s deathSterling Jones, 22, died after his ATV struck an Uber driver in May. Lawyers for Jones' father say police should not have been pursuing him in the first place. Jesse Bunch She fought to bring the man she loves home from prison after a landmark court ruling. But lawmakers’ inaction has left her in limbo.Matthew Garcia, who has been incarcerated for nearly three decades, and Cari Magobet advocated for legislation that would have given Garcia a chance to come home.Jillian Kramer How thousands of heavy-duty recycling carts made in Hunting Park ended up on construction sites around the U.S.Philadelphia's Burns Services invented the TommyCart as a better way to sort, save, and sell recyclable materials from construction sites.Joseph N. DiStefano With next year’s cuts looming, Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces $5.6 million in grantsWith reduced city funding next year, the Cultural Fund may have to cut 100 grants.Peter Dobrin The first week of July is typically Philly’s most violent. This year, the holiday weekend was markedly calmer.Philadelphia is on track to record fewer than 200 homicides for the first time since the 1960s, a remarkable turnaround from just five years ago, when nearly three times as many people were killed.Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and John Duchneskie Police are searching for a man who shot and killed two men and injured a third near Hunting Park Rec Center Jahylin Melchur, 21, is considered armed and dangerous, police said. Jesse Bunch and Ellie Rushing Three men have been shot near Hunting Park Rec Center over the last month in what appear to be linked crimes, officials say The two men killed this month were found partially undressed and shot in the torso near the Hunting Park Recreation Center. Police believe the same gunman was involved in both killings. Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch Project HOME adds new beds for homeless patients leaving the hospitalProject HOME officials say respite beds, for patients without anywhere to go after they're discharged from a hospital, are in high demand and short supply across Philadelphia.Aubrey Whelan Where to watch the World Cup around Philly, from bars open to 4 a.m. to beer gardens in the suburbsHere are 19 bars that are going above and beyond for Philly's World Cup matches, from beer gardens in the suburbs to bars staying open until 4 a.m. for late night matches.Beatrice Forman Pew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker See more storiesAdvertisement
OpinionPhiladelphia wrote the playbook on grocery access. It’s about to lead again.By supporting municipally owned grocery stores, the city can build a holistic system that brings fresh food from farm to neighborhood, giving access to healthy nutrition for underserved communities.Eli Moraru and Ertharin Cousin, For The Inquirer
OpinionPhiladelphia wrote the playbook on grocery access. It’s about to lead again.By supporting municipally owned grocery stores, the city can build a holistic system that brings fresh food from farm to neighborhood, giving access to healthy nutrition for underserved communities.Eli Moraru and Ertharin Cousin, For The Inquirer
Broad Street enforcement cameras have caught nearly 800,000 speeders, new report saysThomas Fitzgerald
Broad Street enforcement cameras have caught nearly 800,000 speeders, new report saysThomas Fitzgerald
Man charged in 2000 rape and murder of 5-year-old girl returned to Philadelphia from Honduras to stand trialJesse Bunch
Man charged in 2000 rape and murder of 5-year-old girl returned to Philadelphia from Honduras to stand trialJesse Bunch
Joan M. Satterthwaite, talented tailor and seamstress, and longtime office administrator, has died at 92She joined the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union in the 1950s and supplemented her weekday work by producing gowns, dresses, suits, and other clothing for family, friends, and clients.Gary Miles
Joan M. Satterthwaite, talented tailor and seamstress, and longtime office administrator, has died at 92She joined the International Ladies’ Garment Workers' Union in the 1950s and supplemented her weekday work by producing gowns, dresses, suits, and other clothing for family, friends, and clients.Gary Miles
Philly students head back to schoolSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said the district would "double down this year to continue to drive this fast improvement" in Philadelphia as it begins the 2026-27 school year. Kristen A. Graham and Henry Savage
Philly students head back to schoolSuperintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. said the district would "double down this year to continue to drive this fast improvement" in Philadelphia as it begins the 2026-27 school year. Kristen A. Graham and Henry Savage
SEPTA is altering 30 bus routes. See if your commute changes.Enter your address and we'll help you navigate the new routes.Sam Morris and Erica Palan
SEPTA is altering 30 bus routes. See if your commute changes.Enter your address and we'll help you navigate the new routes.Sam Morris and Erica Palan
Six killed, more wounded in wave of weekend violence in PhiladelphiaDespite the weekend's killings, the city remains on pace for one of its least violent years in decades. Jillian Kramer and Ellie Rushing
Six killed, more wounded in wave of weekend violence in PhiladelphiaDespite the weekend's killings, the city remains on pace for one of its least violent years in decades. Jillian Kramer and Ellie Rushing
A 61-year-old woman was killed, another man injured, in North Philly shootingAfter a weekend with multiple shootings in Philadelphia, a 61-year-old woman was shot and killed on her porch in North Philly.Henry Savage
