Kevin BethelPhiladelphia records the fewest homicides in nearly 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crimeThe drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicides peaked during the pandemic.Ellie Rushing and Jillian Kramer Philly’s new U.S. attorney has largely avoided the chaos swirling around other parts of Trump’s Justice DepartmentChris Palmer Temple pledges to boost police patrol officers by 58% over five years following staffing study Susan Snyder A Philadelphia police officer critically injured in a motorcycle crash six years ago has diedEllie Rushing Philly police threatened to shut down a longtime Kensington soup kitchen. Now, they say it was ‘a misstep.’Ellie Rushing and Anna Orso AdvertisementPhilly police have a new public safety plan in the works — this time with community inputCommissioner Kevin Bethel said that, for the first time, the police department's public safety plans will be crafted with specific input from community members. Ellie Rushing Philly’s school safety officers have a tentative contractThe School Police Association of Philadelphia's 350 officers had asked for better pay, more training and bulletproof vests for all officers. Starting school safety officers now make $34,526.Kristen A. Graham Philadelphia denied overtime pay to 230 ranking police officers, lawsuit saysThe two chief inspectors say they represent about 230 of their current and former peers who were similarly denied overtime pay when responding to emergencies. Abraham Gutman Camden men ran a car theft ring linked to the killing of a Philadelphia police officer, N.J. officials sayOfficials charged 13 men with racketeering for running a Camden-based car theft ring that they say is connected to the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez. Ellie Rushing Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham Halfway through 2025, Philly has the fewest homicides in recent memoryThe decrease comes despite several high-profile shootings this summer that left children and teens maimed by bullets. Still, it's progress.Ellie Rushing and Dylan Purcell Three dead, nine injured in Grays Ferry shooting, police sayThree young men were killed and nine people were injured in an early morning shooting in Grays Ferry, police said. Ellie Rushing and Rodrigo Torrejón The Philly school safety officer shot was hit by stray bulletsThe veteran school safety officer, who's also a retired Philadelphia Police officer, remains in critical but stable condition on a ventilator.Kristen A. Graham and Ellie Rushing District Council 33 is on strike. Here’s what the union does and what is impacted.AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.Nick Vadala A Philly School District safety officer was shot multiple timesThe school safety officer, a retired Philadelphia police officer, was in critical but stable condition on Sunday.Kristen A. Graham and Alfred Lubrano Video captured the fatal shooting of a Temple police officer in 2023. It was shown for the first time at his accused shooter’s trial.The harrowing footage was played during the second day of Miles Pfeffer’s murder trial in the shooting death of Christopher Fitzgerald.Chris Palmer Ballistics tests show six guns were fired in Lemon Hill shooting that struck 11 people, police say Philly police now believe six guns were fired in the shooting in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day. Ellie Rushing Two dead, nine wounded in ‘heinous’ Memorial Day shooting in Philly’s Fairmount Park"This was war-time ammunition that was just opened on Philadelphians and those here in our city," Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said at a Tuesday news conference. Rob Tornoe, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Anthony R. Wood What we know about the Fairmount Park shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9The Memorial Day shooting near Lemon Hill Mansion is one of the largest shootings in Philadelphia in the past decade.Nick Vadala How Larry Krasner won Philadelphia’s district attorney primary — againKrasner handily defeated Municipal Court Judge Patrick Dugan, with crucial backing from Black political leaders and a strategy focused on nationalizing the race.Sean Collins Walsh and Fallon Roth See more storiesAdvertisement
Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in nearly 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crimeThe drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicides peaked during the pandemic.Ellie Rushing and Jillian Kramer
Philadelphia records the fewest homicides in nearly 60 years, plus other insights to 2025’s crimeThe drop in homicides to 222 mirrors a national reduction in violence and follows years of sustained declines after Philadelphia’s homicides peaked during the pandemic.Ellie Rushing and Jillian Kramer
Philly’s new U.S. attorney has largely avoided the chaos swirling around other parts of Trump’s Justice DepartmentChris Palmer
Philly’s new U.S. attorney has largely avoided the chaos swirling around other parts of Trump’s Justice DepartmentChris Palmer
Temple pledges to boost police patrol officers by 58% over five years following staffing study Susan Snyder
Temple pledges to boost police patrol officers by 58% over five years following staffing study Susan Snyder
A Philadelphia police officer critically injured in a motorcycle crash six years ago has diedEllie Rushing
A Philadelphia police officer critically injured in a motorcycle crash six years ago has diedEllie Rushing
Philly police threatened to shut down a longtime Kensington soup kitchen. Now, they say it was ‘a misstep.’Ellie Rushing and Anna Orso
Philly police threatened to shut down a longtime Kensington soup kitchen. Now, they say it was ‘a misstep.’Ellie Rushing and Anna Orso
Philly police have a new public safety plan in the works — this time with community inputCommissioner Kevin Bethel said that, for the first time, the police department's public safety plans will be crafted with specific input from community members. Ellie Rushing
Philly police have a new public safety plan in the works — this time with community inputCommissioner Kevin Bethel said that, for the first time, the police department's public safety plans will be crafted with specific input from community members. Ellie Rushing
Philly’s school safety officers have a tentative contractThe School Police Association of Philadelphia's 350 officers had asked for better pay, more training and bulletproof vests for all officers. Starting school safety officers now make $34,526.Kristen A. Graham
