Skip to content
The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

BBC World Service

Listen Live

Listen Live

The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.
Next

BBC World Service

The latest news and information from the world's most respected news source. BBC World Service delivers up-to-the-minute news, expert analysis, commentary, features and interviews.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Listen
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • TV Schedule
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • Your Learning Neighborhood
    • For Students
    • For Educators
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • WHYY Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • 70 for 70 Legacy Challenge
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE

Pennsylvania

rescue mission for missing woman in the sinkhole
Community

Crews recover the body of a woman from a Pennsylvania sinkhole after a 4-day search

Police say the remains of a woman who fell into a sinkhole have been recovered four days after she went missing while searching for her cat.

3 weeks ago

Ronald L. Rowe Jr. points a finger angrily
Politics & Policy

Secret Service director vows overhaul as Congress presses him on Trump assassination attempt

During the hearing Ronald Rowe was repeatedly asked by flabbergasted lawmakers how problems so obvious in hindsight were allowed to happen.

3 weeks ago

Two chefs put pizza in an oven
Education

Montco Community College opens new, state-of-the-art hospitality institute

The 20,000-square-foot learning center features pasta and chocolate laboratories and a wood-burning pizza oven.

3 weeks ago

Kenny Pollard sitting in a chair holding up a framed photograph of him and his wife on the beach
Community

Digging resumes in the search for a woman in a Pennsylvania sinkhole

Efforts to find 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard have been frustrated by treacherous conditions for search crews inside the mine.

3 weeks ago

Rescue workers search in sinkhole
Community

Underground voids from abandoned mines pose danger to people and property when land collapses

There are as many as 500,000 abandoned mines nationwide — far outnumbering those that are still active, according to the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.

3 weeks ago

Several people standing behind a podium placed in front of the Rocky statue
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

RockyFest, Patti LaBelle and more holiday fun and in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Dec. 5–8: The Blind Boys of Alabama in Delaware, the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus and Dickens Fest in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.

3 weeks ago

Listen 5:30
Workers inspect a sinkhole in Philadelphia
Community

A sinkhole may have swallowed a Pa. woman. What are sinkholes and how do they form?

Pennsylvania is among the states that see the most damage from sinkholes in the U.S.

4 weeks ago

Rescue workers search through the night in a sinkhole for Elizabeth Pollard, who disappeared while looking for her cat, in Marguerite, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024.
Community

Police say searchers in Pennsylvania don’t expect to find woman in sinkhole alive

Police said sinkholes are not uncommon because of subsidence from coal mining activity in the area.

4 weeks ago

Businesses line a city street
Community

Chester County Economic Development Council inches closer to key U.S. Treasury Department designation

Designation as a Community Development Financial Institution would give the Exton-based nonprofit more support to help underserved businesses.

4 weeks ago

Listen 0:56
Robert McKennon Jr. at an encampment in Pottstown
Community

Dozens call Pottstown’s ‘Tent City’ home. A railroad company wants them gone

Signs posted outside demand unhoused people vacate “Tent City” by Jan. 2. Tent City sits on Norfolk Southern property.

4 weeks ago

Listen 1:09
Bucks County Poet Laureate contestants
Arts & Entertainment

Bucks County Community College names new poet laureate, continuing long literary tradition

The poet laureate program is one piece of a literary “renaissance” in Bucks.

4 weeks ago

Listen 1:06
Capitol building
Politics & Policy

2025 will start with a 3.5% pay raise for Pennsylvania’s governor, lawmakers and judges

The new, higher salaries are effective Jan. 1 for the executive and judicial branches and next week for lawmakers.

4 weeks ago

David Byerman and Erik Walschburger
Community

Chester County restructures administrative government, appoints first-ever CEO and COO

The county’s elected leaders appointed David Byerman as Chesco’s first chief executive officer and Erik Walschburger as chief operating officer.

4 weeks ago

Listen 0:41
flowers in the mosiac
Arts & Entertainment

An artist pieces together Lansdale’s history — and future — in mosaic mural

Artist Roxanne Slemmer has led more than 200 people in envisioning the borough’s past and present.

4 weeks ago

Listen 1:16
A snowman ornament on a tree
Community

Goodbye Thanksgiving stress, hello Christmas and Hanukkah: Where to celebrate the holidays in and around Philadelphia

Now that Thanksgiving is over, holiday celebrations all around Philly are in full swing.

4 weeks ago

Page 4 of 523« First«...23456...»Last »
Arts & Entertainment Community Courts & Law Education Health Lifestyle Money Politics & Policy Science Urban Planning Weather
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • How to make — and keep — a New Year’s resolution

    7 hours ago

  • Janet Yellen tells Congress U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January

    9 hours ago

  • How to fight ageism in the world around you — and in yourself

    11 hours ago

  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • The Infinite Art Hunt
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Schooled
  • The Statue
  • Stop and Frisk: Revisit or Resist
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXIV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org

WHYY is partnered with