Janice Collins holds a picture of her late daughter, Ericka Brair, who lived in Oxford Circle and was a Frankford High…
Nicole Fedak takes part in a rehearsal at Anna Marie’s Academy of Dance. KEVIN COOK / FOR THE TIMES
A federal jury last week convicted two members of the so-called Frankford Drug Trafficking Associates of drug dealing, money laundering and conspiracy for their roles in a cocaine and crack distribution ring that operated for more than…
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A Mayfair man has been ordered to stand trial for the hit-and-run death of a Wissinoming woman last fall and for allegedly lying to police who investigated the crash.
As is usually the case, the winter sports season in Northeast Philadelphia featured plenty of noteworthy performances on the…
A merger between the Fox Chase Cancer Center and neighboring Jeanes Hospital won’t be finalized for several months at least, according to a senior FCCC executive.
Dave Kralle, a Republican candidate in the 169th Legislative District, last week released a plan to combat child sexual abuse.
Kralle favors removing the criminal and civil statutes of limitations for sexual abuse against children.
The defense and prosecution must submit written briefs by May 18 in the appeal of a man convicted of setting a fire that killed his young sons in Oxford Circle in 1985.
A pack of gun-toting robbers invaded the home of an Oxford Circle couple and stole $30,000 cash from them, in addition to jewelry and a gun, according to police.
Archbishop Ryan High School junior Nick Roche attended last week’s Rotary Club of Frankford-Northeast meeting to thank members for sponsoring his participation in a recent program.
Many things Americans buy are made in China, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that some synthetic marijuana that can be easily purchased at stores on Frankford Avenue or Torresdale Avenue comes from China, too.
Tami Whittock, Castor Gardens, with her bird Winston. Winston was trained as a service animal after Whittock suffered trauma from…
Lily Fischer (left) and Tegan Hagy make cupcakes and chocolate in the large production space they share at the old Globe Dye Works building…
The Philadelphia Blue Flame police and fire football team will pay tribute to a slain officer and former team member on Saturday, March 31, in the annual Sgt. Patrick McDonald Memorial Game at Lincoln Financial Field.
A Northeast man has been charged with murder in connection with the starvation death of his 82-year-old father last year.
Thomas Houck, 57, shared a home with his elderly parents on the 3400 block of Kirkwood Road in Academy Gardens, the district…
ShopRite employees Ryan McIlhenny and Courtney Snyder are among the supermarket chain’s workers whose photos…
Mothers Against Drunk Driving has a comprehensive legislative agenda.
MADD has lobbied for the reduction of the legal threshold for impairment to .08, stiffer sentences for those convicted of drunken driving and mandatory…
Philadelphia police are trying to identify a man who allegedly stabbed another man repeatedly at a Northeast U-Haul store on March 2. A video of the attack has been posted on YouTube.
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Senior curator Joseph Rishel discusses paintings in the exhibit, including Van Gogh’s 1890 painting Almond Blossom. JENNY SWIGODA…
City Councilman Brian O’Neill doesn’t need to rally public opinion in opposition to Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposed property tax increases.
Nor does O’Neill — a Republican from the Far Northeast and Council’s minority-party leader…
Authorities are searching for a man who robbed a Fox Chase bank on Monday morning.
The suspect entered the Vist Financial branch at 8000 Verree Road at about 11:30 a.m., presented a threatening demand note to a teller, obtained an undisclosed amount of…
The sex abuse trial of three Catholic clerics will begin next week in a Philadelphia courtroom, but, in the court of public opinion, it’s the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia that also will be judged.
Officers from the 15th Police District wounded a man who allegedly pointed a gun at them outside the Whitehall Commons public housing complex last Thursday afternoon.
In the ongoing cat-and-mouse game involving police and Mayfair-area tire slashers, the mouse turned up on a different corner on Sunday morning.
A resident of the 7100 block of Erdrick St. called police at 11:15 a.m. to report that two tires on a Honda…