Public input being sought for hiking/biking initiative

Meeting will focus on Central Chester County Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Plan The meeting offers the public the last opportunity to provide feedback before the Chester County Bicycle and Pedestrian Circulation Plan is finalized in March. Attention biking/hiking enthusiasts: The Chester County Planning Commission and the Chester County Health Department would like to invite residents interested...

Coatesville woman’s charges include child endangerment

State police said she drove drunk with 3-year-old passenger State police from the Embreeville barracks said a 25-year-old Coatesville woman traveling with a 3-year-old was drunk when she lost control of her 2011 Chevrolet on Nov. 21 in Atglen. Police said Lauren J. McKinley was traveling north on Swan Road near Upper Valley Road, failed to negotiate a right-hand curve, and traveled into the southbound...

State police arrest 4 for alleged drunken-driving in area

Troopers issued citations to two motorists accused of causing crashes State police from the Embreeville barracks reported the following charges and citations during the past several weeks. Police said four individuals were arrested for driving under the influence: James Chris Gauss, 25, of Downingtown, who was stopped Aug. 7 for a traffic violation on Norwood Road south of the Rt. 30 bypass in East...

Words, deeds, and misdeeds make county history

Archives celebrating 30-year partnership that has assisted thousands of researchers By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Laurie A. Rofini, director of the Chester County Archives and Records Services, checks a document in the climate-controlled storage area. Confronting the likelihood he would not survive the Civil War, a Chester County native stationed near Hampton, Va., penned a  detailed...