Here in Jefferson County, the concoction is leading to a recent overdose spike. After seeing its first case of fentanyl mixed with xylazine in 2019, the Jefferson County Coroner's Office handled 40 ...

Inside the tiny Savage Sisters storefront on Kensington Avenue ... Tackling the tranq crisis In January, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health released its first-ever report advising ...

But in Kensington, officials said, tranq has circulated and swept the drug market for ... “We are right here in the eye of a storm over the past two years in Philadelphia, Xylazine has contributed to ...

Parker’s $100 million plan to fight drug issues across Philadelphia, especially in neighborhoods like Kensington. Riverview is specifically ... a dangerous drug in the city called xylazine, or “tranq, ...

Cherelle Parker is the 100th mayor of Philadelphia — and the first woman ... Throughout her first year, two issues dominated Parker’s mayoralty: Kensington, known as the crux of opioid and tranq ...

Kensington, Philadelphia, has been called many things over the years. The Walmart of Heroin. The Las Vegas of Drugs. “How do you know the toothbrush was invented in Kensington?” one longtime ...

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order Tuesday unveiling a new wellness court and wellness support in Kensington. City officials said the initiative is designed to get people ...

Police are investigating after a child was struck in a hit-and-run crash after she fell off an electric scooter while riding in Philadelphia's Kensington Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

State and local leaders Wednesday joined community members to celebrate the opening of the new Kensington Engagement Center in Philadelphia, a community hub they say is part of a shared vision for ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Philadelphia police on patrol in the city's Kensington section arrested a man just moments after a deadly shooting. The officers heard the gunshots just after 5 p.m. Tuesday ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia is launching a new program in the Kensington neighborhood on Wednesday, with the goal of sending those with drug addictions to treatment rather than ...