1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (434+ words) A chess club that began with one person and a single board in a Center City park has spent five years building something larger. As WHYY reported, the Rittenhouse Chess Club now draws players to Rittenhouse Square on Wednesday evenings…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (390+ words) Two people died in separate vehicle crashes across Lehigh County late Friday night, September 11, with two drivers now facing potential charges, according to reporting from CBS Philadelphia and the Lehigh County District Attorney's Office. The incidents, roughly two and a…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (426+ words) A Philadelphia man has been ordered to serve 121 months in federal prison after admitting his central role in a cargo theft ring that targeted tractor-trailers parked across the city in 2023, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release from the…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (441+ words) Pennsylvania's flood barriers are getting older and costlier to maintain, while the storms testing them are growing more intense. According to The Conversation, the state's more than 180 levees span roughly 155 miles of riverbank and shield about 158,000 residents alongside an estimated…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago   (534+ words) Hundreds of residents filled the Garden of Reflection in Lower Makefield Township on Thursday evening to mark 25 years since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, according to 6abc/WPVI. The ceremony centered on the 18 Bucks County residents killed that day, with nine of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (466+ words) Residents across the Philadelphia region have a dense weekend of events ahead, according to WHYY, spanning theater in Delaware, outdoor festivals in Bucks County, arena concerts, and two days of electronic music in Chester. The Philadelphia Inquirer also flags the…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (397+ words) Ron Jaworski is not returning to NBC Sports Philadelphia's Eagles pre- and postgame programming this season, according to Awful Announcing, after the former Eagles quarterback announced he is scaling back his broadcasting commitments. Jaworski, 75, made the decision public through a…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (503+ words) Texas launched its first demonstration flights under a White House-backed federal eVTOL testing initiative on Wednesday, with three electric aircraft companies conducting a week-long campaign across the Dallas-Fort Worth region, according to The Verge. No passengers are on board. The…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (507+ words) A Bucks County woman who lost her husband in the September 11 terrorist attacks has written a memoir about how she found a way to live with that loss over the 25 years since. According to Bucks County Courier Times reporter JD…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (432+ words) A Children's Hospital of Philadelphia neonatal intensive care nurse traveled to Gaborone, Botswana in spring 2024 as one of the first participants in the hospital's newly launched Global Health Nursing Fellowship, according to The Philadelphia Citizen. The nurse, Alexandra Sawick, was…...