Election 2019

Council President Darrell Clarke convened a meeting with North Philly state reps — and Sheriff Jewell Williams, who has multiple harassment lawsuits pending against him

The ‘camel prom mom’ pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud

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The PPA gave out 150k parking tickets during ‘street cleaning’ days over the past decade — but the cleaning rarely gets done

Philly’s opioid crisis

Many of the overdose victims in South Philly are construction workers or manual laborers. They’re often reluctant to look for treatment because of the stigma

The breast cancer survivor’s walk down the Art Museum steps, one of the most integral and emotional moments of ‘Race For The Cure,’ will be preserved and expanded upon

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest sci-fi drama and thriller ‘Glass’ officially opens in theaters this Friday

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Broke in Philly

Tell us: What would life look like without worries about money?

As the city honors “economic mobility month,” Broke in Philly wants to hear from you.

On Dario Saric and Robert Covington’s first night back at Wells Fargo since being traded, the Sixers made them a tribute video

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Just Born is going Willy Wonka: For the first time, the makers of Peeps will let people into their factory — there’s a contest, and it benefits United Way

Girard College appears to be enjoying winter greatly

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Gorgeous sun on Girard College today @billy_penn

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….and SEPTA hasn’t touched the trolley cars since 🙃

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Billy Penn in Harrisburg

Gov. Tom Wolf’s inauguration speech: Fact-checks and takeaways

"I’m not asking Pennsylvanians to trust me," Wolf said, "I’m asking them to trust in themselves."

North Broad’s historic Blue Horizon boxing gym is becoming a micro-hotel with ‘selfie photo booth elevators’

Mayor Kenney lauds the decision blocking a citizenship question on the 2020 Census

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Instead of the troll living under the bridge in fairytales, our resident monster lived under the bleachers at Wells Fargo back in ’09

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Billy Penn Events

Expect to take advantage of great food and drink specials at Pistola’s del Sur while you test your local knowledge next Tuesday 🌮🍺

Philly officials are scrambling to get new voting machines in place by the mandated deadline

This Philly ‘mompreneur’ invented a system to make breast milk cooling easy

Think S'well bottle, but for pumping.

AP looks back at the highs and lows of Gov. Tom Wolf’s first term

Philly Wings public address announcer Shawny Hill is fired for his remark about ‘snipping’ an Onondaga Reservation member’s ponytail