TaconyThe death of 16-year-old Christa Lewis at a carnival shocked the city on this week in Philly historyThe 16-year-old honor student was hanging out with friends at the Russ Park event when she was killed on May 3, 1996.Tommy Rowan This is one of Philly’s biggest illegal dumps. Cleaning it up is a logistical nightmare.Frank Kummer This Tacony teen risked himself to save a stranger’s lifeKristen A. Graham A year after 4,000 tires were found dumped, Tacony Park is much cleaner. And a new preserve awaits.Frank Kummer Philly has lots of trails. For the first time, it is hiring a full-time crew to maintain them.Frank Kummer AdvertisementPhilly’s chefs celebrate Chinese New Year with a bonanza of collaboration dinners and special menusCelebrate the Lunar New Year with auspicious dishes at some of Philadelphia's renowned restaurants.Kiki Aranita Trump pardoned a Northeast Philly native who tried to help him overthrow the 2020 electionJeffrey Clark, who grew up in Tacony and graduated from Father Judge High School in 1985, was one of 77 people who received a pardon for seeking to help Trump remain in the White House five years ago.Chris Palmer Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer An initiative that aims to reduce gun violence by cleaning up litter is expanding to West PhillySafe Steps West Philly will provide litter cleaning for 275 residential blocks, organizers said.Robert Moran Colleges are bracing for a drop in international enrollment as students face confusion and fear. ‘I feel like I’m trapped.’ One Penn student from Kuwait says he won't return to the United States for his doctoral program, and will seek education elsewhere. Susan Snyder Hundreds of fish died in Tacony Creek. Illegal dumping is suspected.The first reports of dead fish came in Thursday afternoon at Adams Avenue and Crescentville Road on the Crescentville-Frankford border.Frank Kummer Why there are so many billboards for personal-injury lawyers in the Philly areaThe amount attorneys spent on SEPTA ads is projected to increase 400% since 2021. Abraham Gutman Philly opens new 10-acre waterfront parkThe park includes wide open views of the river, reclaimed for residents from a once fenced-off, contaminated, industrial past.Frank Kummer Man charged with murder after shooting inside Northeast Philly 7-ElevenJoseph McGinnis was arrested in the shooting of Tyrone Brown at a 7-Eleven in the Tacony section of the city. Rodrigo Torrejón Man arrested after fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven in Northeast PhillyAfter a fatal shooting inside the 7-Eleven in Tacony, the suspected shooter fled and barricaded himself in a home three blocks away, police said. Rodrigo Torrejón Gerald Kaufman, former Pa. state representative and environmental and social activist, has died at 92He was executive director of Awbury Arboretum for a decade and helped establish the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership in 2005. Gary Miles OpinionDrone policing is working. Now let’s invest in more.Drone technology is the genesis for a new direction of governance in Philadelphia.Jalon Alexander, For The Inquirer Philly Shipyard owner Hanwha says it needs more space and workers to build U.S. Navy vesselsHanwha, which bought the South Philly yard last year, wants to add waterfront land and may expand into South Jersey.Joseph N. DiStefano Philly man arrested for 2023 fatal shooting of ex-girlfriend’s father, police sayPolice say Santiago shot Thomas Dooner after arguing with his daughter at a resident in the Tacony section of the city in 2023.Rodrigo Torrejón Someone illegally dumped 4,000 tires into Tacony Creek Park. It will take a human chain of 100 to clear. The city is working with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and United by Blue to remove the illegally dumped tires.Frank Kummer See more storiesAdvertisement
The death of 16-year-old Christa Lewis at a carnival shocked the city on this week in Philly historyThe 16-year-old honor student was hanging out with friends at the Russ Park event when she was killed on May 3, 1996.Tommy Rowan
The death of 16-year-old Christa Lewis at a carnival shocked the city on this week in Philly historyThe 16-year-old honor student was hanging out with friends at the Russ Park event when she was killed on May 3, 1996.Tommy Rowan
A year after 4,000 tires were found dumped, Tacony Park is much cleaner. And a new preserve awaits.Frank Kummer
A year after 4,000 tires were found dumped, Tacony Park is much cleaner. And a new preserve awaits.Frank Kummer
Philly has lots of trails. For the first time, it is hiring a full-time crew to maintain them.Frank Kummer
Philly has lots of trails. For the first time, it is hiring a full-time crew to maintain them.Frank Kummer
Philly’s chefs celebrate Chinese New Year with a bonanza of collaboration dinners and special menusCelebrate the Lunar New Year with auspicious dishes at some of Philadelphia's renowned restaurants.Kiki Aranita
Philly’s chefs celebrate Chinese New Year with a bonanza of collaboration dinners and special menusCelebrate the Lunar New Year with auspicious dishes at some of Philadelphia's renowned restaurants.Kiki Aranita
Trump pardoned a Northeast Philly native who tried to help him overthrow the 2020 electionJeffrey Clark, who grew up in Tacony and graduated from Father Judge High School in 1985, was one of 77 people who received a pardon for seeking to help Trump remain in the White House five years ago.Chris Palmer
