The 40-year-old Morey's Piers Ferris wheel is getting a major upgrade during its stay in Philadelphia's Navy Yard.

On the way to the warehouse, the van had taken the tour group past the verdant banks of the Schuylkill River, a stormwater retention pond, various pieces of construction equipment, and a cluster of mini-pyramids of crushed concrete, one of the few noticeable features rising from Bellwether’s flat-graded, 1,300-acre landscape.

Volunteers with the Fairmount Park Conservancy and TD Bank planted 75 new trees at FDR Park in South Philadelphia. 75 new trees planted at FDR Park (PHL17) This is part

PHILADELPHIA -- Crews have recovered a second victim who was killed when an explosion in South Philadelphia leveled three rowhomes and sparked a massive fireball, city officials said Saturday. Officials now say they do not believe there are additional ...

The Water Department's pipes and sewer systems continue to dump raw sewage into rivers and creeks, a new report says.

Police investigate a shooting in South Philadelphia that left a 39-year-old man dead after he was shot multiple times leaving a bar. No arrests have been made.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Detectives are trying to figure out who gunned down a man who was leaving a South Philadelphia bar. The gunfire erupted along Oregon Avenue, near 7th Street, just after 5 p.m. on Monday. A 39-year-old man was shot multiple times and died from his injuries.

South Philadelphia is set to get a new supermarket in early 2026. New York-based Met Fresh is on track to open its first Philly location in January inside the former Walgreens at Broad and Snyder Streets,