Man dies in ambush

Whoever entered Dean’s Bar on the 1700 block of Tasker Street and pumped 19 shots into Raymond Nina’s back early Sunday wanted him dead.

That much investigators know. But what they don’t know is why — although they think an argument might have lit the shooter’s fuse…

Casualty of consolidation

Who will coach the new Ss. John Neumann and Maria Goretti football team?

Despite his long and significant history with the boys’ high school, Ed “Bubby” DiCamillo knows it’s not going to be him.

Adjusting a dream

Terrell Stokes saw the NBA as his future. The former high-school All-America point guard was one of the best basketball players in Simon Gratz High’s history. He went on to star at the University of Maryland.

Ghastly discovery

Construction workers in Bella Vista unearthed eight coffins dating back to the mid-1800s. Two of them still contained human skeletons.

Construction workers digging out a basement at a property on the 1100 block of Carpenter Street unwittingly unearthed eight wooden…

CSI: Philadelphia

It’s another bright, hot day in Las Vegas. Crime scene investigator Catherine Willows shows up at a job looking model-perfect and wearing a low-cut T-shirt. She and lead investigator Gil Grissom whip out all sorts of high-tech equipment and start collecting evidence.

Nabbed in beau’s stabbing

A lovers’ quarrel climaxed with a man being knifed in the back and his 24-year-old girlfriend arrested.

The 44-year-old victim was taken to St. Agnes Medical Center in good condition after the 10:30 p.m. incident on April 7, said Sgt. Steve Biello of South…

Primary polls have pull

When voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will encounter something unusual: options.

In a part of the city known for ho-hum primary races and shoo-in incumbents, this year’s race is a political animal of a different stripe. Yet it is still a donkey — all of the…

Road trip through time

Fifteen boys from various sections of the city are sitting on an authentic 1947 Clipper Bus. Like typical 13-year-olds, they are joking with one another and laughing.

The young athletes are getting their first look at the restored vehicle that will take them…

Playing it cool

It’s hot. It’s cold. It’s rainy. It’s snowy. None of the weather changes have stopped high-school softball teams from taking the field. And the players are confident that sunny times are still ahead.

School has spirit, but not souls

Another South Philly school is closing, and its principal says the charter schools have its blood on their hands.

Trinity Christian Elementary School, 19th and Porter, will cease operations following the last day of classes on June 11, according…