As protests and unrest continued for a third day in Philadelphia, police and the District Attorney’s Office were working to catch up on arresting and charging individuals who were involved in the various looting and vandalism incidents throughout the weekend. Police had arrested 429 people as of Monday afternoon, of which 165 had been charged with felonies or misdemeanors, according to city officials. Most of the police arrests were for summary offenses such as failure to disperse and curfew...

Steve Way had been quarantining at his home in Kensington since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in Philadelphia. He avoided people as much as possible and even had his groceries delivered. But on Wednesday, he decided to join a friend by City Hall and be part of the demonstrations against racial injustice. “Up until this point I’ve been very careful and very mindful about staying in but it was time to go out,” Way said. Breaking news and the stories that matter to your neighborhood. Like many...

Though Walter Ogrod confessed to killing of 4-year-old Barbara Jean Horn in 1988, evidence showed that he didn't commit the crime, and a judge overturned his conviction Friday. Larry Krasner, the Philadelphia District Attorney, said in a press conference that Ogrod would be exonerated and eventually set free from state prison. Judge Shelley Robins New vacated Ogrod's conviction and death sentence, allowing him to be released soon, attorneys said in a statement. Horn was found dead in a...

The morning after he arrived to Orlando with his family, Sean Watson noticed a slew of alerts from his shop’s alarm system. He plugged in and watched as two looters used a rock the size of two fists to break into his salon and shop, Lizzylyn Salon, in the Parkside neighborhood of West Philadelphia. One of the looters could be seen emptying out the eyelashes case, then running to the back to take $15,000 worth of hair bundles. He spent the rest of his four-day vacation re-ordering items so he...

Aleta Phelps was in the middle of her nightly routine – preparing for work the next day, watching TV, praying – when she heard a knock on the front door. She wasn’t expecting company. But her motherly instinct kicked in and she ran downstairs, ignoring her tendonitis and other ailments that would normally make such a feat impossible. Aquil, her 25-year-old son, was standing there – home after more than three months in Philadelphia's jail. “He said ‘Mom I ran home. I’m out of breath,’” Phelps...