Lawsuit: Police sustained abusive, sexist environment

Coatesville officer alleges discrimination, invasion of privacy By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times A lawsuit filed by Coatesville Police Officer Amy W. Nicholl accuses the city of allegedly maintaining a hostile work environment that discriminated against women. A sex-discrimination lawsuit filed by a female officer continues a spate of police litigation in Coatesville. Filed  Oct....

Coatesville’s worsening finances topic of meeting

Council members, residents criticize city’s wasteful spending  By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times City Council members C. Arvilla Hunt (from left), David C. Collins and Joseph Hamrick are among those who have condemned the city’s wasteful spending. Questions outnumbered answers at last night’s City Council meeting – itself a source of  confusion. Although the session...

City Council to vote on leadership issues

Amid police unrest, a vote is scheduled on making the county’s former D.A. interim public safety chief By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Complaints about the city’s Police Department from within its ranks continue to increase, amid recent challenges that include strapped resources, multiple lawsuits, and evidence-tampering allegations, the latter under investigation by...