Philadelphia News

Diamond Edmonds, 24, was named Miss Philadelphia 2014 at a pageant held Saturday evening at the Levitt Auditorium at the University of the Arts.

Two early morning car crashes on Saturday sent four people to the hospital and lead to the arrest of one driver for driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault.

The Days Inn Philadelphia Convention Center is celebrating the grand opening of its new, Executive Club Floor on Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2. A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place at the hotel Tuesday featuring the hotel's owner, Steve Lam and general manager Kenny Lam, followed by an open house that will last through Wednesday.

James F. Burke Jr., 73, of Jenkintown, former director of nephrology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, died Monday, March 10, of pneumonia at St. Joseph Villa, Flourtown.

CLOUT DOESN'T want to get all Paul Revere up in here about the 2015 race for mayor in Philadelphia but it's fair to exclaim: The super PACs are coming! It has been widely expected that people and groups unconnected to mayoral campaigns in 2015 may spend big money to influence the outcome.

Irish events abound for St. Patrick's Day 2014 . The annual parade is Sunday, and a number of musical and cultural events surround the holidayincluding Celtic Nights: A Night of Music,Song and Dance at the Annenberg Center Saturday featuring musicians and dancers straight from the Old Sod.

Losing a home by fire is devastating enough, but it is even more trying when people try to capitalize on that pain.

The theme, "Articulture," used famous artwork as inspiration, and each of the major displays interpreted a work or style of work.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is currently seeking a Pension Plan Administrator to work in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Meryl Levitz, president and CEO of Visit Philadelphia, says Philadelphia is being featured in a special, 43-page section of the March-April issue of Arrive magazine .

Depending on what type of person you are -- type A or type B, alpha or beta, introvert or extrovert -- yard sales are either a super fun time, or awkward-moment minefields.

Philadelphia is a city that is all too willing to squander its assets. We've hacked away entire blocks of Center City for parking lots, leveled Frank Furness' greatest buildings, and stripped our neighborhoods of their stately banks and churches.

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A US Airways plane blew a tire while taking off Thursday evening at Philadelphia International Airport, prompting it to abruptly come to a stop, an airline spokesman said.

As "Rocky, The Musical" opens on Broadway this evening, the agency that markets Philadelphia to tourists is setting up "Rocky" tours of Philadelphia, geared toward theatergoers and Rocky fans.

A mistrial was declared this afternoon in the case of a Philadelphia priest charged with sexually assaulting a ten-year-old altar boy in 1997.

Gabe, Raphael and Ellen Tiberino, pictured at their family's Ellen Powell Tiberino Memorial Museum in West Philadelphia.

A double shooting overnight at a bar in Northeast Philadelphia caps off a very dangerous and deadly twelve hours in the city.

PHILADELPHIA A Philadelphia judge Wednesday declared a mistrial in the sexual-assault case against the Rev.

A PHILADELPHIA police officer has been suspended and criminally charged after he allegedly yanked a war veteran off a Center City corner last year, handcuffed him and drove him around in his SUV, irked that the man and his friends had criticized his driving.