Ed Rendell

First-term incumbent Larry Krasner, seeking re-election, is getting support from a wide range of progressive officials as well as many leaders of color. Challenger Carlos Vega, an old-school former city prosecutor, is lining up supporters of longstanding criminal justice policies.

Larry Krasner and Carlos Vega made plenty of statements about each other and their records during their debate Wednesday night. But how accurate were those statements? NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the fact-check.

With Philadelphia’s homicide rate on a record-breaking pace, former Governor Ed Rendell suggested rehiring retired police officers to help quell the violence.

Former Governor Ed Rendell spoke with NBC10’s Rosemary Connors about the city’s continued gun violence. He suggested rehiring retired Philadelphia police officers as a possible solution to the growing violence amid the city’s budget constraints.

NBC10 photojournalist Pete Kane recalls what it was like to witness the MOVE bombing in Philadelphia 35 years ago. The mayor at the time, W. Wilson Goode Sr., recently penned an op-ed about the deadly incident in which he expresses regrets.

W. Wilson Goode Sr. wrote that a formal apology from the city “would be helpful for the healing of all involved.”

A nonprofit’s proposal to open the nation’s first supervised injection site for opioid users in Philadelphia does not violate federal law, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

The fight over whether Philadelphia could open the nation’s first safe injection site for opioid users returns to federal court Thursday afternoon.

Photos of young people lost to the opioid crisis are perched outside the federal courthouse as a judge Monday decides if Philadelphia can become the first U.S. city to open a supervised injection site.

Seven Philadelphia police officers named in a report that linked offensive and racist social media posts to cops in departments across the country have left the department in the last two weeks.

As Philadelphia makes its push to open the nation’s first safe injection site, Mayor Jim Kenney and other city leaders are heading to Canada to learn more about how the facilities work there.

The investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country has led to 72 Philadelphia police officers being placed on administrative duty, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Wednesday.

The investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country has led to 72 Philadelphia police officers being placed on administrative duty, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Wednesday.

The investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country has led to 72 Philadelphia police officers being placed on administrative duty, Commissioner Richard Ross announced Wednesday.

Many families across Philadelphia rely on free meals at school. But what happens when its summertime? We shed light on a program that’s working to keep kids from going hungry when class is not in session.

Across the state, approximately 1.2 million Pennsylvanians fit this description. They work yet live with economic hardship, according to the report, which analyzed data from 67 counties and more than 5 million households.

Dozens of Philadelphia police officers were placed on desk duty amid an investigation of racist and insensitive Facebook posts allegedly made by active-duty and former cops across the country, according to a high ranking law enforcement source.

A new development is coming to the heart of Center City. The Broad and Spruce Project will be the next addition to the Avenue of the Arts. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk is in Center City with more on this surge in development.

Dranoff Properites plans to build ArtHaus, a high-rise mixed-use condo building at Broad and Spruce streets. They have described it as a gamechanger on the Avenue of the Arts that will have a great impact on the community. 

One of Philadelphia’s largest law firms has been hired by the city to investigate racist and insensitive Facebook posts that a recent study found were made by police officers.