I had two stories and a couple briefs in today’s Metro, including news of the arrest of a teenager who allegedly duct-taped a tabby cat now dubbed Sticky. The North Philadelphia teenager who was arrested for allegedly wrapping a cat in duct tape lost both his father and brother to street violence in the last [...]

When local news is at its best, it delivers coverage no one else on the planet it can. So, it’s important to take it seriously. A friend revisited with me a story from northeastern Pennsylvania earlier this year that exemplified it wonderfully: a steer gets loose from a pen the night before a high school [...]

Why an influx of dogs are often a sign of a neighborhood in change is the focus of my story for the Style & Soul section of today’s Inquirer. Dogs may not have caused Northern Liberties to change from blighted to trendy, but they sure were a sign that change was coming. Twenty years ago, [...]