West Chester News

When a Philadelphia animal-welfare activist heard that nearly 400 Lancaster County dogs had been trucked to an auction in Ohio last month, he saw it as a chance to call attention to animal abuse in Pennsylvania.

Join NOW President Terry O'Neill, Pennsylvania NOW President Joanne Tosti-Vasey and Lois Herr, candidate for Congress in a protest outside of the Chester County Courthouse in Pennsylvania.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 7:10 pm US/Eastern WEST CHESTER, Pa. A former assistant fire chief accused of setting two small fires in arson-plagued Coatesvillle has worked out a plea bargain freeing him from jail.

West Chester University Dance Company, in cooperation with The College of Visual and Performing Arts, is proud to present E Pluribus Unum.

Police have named two men who died yesterday - one by gunfire in Philadelphia, another in a Delaware County crash.

Chester County announced yesterday that it would offer free swine flu vaccine next week to people in priority groups at three all-day clinics in West Chester.

A 46-year-old West Chester woman faces charges after she allegedly drove drunk yesterday into the parking lot at Bayard Rustin High School in Westtown Township. Her car caught fire after she drove over a speed-limit sign, police said today.

Family and friends of missing Lancaster General Hospital nurse Toni Lee Sharpless haven't given up hope.

Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. managers were joined today by elected officials and environmental leaders to celebrate the start of construction of a 1.1 megawatt photovoltaic solar farm at Aqua's Ingram's Mill Water Treatment Plant in East Bradford Township, which serves drinking water to the West Chester area.

Job openings in the U.S. rose in September to the highest level in three months, indicating companies are waiting to make sure the economy will keep growing before committing to expand payrolls.

With most of the votes counted in the race for four open seats on the state Superior Court, it appeared that Republicans were aligned to win at least three of those.

Coming into West Chester on Route 202 from Route 1, there is Jimmy John's Pipin' Hot Sandwiches, a roadside staple for the area, countless car dealerships, shopping centers and plenty of traffic lights.

Once upon a time, the stage-and-screen Maria von Trapp sang about bright copper kettles, warm woolen mittens and a few other of her favorite things.

Sprinkles opened in West Chester last week, and to commemorate the occasion, they're dishing out free frozen yogurt on Wednesday, Nov.

The Crime Victims' Center of Chester County, a nonprofit agency dedicated to victim advocacy, will host its first art show and live auction from 7 to 11 p.m. Friday at QVC Studio Park in West Chester.

WEST CHESTER, Pa., BUSINESS WIRE -- Don Skomsky, P.E. has accepted an invitation by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to speak about Zoggles' electronic anti-fog/anti-ice technology at their 14th Annual Independent Inventors Conference.

The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee today unveiled the first major overhaul of the state's 12-year-old charter school law that would make it easier for schools to be approved but would increase their financial oversight.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 10:51 am US/Eastern WEST CHESTER, Pa. A teenager has been sentenced to eight to 16 years in the attempted robbery of a suburban Philadelphia hotel last year that resulted in another suspect being shot to death by police.

Two pet dogs were found shot to death Sunday and laid out tail to tail "like bookends" along railroad tracks in Pennsbury Township, Chester County, an official said this morning.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 12:11 am US/Eastern WEST CHESTER, Pa. Police in Chester County are searching for whoever is responsible for shooting and killing two family pets execution-style. Officers with the Chester County SPCA said two dogs were shot and then left along railroad tracks in Pocopson Township.