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 ...

"They pushed their poison in the area of the 2900 block of Lawrence Street ... conspiracy, drug possession, firearms trafficking and related offenses. Working to improve the Kensington community ...

People cited for substance use in the Philly neighborhood will be offered the opportunity to enter a diversionary program that day.

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 ...

On the streets of Philadelphia - the ... relapsed during the pandemic and lives in Kensington - the neighbourhood at the centre of Philadelphia's drug crisis. He hasn’t seen his son, who lives ...

The mayor signed an executive order that gives the police department the option to make a summary arrest instead of a misdemeanor arrest for certain drug offenses.

More than a year after taking office, Mayor Cherelle Parker and her administration are continuing to make efforts to allow police to enforce laws in Kensington ... off the streets and into ...

Opening the Riverview Wellness Village in Northeast Philly is a key step toward fulfilling the vow she made when she took office last year to shut down Kensington ... drug users off the street ...

The City of Philadelphia launched its new pilot called the Kensington Neighborhood Wellness Court (NWC) on Wednesday. Take a ...

The city is launching “neighborhood wellness courts,” a diversion program designed to issue citations and offer addiction treatment and other services in lieu of misdemeanor sentences.