Cars stop on the street for Rochelle Johnson, a mother of five, when she walks through her Baltimore neighborhood greeting ...

The rate of homicides has plummeted nationwide and, in 2025, is trending toward its lowest level in decades. The steady ...

Nearly two years into the city's efforts to shut down Kensington's open-air drug market, some of the neighborhood's most ...

BILLYPENNGRAM OF THE DAY “Stand tall, wear a crown, be sweet on the inside, prickly on the outside.”(Photo by @philahistory) ...

Lt. Gov. Austin Davis told the gathering that the administration still considers combatting gun violence a top issue.

We explore whether disinvestment and school closings are linked to the erosion of community and a rise in gun violence in ...

In 2019, Toniel Taylor was awakened at 4 a.m. by an intruder in her West Side apartment. The assailant, who broke into her home through her window, was a familiar face: an acquaintance who had begun ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat Philadelphia’s free newsletter to keep up with news on the city’s public school system. There were 873 pieces of paper in the box. Eight ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating a high-speed, wrong-way chase on US 421 on Wednesday night. The WSPD’s Gang Unit and Gun Crime Reduction Unit was ...

A collaborative in Springfield, Missouri, is working to reduce gun violence among youth through community outreach. The initiative uses street outreach workers with lived experience to mentor at-risk ...