Appolonia Tucker, 16, was dropping off her 10-month-old daughter at the child’s father’s home in the Mill Creek section of West Philly when her life was snuffed out by a bullet.
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Nimol Tep, 40, watched Sambo Nau repeatedly stab her 47-year-old friend and roommate Taing Thai in an argument over money inside their second-floor apartment on the 2100 block of South Seventh Street, Homicide Sgt. Anthony McFadden told the…
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Who would ever guess a lively debate about William Shakespeare would erupt inside today’s grade schools? Those shocked by this are not well-versed with what’s been occurring at E.M. Stanton Elementary.
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Jasmine Daniels has spent the last several months sorting through college brochures and talking with potential coaches.
But Daytona Beach-based Bethune-Cookman College offered something none of the others could: long stretches of sand and warm…
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Kyle Tucker is Catholic League indoor track champion in the 200 meters. The Neumann-Goretti senior also was a First Team All-State selection in the event.
But why stop there?
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Would you rather go to school or spend the day at Lincoln Financial Field?
When Bregy Elementary fourth-grader Diallo Lee was asked whether he missed his April 26 math class, he responded, “No, definitely no,” with a laugh.
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I know very little about Korean food. Although I am familiar with the spicy condiment kimchi, I had never eaten a Korean dinner.
After savoring oysters and clams at the Sansom Street Oyster House several weeks ago, I walked down the block and happened upon…
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Dressed up and seated on stage at New Freedom Theater, 1346 N. Broad St., 38 Ready Willing & Able graduates waited for program Director LeeRoy Jordan to present them with certificates of completion at the April 21 ceremony.
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More than anything else, artists need to be able to carry out their inspirations. Often, the necessary technology simply isn’t available or accessible due to cost, space or cumbersome operation.
When I was growing up in the mid-1970s, I discovered the novel “Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said” by Philip K. Dick. It was unlike any science fiction I had read — trippy, witty and cautionary. When I inquired about the author, the only people who knew of him were hard-core sci-fi fanatics and…
Those who have entered the famed Mummers Museum know it’s like being whisked to another world. Now, through the efforts of some savvy scholars, this experience can be duplicated with the click of a mouse.
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Spring always brings a new crop of cookbooks. I just received a copy of “Everyday Pasta” by Giada De Laurentiis, whose charming personality comes across on her Food Network cooking show. De Laurentiis was born in Rome but grew up in sunny Southern…
Everybody is into conservation these days — even Uncle Nunzi. Global warming has officially become a threat when Uncle Nunzi says something like, “Al Gore was right.” To better understand the significance of this remark, you have to know that, in his mind, Gore and his favorite…
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Michael Bucci might have found a solution to the area’s flooding-basement conundrum. To showcase his discovery, he ventured to a rooftop, not the sewer system.
Climbing a ladder to the height of 1313 E. Passyunk Ave. Monday, Bucci noted not…