Northeast Philadelphia’s Lincoln High School went on lockdown Friday afternoon after law enforcement found weapons in a car belonging to the building engineer. “We don’t know why he had weapons in his car,” says School District spokesperson Fernando Gallard. He…

In the northwestern corner of Strawberry Mansion profiled in this week’s City Paper, a decade-long gunfight involving three corners has wounded numerous bystanders, led to rampant witness intimidation, destroyed lifelong friendships and killed or incarcerated a generation of young men.…

Yesterday evening, a group of union supporters attended an Aspira Inc. of Pennsylvania board meeting to question the organization’s financial irregularities and opposition to teachers forming a union at Olney High School, one of five city charter schools it runs.…

Co-owner Gerry Lenfest has spoken out against plans to cut the Inquirer‘s two-page opinion section in half, according to an email addressed to fellow owners, publisher Bob Hall and editor Bill Marimow, and obtained by City Paper. According to a knowledgeable…

As the nation marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington last week, the civil-rights movement was mostly remembered as a morality tale set in the South. But millions of black people who migrated north in the mid 20th century…

On Sept. 9, the Inquirer‘s opinion section will be cut from two pages to one, according to multiple newsroom sources. That means that editorials will likewise be cut in half, and there will be less space for op-eds and letters…

Camilo Vergara The Elgin Diner in Camden closed for good about a year ago. But on Saturday, a small crew showed up with ladders in hand, making neighbors momentarily hopeful it was reopening.  It is not. The crew in question,…

Pennsylvania faces vast challenges. Gays are marrying in Montgomery County, schools are teaching evolution, black people are voting and poor folks are squandering tax dollars on their kids’ breakfast cereal. This is reality according to the state Republican Party, led…

Veteran Inquirer reporter Jennifer Lin had a scoop Wednesday morning: SugarHouse Casino owners were suing the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to block them from issuing a license for a competing city casino. Lin filed the story around 12:30 p.m. But the article was nowhere to be found on Philly.com, a…