PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Philadelphia woman was charged and accused of stealing COVID-19 relief funds meant for a city in South Florida — allegedly using the money to fund luxury purchases, money transfers to other people and a Brazilian Butt Lift cosmetic procedure. Ashley Stibbins-Parker, 30, is facing charges including fraud, money laundering and grand
More than 40 nonprofit groups throughout the city will receive funding through a $3.1 million grant that was made possible through recent national opioid settlements. On Wednesday, city officials announced that 43 nonprofit groups throughout the city would receive a share of a $3.1 million in grants through the Overdose Prevention and Community Healing Fund.
When Clifford Smith moved to Marston Street in North Philadelphia in the 1980s, it was a different scene than today. “It was gorgeous. It was a nice neighborhood, family, you know, village,” Smith said. Throughout the decades, properties on his block have fallen into disrepair. Smith says older owners died and their children either left