Karen Araiza

Montgomery County property owners would see an 11-percent tax increase next year in the proposed budget introduced Thursday by the county commissioners.

Dr. Cindy Otto, whose work at Ground Zero following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks inspired her founding of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, is the recipient of the 2016 Kennel Club of Philadelphia “Dogs’ Best Friend Award.”

Looking for a fun, family-friendly event this weekend? Head to Norristown for the family musical, The Perfect Dog.

For the second year in a row, the Olympic figure skating royalty duo — Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir — are part of The National Dog Show Presented by Purina. Tickets are available for the show this year, which takes place on Nov. 19 and 20, and then airs Thanksgiving Day on NBC.

Opening statements have begun in the trial of a Vietnam native charged with murdering two brothers and dumping their bodies into a Philadelphia river.

Come meet the NBC10 First Alert Weather team during Severe Winter Weather Week. Our 2016 Mall Tour runs from Monday, Nov. 14 through Friday, Nov. 18. Tour StormRanger10 and let us help you get ready for winter. Oh, and we’ve got some cool NBC10 swag!

Since 2011, NBC10 and Widener University have partnered for the annual High School Leadership Awards, a program that recognizes high school juniors in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware who exhibit strong leadership skills, academic excellence, and exceptional character.

The U.S. Department of Education wants to fine Penn State for the way it mishandled the Jerry Sandusky sexual misconduct case. The amount is nearly seven times the amount it has ever fined another college or university

A public memorial service was held for former NBC10 reporter Sheela Allen-Stephens at Sharon Baptist Church Saturday in Philadelphia. Allen-Stephens passed away at Bryn Mawr hospital last week. Our Chief Meteorologist, Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz, was a dear friend for years. He asked to write about the life Sheela’s shared with us, and so many of you.

One of NBC10’s longtime reporters Sheela Allen-Stephens has died. NBC10’s Chief Meteorologist Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz speaks about his dear friend.

We’ve lost a beloved member of the NBC10 family. Sheela Allen-Stephens passed away at Bryn Mawr hospital last week. Our Chief Meteorologist, Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz was a dear friend for years. He asked to write about the life Sheela’s shared with us, and so many of you.

The Keystone State’s first openly gay legislator is the latest Pennsylvania politician to come under scrutiny after an investigation reveals he toed the ethical line by using campaign funds to pay for some travel, failed to disclose thousands of dollars in travel reimbursements and collected more than $50,000 in speaking fees.

When it comes to growth, Philadelphia has often been a laggard and a new study highlights how slow the city is in its pace of economic expansion.

But don’t mistake Carson Wentz’s folk hero status back home for rock-star status. The Wentz narrative goes more like this: Here’s a kid who’s showing the rest of the country what can happen when you have a gifted athlete with an eidetic memory and discipline that seems void of distraction. Bake that with his faith and Bismarck family values and...

Two Wilmington firefighters — Chris Leach and Jerry Fickes — died Saturday morning and four more were injured, two critically, when the floor of a burning row home collapsed.

A Center City fire station was evacuated after a PVC pipe with wires was found outside the 21st and Market Street location.

Police in Delaware County have developed new leads and a new person of interest after talking with the boyfriend of Natasha Gibson. The 32-year-old woman was found dead on the front porch steps of a Yeadon home where she once lived.

After declining our requests for on-camera interviews for weeks, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams reveals he is cooperating with an ethics probe and will “pay a penalty, a fine” for not having disclosed those gifts.

When Dawn Jones realized she’d just hit the lottery, she told a fellow nurse she thought she was having a heart attack.