PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Police are investigating after a car slammed into a barber shop in South Philadelphia. It happened just before 4:30 p.m. Friday at 7th and Bigler streets. Chopper 6 was overhead after the vehicle slammed into the side of the business.
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An aircraft carrier is leaving its home at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia to make its final journey on Thursday morning.
The Philadelphia 76ers and Comcast Spectacor announced, on Monday, plans to build a new arena in South Philadelphia that will open in 2031. The arena will also be home to the Philadelphia Flyers.
Chaotic scenes unfolded in broad daylight as police say a suspect led them on a chase through South Philadelphia in an attempt to evade arrest.
Negotiations over a potential collaboration between the ownership of the 76ers and the Flyers accelerated during the holidays after NBA Commissioner Adam Silver helped thaw relations.
Surveillance video captured the dramatic moments on Tuesday morning at the intersection of 9th Street and Snyder Avenue in South Philadelphia.
(Tribune News Service) — The decommissioned aircraft carrier formerly known as the USS John F. Kennedy has begun its final journey, departing from its long-held berth in South Philadelphia Thursday morning.
After all the controversy regarding a new arena in Center City, the Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly staying in South Philadelphia. The Sixers have reportedly agreed to a deal with Comcast Spectacor to stay in the South Philadelphia sports district.
The Philadelphia 76ers will partner with Comcast Spectacor to build a new arena in South Philadelphia and abandon a deal to move downtown.
Plans to build a new arena for the Philadelphia 76ers in Center City have fallen through, and the team now plans to stay in South Philly, according to sources close to the negotiations.The reversal comes less than a month after 11 bills related to the construction of the proposed arena,
The stunning reversal comes as a relief to critics of the plan to put a $1.3 billion arena near City Hall at the edge of Chinatown.