Downingtown News

West Chester University's Paige Elliott is among 350 students in professor Anita Foeman's DNA Discussion Project, a course that takes a scientific look at each student's genetic makeup.

Firefighters, fire police, EMT's, paramedics, police, family and friends wearing yellow and black ribbons offered a final salute to Robert "Robbie" Miller during funeral and burial services in West Chester and Kennett Square Saturday.

The craft beer industry shows a unique enthusiasm for Frankenstein-like experimentation.

The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has upheld a new legislative redistricting plan, Wednesday, meaning the proposed district changes - including many in Chester County - will now go into effect for the 2014 elections.

Mitch Lyons, who works in a unique medium of his own creation: clay monoprints, is among the many new artists being feature in the 2013 Chester County Studio Tour.

Frank and Anne Hourigan of Mountain Top announce the engagement of their daughter, Maureen, to Brian Orr, son of Michael and Kathy Orr of Downingtown.

Katherine Campayo , a sophomore at Downingtown Stem Academy in Chester County, wants to be an aeronautical engineer and when people find out that's her dream, most are surprised.

Shane Sturgis tallied five points and No. 9 Nittany Lion men's lacrosse topped fourth-seeded UMass, 10-7, on Wednesday at Penn State Lacrosse Field in the CAA Semifinals.

A sheriff's group in Chester County is planning a charity raffle in which it will auction off an AR-15 rifle similar to the one used in last year's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

In the early days of cinema, when actors were unbilled and unmentioned in credits, audiences immediately noticed Mary Pickford.

If your favorite running partner has four legs instead of two, we have just the event for you.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike will close between the Downingtown and Valley Forge interchanges Sunday morning from midnight to 6 a.m. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in March began work to remove a bridge in Charlestown Township that will be replaced by a new bridge after the turnpike is widened.

When a judge finally dismissed the charges against Forrest Solomon, investigators said, the citation in the electronic case docket bore the user name of a different judge - RARNOLD, which belonged to Rita Arnold, a district judge in Chester County.

A Magisterial District Judge from Downingtown, Chester County resigned her position today, after she was arrested by agents from the Attorney General's Office.

With May quickly approaching, local farmers and producers are gearing up for the return of the area's summer farmers' markets.