Man charged with attempted murder

A 21-year-old was charged with attempted murder in connection to the July 5 attempted shooting of another man over a stolen bicycle, police said.

Detectives Bob Conn and Jim Dunlap of South Detective Divisions’ Special Investigations Unit (SIU)…

A somewhat familiar beat

With 17 years on the job as a Philly cop and close to 100 homicide cases under his belt, Mike Chitwood Sr. did something that January 1983 day he had never done before.

The homicide detective broke down on the witness stand while reading a killer’s chilling…

Whitman Council sued

Next month will mark Janet DeGiovanni-Sharp’s 14th anniversary as executive director for Whitman Council. But there is no celebration in the works.

DeGiovanni-Sharp filed a lawsuit Aug. 11 against the neighborhood group, claiming a friendship and subsequent marriage…

Two tales of bigotry

It was just your normal morning on WIP. Angelo Cataldi was interviewing a babe whose main claim to fame, given Angelo’s audible drooling on the microphone, was her bust size. Since I had tuned in during the middle of the conversation, I never did find out whether he was interviewing her as a…

Teen charged in racial incident

Police arrested a 16-year-old from the 600 block of Clarion Street after he allegedly vandalized a house and cars Sunday with racial obscenities.

The teen was spotted at about 4 a.m. spray-painting vulgarities and racial slurs on the front door and…

Two tales of bigotry

It was just your normal morning on WIP. Angelo Cataldi was interviewing a babe whose main claim to fame, given Angelo’s audible drooling on the microphone, was her bust size. Since I had tuned in during the middle of the conversation, I never did find out whether he was interviewing her as a…

Rolling Along

The instant music fills the air, the Philadelphia Wizards on Wheels members get to work. Using stomps, claps, spins and splits, the group places every morsel of energy into its practice session at the Vare Recreation Center, 26th and Morris streets.

The Hares are here

There is still time to catch the major summer exhibit, “Highlights from the Collection”, at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford and it is, to say the least, a family affair. Continuing its celebration of recent renovations, the museum provides a fresh look at its collections with some…

A life forever altered

Keo Poe should have been in jail, serving a two- to four-year term for drug dealing, resisting arrest and other charges stemming from a February 2004 conviction, said a representative of the District Attorney’s Office.

Court overturns ruling

It took five years, but Hugh Burns, chief of the District Attorney’s Appeal Unit, won on behalf of the Commonwealth in the end.

Aug. 15, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s decision and ordered Michael Asbell and Eli Karetny to stand trial…