Soon to Come, Pedicabs to Philadelphia
Pedal power is booming in Philadelphia: City Council has approved -- and the mayor is likely to sign -- a bill that allows companies to ferry tourists around in pedal-powered vehicles called "Pedicabs."
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Historic Health Care Bill Clears Senate Hurdle
A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.
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Marathon Route Will Make Navigating City Tricky
If you have to get around Philadelphia during the marathon, you might want to check your route, as many streets will be closed and buses will be detoured.
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Rendell Says He Wants Pa. Government Reforms -- Now.
Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell said this week that he plans to turn up the pressure for reforms of the state's government. And if the legislature won’t respond, he says, he might get behind the effort to convene a convention to rewrite Pennsylvania’s constitution.
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Volunteers Gather to Box Thanksgiving Meals in S. Phila.
Volunteers gathered at the Shop Rite in South Philadelphia to make this Thanksgiving a happy one for some needy Philadelphia families.
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Free Potatoes Passed Out to Those in Need in Camden
Fifty thousand pounds of free potatoes were distributed to residents of Camden on Saturday.
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Police Search for Suspect in Attempted Abduction
Plymouth Township Police continue their search for the man who they say attempted to abduct a 16-year-old girl earlier this week.
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New Suggested Guidelines for Young Women and Pap Tests
New guidelines suggest that women in their 20's don't need a pap smear every year to detect cervical cancer.
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Groundbreaking Ceremony Held For New Houses in N. Phila.
Dignitaries gathered for the groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, but actually, demolition had been going on for two weeks already at Lawrence Court, a development of 50 new three-bedroom houses on the site of a former factory on Lawrence Street.
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Sunday is the 16th Annual Philadelphia Marathon
Runners from all over are descending on Philadelphia this weekend, getting ready for Sunday's 16th annual Philadelphia marathon.
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Local Author Pens Book on Her Life as a Private Investigator
This is not the life of Charlie's Angels, or the female PI of the novels V-I Warshoski, but Chichi McNair's Detectives Don't Wear Seat Belts tells the true story of a real life private detective.
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Governor-Elect Christie Outlines Jersey's Economic Woes
Local elected officials in New Jersey were told, in no uncertain terms this week, that the state is facing hard financial decisions and the ways of doing business will change when Chris Christie takes over as Governor in January. One South Jersey mayor believes his colleagues got the message.
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Six Men in Custody in West Philadelphia Rape Case
Six men are under arrest in connection to a West Philadelphia rape that happened late Thursday night.
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Positively Philadelphia:Students Make Sleep Products
"The challenge was for the students to design a memory foam sleep product suitable for retail."
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Police Step Up Enforcement of Bike Laws in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Police Department has begun an education and enforcement campaign targeting the city's most aggressive cyclists -- those riders who violate the motor vehicle code.
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Local Sci-Fi Group Holds Its 74th Annual Convention
A large science fiction and horror conference is under way in South Jersey, and organizers say it has something for the whole family.
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Oprah's Planned Exit May Send ABC Affiliates Scrambling
Perhaps no one is sadder about Oprah Winfrey's departure from daily daytime television than the ABC Network's local stations around the country. The entertainment diva's move could, for example, have a huge impact on WPVI-TV in Philadelphia.
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Is Washington's Crossing Sunk?
Washington Crossing Historic Park is being closed as of 5pm Friday night -- with hope for a quick reopening -- as organizers struggle against money woes to keep the annual Christmas Day reënactment alive.
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Cop Killer's Jury Will Reconvene Monday
The Philadelphia jury that decided that John Lewis committed first-degree murder when he gunned down officer Chuck Cassidy in 2007 on Monday will begin to choose the penalty: life in prison, or death.
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Jay Lloyd's Getaway: Thanksgiving in Canada
If you’re thinking about a non-traditional Thanksgiving, KYW's Jay Lloyd has a getaway idea that might just inspire you to give up the turkey.
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