Police on patrol respond to gunshots
Man reportedly transported to hospital with injuries from an assault
Cpl. Ken Michels and Officer Rob Kuech were on foot patrol in the area of the 600 block of East Lincoln Highway on Saturday at 3:05 a.m. when they heard three gunshots, police said. The officers ran to the area of North Eighth Avenue and Diamond Alley, where they observed vehicles speeding from the scene, and they made contact with...
Local YMCA’s to host world’s largest swimming lesson, Tuesday
World-wide event intended to bring attention to water safety
WEST CHESTER — On Tuesday, June 18, The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson™ (WLSL), will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the fourth year in a row. Team WLSL holds the current Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous swimming lesson, which stands at 24,873 participants, representing 15 different countries across...
Celebrated county mural continues to fascinate
Intrigue deepens at meeting with artist’s son, judge who championed its preservation
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Chester County Court Judge Thomas G. Gavin discusses what little information is known about the 1956 mural by Edward Shenton. Behind him is the model painting that differs in numerous small ways from the finished product, now on the wall in Courtroom Two of the...
Police: Driver backs into another vehicle – twice
Man is accused of operating with license suspended in North Carolina
On Friday at 4:09 p.m., police responded to the 300 block of East Lincoln Highway for an accident in a parking lot, Officer Sylvester Earle reported. Carlos J. Diaz said he was backing out of a parking spot in a red Honda when he struck a gray Acura, damaging the front bumper and front driver’s side quarter panel, police said. No...
Rally supports gun background checks
Six months after the Newtown Square, Conn. massacre, local residents ask for action
By Nicole Brown, Staff Writer, The Times
A supporter of universal background checks for gun purchases holds her sign at a rally, Friday, to commemorate the six-month anniversary of the school shootings in Newtown Square, Connecticut. The event, one of many across the state was organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns...
PennDOT alerts area motorists to roadwork
Brush-cutting and line-painting crews may cause traffic delays
Brush-cutting will result in intermittent lane closures from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday next week on U.S. 30 between Rts. 113 and 340 in Caln, East Caln, and West Caln Townships and Downingtown Borough, said the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT).
Lane restrictions on U.S. 30 will be in effect on U.S. 30 between...
Police report armed robbery on Tuesday night
Victim said he was struck in face with gun when he refused to give up keys
Coatesville police responded to South Fifth and Maple Avenues on Tuesday at 11:28 p.m. for an armed robbery, Officer Brenden M. Boyle reported. The victim said he had just exited his vehicle when he was approached by two black males who demanded his keys; when the victim refused, he was struck in the face with a firearm one...
Why we work with children
By Matthew Lapp, MS, D, Columnist, The Times
Sometimes when people visit our office and see our wall of children’s pictures they ask why a child would go to a chiropractor. The answer is simple. In most cases we see children not because there is something wrong with them, but because we believe that there is something right with them! Each of us embodies an incredibly wise and wonderfully innate...
Effort underway to promote nursing careers
Brandywine Health Foundation awards scholarships to dozen students
Attending the Brandywine Health Foundation’s spring nursing scholarship breakfast are scholarship recipients Bridget Phillips (front row, from left), Shannon Curley, Laura Huch, Laura Alarcon, and Jade Proctor; (back) scholarship donor Jennifer McNeil, Coatesville School of Nursing alum Lena Hershey, West Chester University’s Cheryl...
D.A.: Caln Twp. homicide defendant in custody
Accompanied by his attorney, 19-year-old surrenders at Justice Center
Police said Joseph Durham, 36, was shot by his stepson, Deviane Scott, 19, on Monday night at their residence in Thorndale.
A 19-year-old Caln Township homicide defendant surrendered to authorities Thursday evening, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said.
Hogan said Deviane Scott, accompanied by his attorney, Shaka M. Johnson,...
