Coatesville police: 14-year-old girl found safe
Search had been ongoing since she was reported missing on May 18
Tiffany McDaniels, 14, who had been missing since May 17, turned herself in to Philadelphia child-welfare authorities Tuesday afternoon, Coatesville police said.
Coatesville police said the 14-year-old girl who has been missing since May 17 was located Tuesday afternoon and is safe.
Police Chief Jack Laufer said Tiffany McDaniels, recognizing...
Public invited to celebrate ambitious mural’s unveiling
Collaborative, months-long project depicts ‘hopes and dreams’ of Coatesville youth
For nine months, a group of students has worked on a mural depicting the past, present and future of Coatesville. It will be unveiled Monday.
The results of an artistic process that spanned months and utilized the talents of a team of teen painters will debut Monday at the Bridge Academy in Coatesville.
The...
Police: 10 drivers cited for being under influence
Sobriety checkpoint a joint effort of state troopers, Coatesville officers
A sobriety checkpoint conducted by Coatesville and Pennsylvania State Police on Lincoln Highway, just east of Eighth Avenue, on Friday night into Saturday resulted in 10 drunken-driving arrests, police said.
During the operation, police made contact with 154 motorists, a news release said. In addition to the driving under...
Garden Party: festive prelude to Strawberry Festival
Brandywine Health Foundation raises bar for civic engagement
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Sam Brown (center), the recipient of the 2013 Harry Lewis Jr. Scholarship, celebrates his honor with Chaya Scott (left) and Lula Defersha from the Brandywine Health Foundation.
The 2013 recipient of the Harry Lewis Jr. Scholarship beamed a smile so radiant Wednesday evening it could have...
Op/Ed: Smart justice begins with smart sentencing
Better guidelines needed to reduce number of prisoners, cut costs
By Terence Farrell, Chester County Commissioner
Chester County Commissioner Terence Farrell
Local lockups, county jails, state prisons and federal correctional institutions are filled and overflowing across the United Sates. The cost of housing all of the offenders is staggering, especially in this time when many needed social programs...
Public’s help sought to locate missing 14-year-old
Police said girl was last seen Friday afternoon in Coatesville
Tiffany McDaniels, last seen by her family at 4 p.m. on Friday, is about 5-foot-5 and 105 pounds, police said.
The family of a missing 14-year-old girl is pleading for the public’s help to locate her, Coatesville police said Thursday.
Police said Tiffany McDaniels, who was reported missing on Saturday from her home in the unit block of...
Court records: Murder victim repeatedly threatened
PFAs suggest decades-long history of domestic abuse
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Court records show that Jamica Woods, 37, of East Fallowfield Township, expressed repeated fears that Gregory A. Twyman, 44, her longtime boyfriend, would kill her.
On Tuesday, an East Fallowfield Township man made good on threats to kill his longtime girlfriend that date back more than a decade,...
Few shakeups in county on Primary day
A handful of incumbents bounced at municipal level; county slates set
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
Tuesday’s Primary election largely set up this November’s election slate — although in a handful of municipal races, incumbent supervisor candidates were knocked off their party’s ballot.
Turnout for the election was very light: just 10.45% of voters registered as Republican or Democrat turned...
D.A. calls East Fallowfield murder ‘an execution’
Defendant’s Facebook boast indicates he planned girlfriend’s shooting
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Authorities said Jamica Woods, 37, of East Fallowfield Township, was fatally shot Tuesday by Gregory A. Twyman, 44, her longtime boyfriend.
The homicide on Tuesday in East Fallowfield Township is being called “an execution” by Chester County District Attorney Tom...
Another arrest for familiar Coatesville name
Richard Legree Jr. in custody for 9 traffic warrants, police said
A Coatesville man with an extended criminal past and a well-known family name interacted with police again Tuesday morning.
Richard Legree Jr., 34 – who spent two years in federal prison after a 2009 conviction for dealing crack-cocaine – was in a parked vehicle in the 300 block of East Chestnut Street at 1:11 a.m., police said....