Trump pardoned a Northeast Philly native who tried to help him overthrow the 2020 electionJeffrey Clark, who grew up in Tacony and graduated from Father Judge High School in 1985, was one of 77 people who received a pardon for seeking to help Trump remain in the White House five years ago.Chris Palmer
Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer
Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer
An initiative that aims to reduce gun violence by cleaning up litter is expanding to West PhillySafe Steps West Philly will provide litter cleaning for 275 residential blocks, organizers said.Robert Moran
An initiative that aims to reduce gun violence by cleaning up litter is expanding to West PhillySafe Steps West Philly will provide litter cleaning for 275 residential blocks, organizers said.Robert Moran
Colleges are bracing for a drop in international enrollment as students face confusion and fear. ‘I feel like I’m trapped.’ One Penn student from Kuwait says he won't return to the United States for his doctoral program, and will seek education elsewhere. Susan Snyder
Colleges are bracing for a drop in international enrollment as students face confusion and fear. ‘I feel like I’m trapped.’ One Penn student from Kuwait says he won't return to the United States for his doctoral program, and will seek education elsewhere. Susan Snyder
Hundreds of fish died in Tacony Creek. Illegal dumping is suspected.The first reports of dead fish came in Thursday afternoon at Adams Avenue and Crescentville Road on the Crescentville-Frankford border.Frank Kummer
Hundreds of fish died in Tacony Creek. Illegal dumping is suspected.The first reports of dead fish came in Thursday afternoon at Adams Avenue and Crescentville Road on the Crescentville-Frankford border.Frank Kummer
Why there are so many billboards for personal-injury lawyers in the Philly areaThe amount attorneys spent on SEPTA ads is projected to increase 400% since 2021. Abraham Gutman
Why there are so many billboards for personal-injury lawyers in the Philly areaThe amount attorneys spent on SEPTA ads is projected to increase 400% since 2021. Abraham Gutman
Philly opens new 10-acre waterfront parkThe park includes wide open views of the river, reclaimed for residents from a once fenced-off, contaminated, industrial past.Frank Kummer
Philly opens new 10-acre waterfront parkThe park includes wide open views of the river, reclaimed for residents from a once fenced-off, contaminated, industrial past.Frank Kummer
Man charged with murder after shooting inside Northeast Philly 7-ElevenJoseph McGinnis was arrested in the shooting of Tyrone Brown at a 7-Eleven in the Tacony section of the city. Rodrigo Torrejón
Man charged with murder after shooting inside Northeast Philly 7-ElevenJoseph McGinnis was arrested in the shooting of Tyrone Brown at a 7-Eleven in the Tacony section of the city. Rodrigo Torrejón
Man arrested after fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven in Northeast PhillyAfter a fatal shooting inside the 7-Eleven in Tacony, the suspected shooter fled and barricaded himself in a home three blocks away, police said. Rodrigo Torrejón
Man arrested after fatal shooting inside a 7-Eleven in Northeast PhillyAfter a fatal shooting inside the 7-Eleven in Tacony, the suspected shooter fled and barricaded himself in a home three blocks away, police said. Rodrigo Torrejón
Gerald Kaufman, former Pa. state representative and environmental and social activist, has died at 92He was executive director of Awbury Arboretum for a decade and helped establish the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership in 2005. Gary Miles
Gerald Kaufman, former Pa. state representative and environmental and social activist, has died at 92He was executive director of Awbury Arboretum for a decade and helped establish the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership in 2005. Gary Miles
OpinionDrone policing is working. Now let’s invest in more.Drone technology is the genesis for a new direction of governance in Philadelphia.Jalon Alexander, For The Inquirer
OpinionDrone policing is working. Now let’s invest in more.Drone technology is the genesis for a new direction of governance in Philadelphia.Jalon Alexander, For The Inquirer
Philly Shipyard owner Hanwha says it needs more space and workers to build U.S. Navy vesselsHanwha, which bought the South Philly yard last year, wants to add waterfront land and may expand into South Jersey.Joseph N. DiStefano
Philly Shipyard owner Hanwha says it needs more space and workers to build U.S. Navy vesselsHanwha, which bought the South Philly yard last year, wants to add waterfront land and may expand into South Jersey.Joseph N. DiStefano
Philly man arrested for 2023 fatal shooting of ex-girlfriend’s father, police sayPolice say Santiago shot Thomas Dooner after arguing with his daughter at a resident in the Tacony section of the city in 2023.Rodrigo Torrejón
Philly man arrested for 2023 fatal shooting of ex-girlfriend’s father, police sayPolice say Santiago shot Thomas Dooner after arguing with his daughter at a resident in the Tacony section of the city in 2023.Rodrigo Torrejón
Someone illegally dumped 4,000 tires into Tacony Creek Park. It will take a human chain of 100 to clear. The city is working with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and United by Blue to remove the illegally dumped tires.Frank Kummer
Someone illegally dumped 4,000 tires into Tacony Creek Park. It will take a human chain of 100 to clear. The city is working with the Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership and United by Blue to remove the illegally dumped tires.Frank Kummer