A 61-year-old woman was killed, another man injured, in North Philly shootingAfter a weekend with multiple shootings in Philadelphia, a 61-year-old woman was shot and killed on her porch in North Philly.Henry Savage
A father is searching for answers after lawyers say a police pursuit of an ATV ended in his son’s deathSterling Jones, 22, died after his ATV struck an Uber driver in May. Lawyers for Jones' father say police should not have been pursuing him in the first place. Jesse Bunch
A father is searching for answers after lawyers say a police pursuit of an ATV ended in his son’s deathSterling Jones, 22, died after his ATV struck an Uber driver in May. Lawyers for Jones' father say police should not have been pursuing him in the first place. Jesse Bunch
She fought to bring the man she loves home from prison after a landmark court ruling. But lawmakers’ inaction has left her in limbo.Matthew Garcia, who has been incarcerated for nearly three decades, and Cari Magobet advocated for legislation that would have given Garcia a chance to come home.Jillian Kramer
She fought to bring the man she loves home from prison after a landmark court ruling. But lawmakers’ inaction has left her in limbo.Matthew Garcia, who has been incarcerated for nearly three decades, and Cari Magobet advocated for legislation that would have given Garcia a chance to come home.Jillian Kramer
How thousands of heavy-duty recycling carts made in Hunting Park ended up on construction sites around the U.S.Philadelphia's Burns Services invented the TommyCart as a better way to sort, save, and sell recyclable materials from construction sites.Joseph N. DiStefano
How thousands of heavy-duty recycling carts made in Hunting Park ended up on construction sites around the U.S.Philadelphia's Burns Services invented the TommyCart as a better way to sort, save, and sell recyclable materials from construction sites.Joseph N. DiStefano
With next year’s cuts looming, Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces $5.6 million in grantsWith reduced city funding next year, the Cultural Fund may have to cut 100 grants.Peter Dobrin
With next year’s cuts looming, Philadelphia Cultural Fund announces $5.6 million in grantsWith reduced city funding next year, the Cultural Fund may have to cut 100 grants.Peter Dobrin
The first week of July is typically Philly’s most violent. This year, the holiday weekend was markedly calmer.Philadelphia is on track to record fewer than 200 homicides for the first time since the 1960s, a remarkable turnaround from just five years ago, when nearly three times as many people were killed.Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and John Duchneskie
The first week of July is typically Philly’s most violent. This year, the holiday weekend was markedly calmer.Philadelphia is on track to record fewer than 200 homicides for the first time since the 1960s, a remarkable turnaround from just five years ago, when nearly three times as many people were killed.Ellie Rushing, Jillian Kramer, and John Duchneskie
Police are searching for a man who shot and killed two men and injured a third near Hunting Park Rec Center Jahylin Melchur, 21, is considered armed and dangerous, police said. Jesse Bunch and Ellie Rushing
Police are searching for a man who shot and killed two men and injured a third near Hunting Park Rec Center Jahylin Melchur, 21, is considered armed and dangerous, police said. Jesse Bunch and Ellie Rushing
Three men have been shot near Hunting Park Rec Center over the last month in what appear to be linked crimes, officials say The two men killed this month were found partially undressed and shot in the torso near the Hunting Park Recreation Center. Police believe the same gunman was involved in both killings. Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch
Three men have been shot near Hunting Park Rec Center over the last month in what appear to be linked crimes, officials say The two men killed this month were found partially undressed and shot in the torso near the Hunting Park Recreation Center. Police believe the same gunman was involved in both killings. Ellie Rushing and Jesse Bunch
Project HOME adds new beds for homeless patients leaving the hospitalProject HOME officials say respite beds, for patients without anywhere to go after they're discharged from a hospital, are in high demand and short supply across Philadelphia.Aubrey Whelan
Project HOME adds new beds for homeless patients leaving the hospitalProject HOME officials say respite beds, for patients without anywhere to go after they're discharged from a hospital, are in high demand and short supply across Philadelphia.Aubrey Whelan
Where to watch the World Cup around Philly, from bars open to 4 a.m. to beer gardens in the suburbsHere are 19 bars that are going above and beyond for Philly's World Cup matches, from beer gardens in the suburbs to bars staying open until 4 a.m. for late night matches.Beatrice Forman
Where to watch the World Cup around Philly, from bars open to 4 a.m. to beer gardens in the suburbsHere are 19 bars that are going above and beyond for Philly's World Cup matches, from beer gardens in the suburbs to bars staying open until 4 a.m. for late night matches.Beatrice Forman
Pew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker
Pew Charitable Trusts announced $2.5 million in grants for life sciences workforce development and neighborhood improvementThe grants are going to The Skills Initiative, a job-training nonprofit, and North10 Philadelphia, a community-development group.Harold Brubaker
