MAYOR NUTTER announced Wednesday that Carlton Williams, a deputy commissioner in the Streets Department, will be the new commissioner of

CARLTON WILLIAMS, deputy commissioner of the Streets Department, has made strides in helping the city shed its trashy nickname of

As the man in charge of the city's sanitation, Carlton Williams has a thankless job. Despite being the innovator behind the Recyclebank

As the man in charge of the city's sanitation, Carlton Williams has a thankless job.

The 2-alarm blaze happened on the 100 block of Carlton Plaza in Upper Providence.

Oh, do we have a Steve Carlton fight story for you.

There is no doubt that Carlton Robinson struggled with mental- health issues. "I didn't know how to get him help, but I knew he needed help," Tanya Harmon, his girlfriend,...

On June 1, 2006, Carlton Robinson made a decidedly bizarre 9-1-1 call to police. He shouted that a man was robbing the SK Wireless cell-phone store, on Broad Street near Erie Avenue.

Philadelphia police are asking for the public's help to collar three men suspected in two recent homicides. In the most recent case, police said Michael Morris, 29, and Kevin Wiley,...