A New Kensington man who pleaded guilty in December of being a key figure in a nationwide drug ring that imported massive ...

Women of Influence will celebrate Black History Month and honor educator Claudia B. Jones with its “Night of Prose and Poetry ...

A man has been arrested after a police officer was punched in the face on the London Underground. The attack occurred around ...

Penn Medicine will be providing initial medical care to those arrested for any open wounds and further treatment if necessary.

More than 100 stamp bags of suspected fentanyl were among drugs and paraphernalia police from New Kensington and Lower Burrell said they found in a New Kensington hotel room Saturday when looking for ...

A new program in the Kensington neighborhood is being launched, the City of Philadelphia announced on Jan. 21, the goal of which is to take a new approach to the opioid crisis in the city by treating ...

The city on Wednesday will officially launch what it is calling a “neighborhood wellness court” in Kensington, an initiative in which police will arrest people who are openly using drugs, issue them ...

Philadelphia’s Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court launched on Wednesday. The pilot program offers individuals arrested for a misdemeanor crime related to public drug use the opportunity to ...

A preliminary hearing on the new charges is scheduled for Jan. 30. NEW KENSINGTON, Pa. — A man involved in a standoff with police in Westmoreland County last month is now facing new charges.

The Kensington Wellness Court ... make a summary arrest instead of a misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses. RELATED: Pennsylvania to make animal sedative xylazine a controlled substance ...

In the courtroom Tuesday morning, Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order that would create a new wellness court meant to address drug use in Kensington. The order gives police an ...

Parker's executive order will give the Philadelphia Police Department the option to give drug users ... Union of Pennsylvania (ACLU) said the court would treat people in Kensington differently.