A black woman in her 30s was found strangled and partially nude on the 3100 block of South 23rd Street early yesterday, police said.
Discovered around 6:12 a.m., the woman had not been identified by press time.
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When Sidney Rosenfeld saw Enrico DiGiuseppe perform at an assembly at Southern High School, now South Philly High, in 1947, he had no idea he had just witnessed a star in the making. But he did sense something special about the teenager before him.
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Chip Reitano always keeps his cell phone nearby.
At any moment, one of his Neumann-Goretti girls’ basketball players could call with a request to open the school gym.
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The 1900 block of Chestnut Street has become a mini restaurant row. There’s Noche Lounge, where you can sip a cocktail and enjoy a salad or pizza. Next door is Drinker’s Tavern, a beer and wings bar always jumping once 5 p.m. rolls around. Next door down is Square on…
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Where’s Marshall Taylor?
Since graduating from West Catholic in 2004, the 6-foot-4, 205-pound forward was missing in action.
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The artistic version of double Dutch is on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with two concurrent exhibitions of Dutch and Flemish art. “Jacob van Ruisdael: Dutch Master of Landscape” runs through Feb. 5 and a complementary exhibition, “A Natural…
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In 1966, a spunky team from Texas Western College in El Paso shocked the nation by beating the University of Kentucky for the NCAA Division I championship. Although it would hardly be news today, it was the first time an NCAA team had accomplished the feat…
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Monday morning, some students will wake up on their day off — only to trek back to school.
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The Philadelphia Police Department has produced some high-profile officers over the years and former Lt. Mike Chitwood is certainly one of them.
During his 17-year career, before taking over as chief of police in Shawnee, Okla., in May…
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Inside a modest-size room on the 1600 block of East Passyunk Avenue emanates sounds potentially heard throughout the world.
Songs from a healthy variety of artists are interrupted by the chatter of two musical mavericks. They are…