West Chester News

The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 8-1/2 years last week, suggesting the U.S. labour market recovery was gaining traction.

What continues to make West Chester, PA's Mason Porter a force to be reckoned with in the Americana and roots community, especially regionally, is the intimacy that they bring to each song.

Civil War buffs had their questions answered by a group of Civil War military officers during a visit with the Confederation of Union Generals.

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Desert rock legends Queens of the Stone Age return to play the Skyline Stage at the Mann Center tonight.

While small machinery remains impacted by the residential market, larger farm equipment is in heavy demand as most commodity prices have been strong.

The Unruhlies headline tonight at Winterthur's Music Along the Bank" event tonight - a perfect chance for local live music under the stars.

Everett B. "Skip" Hollingsworth Jr. passed away Friday, July 11, 2014, of a heart attack in the emergency room of Beebe Healthcare in Lewes.

State College has been named the fourth most exciting place in Pennsylvania, according to Movoto, a real estate brokerage site.

Oil painter David Katz will be showing his big, bold and beautiful artwork at Galer Estate Winery Pop up show Thursday July 17th .

While small machinery remains impacted by the residential market, larger farm equipment is in heavy demand as most commodity prices have been strong.

The former director of a now-defunct West Chester charter school is being investigated for theft after an employee reported finding scores of questionable transfers in the school's bank accounts, court documents show.

The University of Delaware says it is pulling the plug on plans for development of a data center at the former Chrysler assembly plant site in Newark.

Jobless claims declined by 11,000 to 304,000 in the week ended July 5, the fewest in more than a month, a Labor Department reported.

DEATH ON THE RAILROAD is a classic story involving foul play, cover ups, a murder mystery and a voyage of discovery to understand what happened to a group of Irish men who came to America for a better life but found only misery.

Some 40,000 Chester County residents were without power this morning after a line of strong thunderstorms ripped through the area last evening.

While small machinery remains impacted by the residential market, larger farm equipment is in heavy demand as most commodity prices have been strong.

WEST CHESTER When Morris Stroud, upon his death, gifted 332 acres in rural Chester County to the Natural Lands Trust, the agreement included a stipulation that his daughter could remain in the family's 1740 homestead.

Employers who added 288,000 jobs in June showed they might be taking a more serious look at resumes from the long-term unemployed, who last month accounted for the smallest proportion of US jobless ranks in five years.

Chester County Eye Care Associates has been providing excellence in eye care to Chester County and the surrounding area for almost 40 years with offices in West Chester, Exton and West Grove.