Philly’s school safety officers have a tentative contractThe School Police Association of Philadelphia's 350 officers had asked for better pay, more training and bulletproof vests for all officers. Starting school safety officers now make $34,526.Kristen A. Graham
Philadelphia denied overtime pay to 230 ranking police officers, lawsuit saysThe two chief inspectors say they represent about 230 of their current and former peers who were similarly denied overtime pay when responding to emergencies. Abraham Gutman
Philadelphia denied overtime pay to 230 ranking police officers, lawsuit saysThe two chief inspectors say they represent about 230 of their current and former peers who were similarly denied overtime pay when responding to emergencies. Abraham Gutman
Camden men ran a car theft ring linked to the killing of a Philadelphia police officer, N.J. officials sayOfficials charged 13 men with racketeering for running a Camden-based car theft ring that they say is connected to the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez. Ellie Rushing
Camden men ran a car theft ring linked to the killing of a Philadelphia police officer, N.J. officials sayOfficials charged 13 men with racketeering for running a Camden-based car theft ring that they say is connected to the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Mendez. Ellie Rushing
Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham
Philly school police officers say they need better pay and training — and new uniforms — to keep kids safe“We are nowhere close to an agreement,” said Bernadette Ambrose-Smith, president of the School Police Association of Philadelphia. The union's contract expires Aug. 31.Kristen A. Graham
Halfway through 2025, Philly has the fewest homicides in recent memoryThe decrease comes despite several high-profile shootings this summer that left children and teens maimed by bullets. Still, it's progress.Ellie Rushing and Dylan Purcell
Halfway through 2025, Philly has the fewest homicides in recent memoryThe decrease comes despite several high-profile shootings this summer that left children and teens maimed by bullets. Still, it's progress.Ellie Rushing and Dylan Purcell
Three dead, nine injured in Grays Ferry shooting, police sayThree young men were killed and nine people were injured in an early morning shooting in Grays Ferry, police said. Ellie Rushing and Rodrigo Torrejón
Three dead, nine injured in Grays Ferry shooting, police sayThree young men were killed and nine people were injured in an early morning shooting in Grays Ferry, police said. Ellie Rushing and Rodrigo Torrejón
The Philly school safety officer shot was hit by stray bulletsThe veteran school safety officer, who's also a retired Philadelphia Police officer, remains in critical but stable condition on a ventilator.Kristen A. Graham and Ellie Rushing
The Philly school safety officer shot was hit by stray bulletsThe veteran school safety officer, who's also a retired Philadelphia Police officer, remains in critical but stable condition on a ventilator.Kristen A. Graham and Ellie Rushing
District Council 33 is on strike. Here’s what the union does and what is impacted.AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.Nick Vadala
District Council 33 is on strike. Here’s what the union does and what is impacted.AFSCME District Council 33 represents a wide swath of city employees who perform manual labor and skilled trades.Nick Vadala
A Philly School District safety officer was shot multiple timesThe school safety officer, a retired Philadelphia police officer, was in critical but stable condition on Sunday.Kristen A. Graham and Alfred Lubrano
A Philly School District safety officer was shot multiple timesThe school safety officer, a retired Philadelphia police officer, was in critical but stable condition on Sunday.Kristen A. Graham and Alfred Lubrano
Video captured the fatal shooting of a Temple police officer in 2023. It was shown for the first time at his accused shooter’s trial.The harrowing footage was played during the second day of Miles Pfeffer’s murder trial in the shooting death of Christopher Fitzgerald.Chris Palmer
Video captured the fatal shooting of a Temple police officer in 2023. It was shown for the first time at his accused shooter’s trial.The harrowing footage was played during the second day of Miles Pfeffer’s murder trial in the shooting death of Christopher Fitzgerald.Chris Palmer
Ballistics tests show six guns were fired in Lemon Hill shooting that struck 11 people, police say Philly police now believe six guns were fired in the shooting in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day. Ellie Rushing
Ballistics tests show six guns were fired in Lemon Hill shooting that struck 11 people, police say Philly police now believe six guns were fired in the shooting in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day. Ellie Rushing
Two dead, nine wounded in ‘heinous’ Memorial Day shooting in Philly’s Fairmount Park"This was war-time ammunition that was just opened on Philadelphians and those here in our city," Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said at a Tuesday news conference. Rob Tornoe, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Anthony R. Wood
Two dead, nine wounded in ‘heinous’ Memorial Day shooting in Philly’s Fairmount Park"This was war-time ammunition that was just opened on Philadelphians and those here in our city," Mayor Cherelle L. Parker said at a Tuesday news conference. Rob Tornoe, Rodrigo Torrejón, and Anthony R. Wood
What we know about the Fairmount Park shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9The Memorial Day shooting near Lemon Hill Mansion is one of the largest shootings in Philadelphia in the past decade.Nick Vadala
What we know about the Fairmount Park shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9The Memorial Day shooting near Lemon Hill Mansion is one of the largest shootings in Philadelphia in the past decade.Nick Vadala
How Larry Krasner won Philadelphia’s district attorney primary — againKrasner handily defeated Municipal Court Judge Patrick Dugan, with crucial backing from Black political leaders and a strategy focused on nationalizing the race.Sean Collins Walsh and Fallon Roth
How Larry Krasner won Philadelphia’s district attorney primary — againKrasner handily defeated Municipal Court Judge Patrick Dugan, with crucial backing from Black political leaders and a strategy focused on nationalizing the race.Sean Collins Walsh and Fallon Roth
