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In this issue

Fathership Foundation's 7th Annual ‘Me and My Dad Got Game’ Basketball Tournament

Fathership Foundation's 7th Annual 'Me and My Dad Got Game' Basketball Tournament

Support ScoopUSA... your community news publication... we tell your stories

1 mins

Kids with Guns are Past Dangerous

Crime is a bad thing. No matter what kind of crime it is. Violent crimes seem like the worst of the worst crimes, and crimes against youth are absolutely despicable.

4 mins

Bellmon presents state grant funding for local rec center enhancements

State Rep. Anthony Bellmon, D-Phila., presented state grant funding for the Sturgis Recreation Center.

1 mins

PECO announces $10 Million Customer Relief Fund to help reduce burden of higher energy costs

PECO partnered with Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis and community organizations to announce a $10 million bill assistance program aimed at helping income-eligible customers manage the rising costs of summer energy.

2 mins

Nearly nine out of 10 black homicide victims killed with guns, new VPC Study finds

Missouri continues to have highest rate of Black homicide victimization in the nation

3 mins

Fifth Annual Back-to-School Celebration and Bus Tour

Tony B. Watlington Sr., Ed.D., Superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, along with Reginald L. Streater, Esq., President of the Philadelphia Board of Education, Rev. Dr. Lorina Marshall-Blake, Vice President of Community Affairs and President of the Independence Blue Cross Foundation, Lauren Maloney, Director of the AmeriHealth Caritas Foundation, and Kathryn Roberson, President and CEO of the Fund for the School District of Philadelphia, launched the fifth annual Back-to-School Celebration and Bus Tour at the School of the Future, located at 4201 Parkside Ave.

1 mins

PECO and the Exelon Foundation hosts 8th Annual week-long STEM Academy at St. Joseph's University

PECO and the Exelon Foundation hosted a week-long STEM Academy program at Saint Joseph's University from Sunday, July 6, to Friday, July 11, 2025. Nearly 100 students from local high schools in Philadelphia and surrounding counties participated in the event.

2 mins

PA Civics welcomes the News Literacy Project and Carpenters' Hall as 24th and 25th Members

PA Civics, a statewide network formed in 2019 to strengthen and expand civic education in Pennsylvania, officially welcomed the News Literacy Project and Carpenters' Hall as the 24th and 25th members of the coalition during its quarterly meeting on July 10, 2025.

2 mins

It's Official: Teddy Pendergrass Way named

Philadelphia paid homage to iconic singer and Philadelphia native Teddy Pendergrass last week in a very special way by renaming a section of Broad Street in his honor.

2 mins

YEAH Philly

Youth Empowerment for Advancement Hangout Philly (YEAH Philly)

1 mins

Philadelphia Phillies and Independence Blue Cross team up to launch new community support program

The Philadelphia Phillies and Independence Blue Cross (IBX) have announced an exciting new phase of their decades-long partnership, focused on giving back to communities across the region.

2 mins

Chester Town Hall delivers few answers to residents

A town hall held on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, advertised as a forum for citizens to get answers from elected officials, was a complete disappointment to those who attended because the focus was on saving the jobs of federal employees and union workers.

1 mins

Farmers Market

Celebrating 65 Years of Community News

1 mins

Unity in Community

The event extended far beyond performance and discussion, incorporating community engagement tables and vendors that created opportunities for attendees to connect with local organizations and resources.

1 mins

You are an inspiration: Never forget the power within you

Elements of Inspiration

3 mins

Black History Corner

LEO JULY 23 - AUGUST 22 LEO - The Boss Very organized. Need order in their lives like being in control. Like boundaries. Tend to take over everything. Bossy. Like to help others. Social and outgoing. Extroverted. Generous, warmhearted. Sensitive. Creative energy. Full of themselves. Loving. Doing the right thing is important to Leos.

5 mins

Dr. George Calvin Royal, Jr.

George Calvin Royal Jr. was an American microbiologist renowned for his contributions to science alongside his wife, Gladys W. Royal, Ph.D.

2 mins

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Scoop USA Newspaper Description:

Publisher: ScoopUSA-Media

Category: Newspaper

Language: English

Frequency: Semi-Weekly

Scoop is a for-profit, Community Media Company that prides itself on its dedication to Community. We have been in the business of educating our communities since February 1960. From our first publication to our publication this week, our focus has been to provide information to the communities we serve, so they can survive, work cooperatively together, and prosper.

Our mission is to leave, through Scoop's content, an ability for our readers to understand three things:

1) They are not limited to their current position in life, and that position does not define them,

2) There are many people in the world who may be struggling to better understand their environment, and to achieve within it, as our readers may be, and

3) We, at Scoop, are working every day to present opportunities, programs and solutions that we as a community can implement, together, to improve our lives and our communities, as a whole