Growing up on the 1900 block of Mifflin Street, Taj Whitaker has seen people get shot. At the tender age of 15, the South Philadelphia High sophomore already has lost three friends to gun violence.
Marquise Salley enrolled in Bok Tech expecting to learn the plumbing and electrical trades.
But when the school dropped that program, Salley opted to focus on the culinary arts.
The 17-year-old receives his training in the school’s Bok Diner, where he cleans…
One super feeling While all Eagles fans are celebrating the team’s upcoming trip to Jacksonville, South Philly goes a little further in displaying its enthusiasm. By Lorraine Gennaro
If the Eagles don’t win the Super Bowl, they won’t be able to blame South Philly.
The Special Victims Unit arrested a 50-year-old convicted sex offender from North Carolina who neglected to register locally under Megan’s Law.
And, according to court records, it wasn’t the first time Edlynn David Young, from the 1300 block of…
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board voted Tuesday to grant a liquor license with conditions to two entrepreneurs who want to open a Mediterranean bistro at the site of the former 10 Spot Tavern, 1601 S. 10th St.
For 20 years, Marilyn Barr has found fulfillment as a librarian in South Philly.
Now a library supervisor for the Fumo Family Branch, 2437 S. Broad St., she takes pride in assisting the array of students who utilize her branch’s daily programs and resources.
When The Butcher’s Caf� opened a number of years ago, it was a sparkling addition to the Italian Market. Interior designer and Queen Village resident Leslie Koeser turned an old butcher shop into a delightful dining space.
Standing in front of Stuart Davis’ monumental Swing Landscape, now on loan to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, one can see and feel a number of sensations.
One is of the seaport of Gloucester on Cape Ann, the second is a highly colored saturated energy and the third…
Two unexpected yet welcome developments greeted Rasual Butler as he arrived in his hometown this week:
The foot of snow blanketing the area, and news that a certain football team will soon visit the state he now calls home.
In 1974, a deeply disturbed man named Samuel Byck tried to hijack a plane at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. His plan was to assassinate then-President Richard M. Nixon by flying the plane into the White House.