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A body was found inside a laundry bag left on the curb of a Northeast Philadelphia street Friday morning.

A body was found inside a laundry bag left on the curb of a Tacony neighborhood street on Friday morning, Philadelphia police say.

The Health Department is investigating a coronavirus outbreak at the CityReach Philly Church on 6814 Torresdale Avenue after at least nine members tested positive for COVID-19.

At least nine people tested positive for COVID-19 at CityReach church in Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood. NBC10’s Drew Smith has the details.

The Philadelphia health department is tracking a COVID-19 outbreak at a church in Tacony after at least nine members tested positive for the virus.

A 4-year-old Philadelphia boy was eating ice cream as he crossed the street when a speeding driver barreled into him and dragged him down the roadway before fleeing the scene, police said.

A $5,000 reward is being offered for an arrest in a hit-and-run that left a 4-year-old child in critical condition. NBC10’s Deanna Durante has the details.

The tearful father of Christopher Currid pleaded for help finding the speeding driver who failed to stop after striking his 4-year-old as the boy was trying to get ice cream. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.

Philadelphia police were searching for a speeding driver who they say struck a 4-year-old eating ice cream, dragged him down the street and fled. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.

A boy grabbed his father’s gun as the dad opened a safe and accidentally shot himself in the hand, Philadelphia police say.

A teenager and woman are dead after a high-speed crash that may have involved alcohol in Northeast Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood, police said. The crash near Cottman and Torresdale avenues happened around 2:45 a.m. Sunday, when a speeding Chevrolet Malibu ran a red light and was T-boned by a Nissan Maxima, which had the right of way, Philadelphia Police Department...

Police say the speeding driver of a Chevrolet Malibu ran a red light and collided with a Nissan correctly going through a green light. Three women riding in the Nissan were hurt while another woman died in the crash that police believe may have also involved alcohol.

A weekend of violence continued Sunday in Philadelphia as four people were shot during what was supposed to be two days of peace before Christmas festivities.

Activists took to Philly streets to give out gun locks and encourage peaceful behavior. Though it was a violent weekend in Philadelphia, organizers of the city’s “Peace Weekend” said that proved how necessary their work is.

During a confrontation over the summer, Philadelphia Police Officer Richard Nicoletti shot and killed Jeffrey Dennis. The attorney general’s office decided they would not file charges, but a hearing Tuesday will decide if Officer Nicoletti will be allowed to keep his job.

In an exclusive interview, one of the victims in the horrifying 2011 “basement of horrors” tells NBC10 how desperate she and the other victims became during their captivity in a Philadelphia row home.

It was a case that shocked the region. Seven years ago, police discovered four disabled adults who were locked inside a basement in the Tacony section of Philadelphia. Now one of the victims is speaking out in an exclusive interview while the imprisoned ring leader is making new claims.

A 30-year-old woman is accused of being under the influence when she allegedly crashed into another car, causing the other vehicle to break through a fence and into a front yard, killing a passenger.

Philadelphia Police are looking for two people, one bloodied, who fled a hit-and-run crash that left a man dead and others injured in Northeast Philadelphia’s Tacony neighborhood after one of the cars crashed through a white picket fence and onto a front yard.