Chester County’s Blocker tabbed to head State Police

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf today nominated New London’s Tyree C. Blocker to be the next commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police. Blocker, 62, has 30 years of experience with the Pennsylvania State Police, starting as a trooper and rising to the rank of major before retiring in 2005. Long active in local law enforcement, he served as a member of a working group to help Coatesville...

25-year-old Parkesburg man dies in single-vehicle crash

State police are investigating a fatal, one-vehicle accident that claimed the life of a 25-year-old Parkesburg man. Police: Fatality occurred at 2:45 a.m in Sadsbury Township Updated at 10 a.m. to add victim’s name A 25-year-old Parkesburg man died this morning in a one-vehicle crash in Sadsbury Township, state police said. Police from the Embreeville barracks said Reginald R. White was traveling...

Police report drunken, combative misbehavior

Incidents ranging from a domestic assault to impaired driving were reported today by state police from the Embreeville barracks. On Wednesday, police said they responded to the intersection of Marshallton Thorndale and Telegraph Roads for a two-vehicle crash. Police said a teenage driver from Downingtown, who was not identified due to age, was traveling westbound on Telegraph Road in a 1998 Toyota...