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Funeral services for Natalie J. Gaither were held at St. Matthew AME Church on March 18, 2018.  Ms. Gaither died on March 5, 2018. She was 90. Natalie Jackson Gaither was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, on September 4, 1927.  She was born to David and Clara Jackson and was the sixth of eight…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Councilman Kenyatta Johnson   By Councilman Kenyatta Johnson (Phila. D-2nd Dist.) Banks are closing the door to the American Dream of homeownership to African Americans and other people of color in Philadelphia.  New evidence suggests banks, mortgage companies and even federal housing laws are the cause of a growing racial gap in Philadelphia’s…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The Madame C.J. Walker Award Finalists: First runner up Dr. Colona Roberts of The Smart Center of Child Development and Education; award winner Mildred Bell of Skin Health Solutions and second runner up Beverly Brown, Temples in Shape LLC. (Photo: Robert Mendelsohn)   At Saturday’s Madame C.J. Walker Awards Luncheon and Economic Empowerment…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend   By Amy V. Simmons According to a study from the Pew Charitable Trust, Philadelphia’s 25.7 percent poverty rate is the highest among the nation’s 10 largest cities. About 400,000 residents — including roughly 37 percent of the city’s children under the age of 18 — live below the federal…

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Statement from PSAC: The Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference (PSAC) is fully aware of the decision by Cheyney University to exit the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) upon conclusion of the 2017-18 academic year. PSAC membership requires that all members be in good standing with the NCAA. PSAC officials have been in communication and consultation with…

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ll School District of Philadelphia schools will open Thursday, March 22, 2018 on a two-hour delay. All buses will operate on a delayed schedule pushing morning pick up times back by two hours. We ask that parents and caregivers be patient as certain yellow bus routes may experience moderate to significant delays Thursday morning. All…

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6abc ALERTS: Get the latest severe weather alerts at 6abc.com/Weather SNOWFALL/COASTAL ISSUES: We’re looking at the possibility of about 8-12″ in much of SE Pennsylvania, northern Delaware and areas of South Jersey near the NJ Turnpike. 4-8″ is expected in areas closer to Allentown and Reading, as well as the heart of South Jersey closer…

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PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say an armed man is holed up in a restaurant across the street from Princeton University’s campus. Police say there are no known hostages in the Panera Bread, but it’s not clear what sparked the standoff that began around 10 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities had shut down Princeton’s…

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????6abc screengrab PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) –The president of the Philadelphia NAACP has suggested Rittenhouse Square as a better location for the proposed Temple University stadium rather than North Philadelphia. “We cannot afford to have this stadium in North Philadelphia and so we’re calling on the president of Temple University to consider right here in Rittenhouse Square,”…

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Philly.com/AP Offer shorter prison sentences in plea deals. Decline certain classes of criminal charges. And explain, on the record, why taxpayers should fork over thousands of dollars per year to incarcerate people. Those are some of the instructions that Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has outlined for the office’s 300 prosecutors — perhaps the boldest set of policies…

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