Arrest in dismemberment case

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A dismembered man found stuffed into garbage bags in the basement of a rowhome died of blunt force trauma to the head, officials said.

The remains of John Thistlewood, 26, from the 2400 block of South Lawrence Street…

Man leaps to his death

A man checked into a hotel Saturday, but did not check out the expected way. The 46-year-old committed suicide by jumping from the window of his 14th-floor room at Days Inn, 2015 Penrose Ave., Detective Joe Chiaro of South Detective Division said.

Slain in Queen Village

The search continues for whoever gunned down a 20-year-old Friday on the 400 block of Christian Street.

Leon Thomas, from the 1800 block of South 28th Street, took a bullet to the back at about 12:46 a.m., Officer Raul Malverio of the Police Public Affairs Unit…

Road warriors

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Looking for some high school football this fall? Don’t bother looking in South Philadelphia.

It’s going to be a long wait for the next home game for Southern, Bok and Neumann-Goretti. All three used the 10th-and-Bigler-street complex, which is…

Playing with fire

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Two siblings, ages 5 and 3, were playing outside of their house on the 600 block of Jackson…

Boy shot in leg

The injuries were the same — only this time it was an 8-year-old boy, not a 4-year-old girl.

Shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday on the 2200 block of Sigel Street, the boy was caught in what police believe was crossfire between two parties.

Stalled engine

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Pennsport native Cass Stuski remembers when she was a little girl in the 1930s and Engine 46 was thriving.

“My mother had a friend who was a fireman there. He used to walk down [to work] every night, even on a Sunday, and she would say…

Man with a horn

When I first heard Maynard Ferguson play the trumpet, he was already fronting his own band. He had flashed to jazz stardom playing in the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Kenton featured him on a piece simply titled “Maynard Ferguson.” When you listen to it, you can hear some incredible pyrotechnics…

Assisting future talent

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Carolyn Hayes is devoted to helping South Philadelphia’s young, up-and-coming girl basketball players learn the game.

The ’83 St. Maria Goretti grad spent 12 years coaching Catholic Youth Organization athletes at St. Charles…

The film that cried Wolf

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What’s Pittsburgh got that South Philly doesn’t?

That’s what residents are asking upon last week’s limited release of “10th & Wolf.” The movie uses the local intersection in its title, but failed to use that — or any — South…