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ABOVE PHOTO: Macy’s department store in Philadelphia. (Shutterstock.com) The District Attorney’s Homicide/Non-Fatal Shootings Unit has charged Tyrone Garcell Tunnell with murder, attempted murder, and related charges for his role in a violent assault on two security guards at the Macy’s department store in Center City on Monday.  During an incident that was captured on surveillance…

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Effective December 1, PECO customers not receiving their energy from a competitive energy supplier will see lower rates for the electricity and natural gas they use. The electricity or natural gas used by customers – or the supply charge – makes up about half of a residential customer’s total bill. PECO updates this charge, which is…

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ABOVE PHOTO: State Sen. Vincent Hughes (center), flanked by government officials, affordable housing advocates and other stakeholders pose for a photo. (Photo/senatorhughes.com) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – State Sen. Vincent Hughes, Democratic Appropriations Chair, stood with fellow lawmakers and affordable housing leaders to celebrate a new, affordable housing grant program that awarded $98 million dollars to projects…

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John Oates and arguing in arbitration that he can’t sell his share of a Hall & Oates business partnership without Hall’s permission. Public court filings have revealed just how wide the rift has grown between the duo famous for hits…

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PHILADELPHIA (December 6, 2023) – SEPTA announced the launch of its new, transit-first, mobile-friendly website: septa.org. The redesigned site, which has been in the beta testing phase since August officially went live on Thursday, December 7. More than 18 months in the making, this initiative was an integral part of SEPTA Forward, the Authority’s strategic plan. SEPTA…

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 (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) 6abc — Former Philadelphia labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and a codefendant Brian Burrows were convicted Thursday of using more than $650,000 in union funds for personal use. Dougherty, 63, who led Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for nearly three decades, was convicted of conspiracy, embezzlement and dozens of other…

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Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP) has announced that the organization has been awarded a 3-year, $1.2 million capacity building grant from the Connelly Foundation. This multi-year gift is the first of its kind for CSFP and enables the organization to build capacity and sustainability through marketing, technology, program evaluation, professional development, and functional expenses through…

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ABOVE PHOTO: One of the many young people receiving vision care at this year’s Give Kids Sight Day event. Hundreds of Philadelphia children picked up free eyeglasses recently at Wills Eye Hospital. The institution’s Give Kids Sight Day initiative provides free eye exams, eyeglass prescriptions, and two pairs of glasses to children — regardless of their…

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A new Philadelphia City Council task force focuses on reparations, and what form city residents would like to see them take. By Denise Clay-Murray By Denise Clay-Murray Right now, reparations, the concept of acknowledging a human rights violation and seeking to repair it through compensation of some kind, is having a moment. The state of…

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Kevin Bethel, the current chief of school safety for the School District of Philadelphia, will be the city’s next police commissioner. ABOVE PHOTO: Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker (speaking at podium) introduces the new police commissioner Kevin Bethel (on her right) at last week’s press conference surrounded by city officials and politicians that included, from left, Ryan…

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