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Crime in KensingtonOfficers Held for Trial in Kensington Beating Case
After a preliminary hearing on Tuesday, June 23, the criminal case against former Philadelphia police officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight was held for trial in the Court of Common…
spiritadmin | 06/24/2015 -
News in KensingtonChristian Legal Clinic Opens Branch in Kensington.
Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia will be opening their seventh location at Bethel Temple Community Church at Ella and Allegheny in Kensington. CLCP's mission is to provide legal and spiritual…
Ben Smolin | 06/23/2015 -
News in Kensington55 Year-Old Man On Bike Latest Hit & Run Victim
A 55-year-old cyclist is critically injured after being struck by a pickup truck on the 600 block of East Erie Avenue in Kensington around 10:15 PM on Monday, June 22. The…
Ben Smolin | 06/23/2015 -
Crime in KensingtonUPDATED: Multiple Victims—Including Children—Injured in Kensington Shooting, Suspect Still At-Large
Happy summer, Philadelphia. Longtime residents of Philly know that as temperatures rise in the city so does the amount of heat on the street. Homicide rates tend to tick up…
Max Pulcini | 06/22/2015 -
News in KensingtonMan Wounded, In Critical Condition, After Kensington Shooting
In a report by Fox Philadelphia, police are investigating a shooting that happened at H and Ontario Streets in Kensington around 6:36 p.m. Sunday. Police say a 25-year-old man was…
Spirit Staff | 06/22/2015 -
Features in Kensington#TBT: That Time Kensington Resident’s Threw Trash in The Street To Protest Lack Of Trash Removal
Our Weekly #TBT When? April 1979 Where? Webster Elementary What? Kensington residents were pissed that trash wasn't being picked up in their neighborhood. So what did they do in protest? They…
Joshua Albert | 06/18/2015 -
News in KensingtonKCAPA Students Tell Their Stories and Challenge Stereotypes Through Public Art
Students at Kensington CAPA have been working for months on a series of poems, essays, videos and photographs that try to tackle the complicated issue of teen identity. Pieces from…
Ben Smolin | 06/18/2015 -
News in Kensington
Rape Defendant Cannot Withdraw Guilty Plea According to PA Supreme Court
Jose Carrasquillo, the man charged in the rape of an 11-year-old girl in an alley in Kensington, had his 30 to 66 year prison term reinstated by the Pennsylvania Supreme…
Ben Smolin | 06/18/2015 -
Community in KensingtonKensington Urban Closing to be Postponed One Year
District officials announced Tuesday that the merger of Kensington Urban Education High School and Kensington International Business High School will be postponed by one year in order to keep the…
K. Andrew Deffley | 06/17/2015 -
Features in KensingtonBloody 24 Hours Leaves Three Dead Blocks Away From Each Other In Kensington
Murder and suicide left three bodies lifeless this weekend in Kensington. The two incidents were unrelated but equally gruesome: One happened on Saturday afternoon at the 3500 block of Emerald Street…
Joshua Albert | 06/15/2015 -
News in KensingtonKensington (Not Fishtown) Man Shot in Both Legs For $1, Knife and Cell Phone
Early Wednesday morning in Kensington (1900 East Firth Street), two men in bandannas allegedly walked into someone's house, pulled a gun on the resident, shot said resident in both legs and…
Joshua Albert | 06/11/2015 -
News in KensingtonRock to the Future Student Invited to Exclusive Workshop
16-year-old Lily McAndrew has been invited to the exclusive Crown of the Continent Guitar Festival and Workshop in Bigfork, Montana by the D'Addario Foundation. McAndrew is a student at the…
Ben Smolin | 06/11/2015