For the first time in more than half a century, Philadelphia has recorded fewer than 225 homicides in a single year. In 2025, 222 people were killed — the fewest since 1966, when there were a fraction ...

POTTSVILLE — The trial for Lamour C. Branch, the Port Carbon man charged with killing two New Philadelphia teens in October 2023, is still on track to begin May 4, a judge said. Branch, 21, appeared ...

Lamour Branch, the man accused of killing two New Philadelphia teens in October 2023, will spend up to 56 years behind bars ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- With just days left in the year, 2025 is shaping up to be one for the history books: Philadelphia is on track to record its lowest homicide total in more than four decades.

Philadelphia has seen a significant decline in homicides compared to five years ago, but city leaders say more work remains to sustain that progress. By this point in 2021, 142 people had been killed ...

A man has learned his fate for the murders of two teenagers in Schuylkill County. Investigators say Lamour Branch shot ...

Police say Jiwandy Gonzales is wanted for two homicides and three non-fatal shootings, including the deaths of 16-year-old Andrea De Los Santos and 22-year-old Pamela Mejero-Medina. Investigators say ...