The closure of a sprawling homeless encampment near Kensington and Allegheny Avenues in May mostly pushed drug users deeper into the surrounding residential streets, with an eruption of activity ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Riverview is a recovery house, not a substance-abuse treatment program, meaning people can only be admitted there after completing 30 days of inpatient treatment at another intensive care facility.

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