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(An AR-15 rifle, similar to one of the firearms raffled off by the Chester County Deputy Sheriff's Association. File photo)

West Chester Mayor Lets Assault Rifle Raffle in Chester County Move Forward

The raffle was organized by the Chester County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, and the proceeds will help pay for programs in the department’s dog units.

2013/04/30

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Downingtown Magistrate Resigns After Arrest on Charge of Legal Interference

Rita Arnold, 56, has been charged with trying to cover up a criminal case involving one of her sons.

2013/04/24

Road Rage Suspect Sought For Punching Female Driver In Exton

Police say he attacked a female driver shortly before 9am Monday morning on the Route 30 bypass and stole her eyeglasses.

2013/04/24

Police Investigating Area Home Invasion and Montco Jewelry Store Heist

According to officials, four masked men wielding handguns tied up a husband and wife in their Berwyn home last Thursday night, then robbed the couple’s store in East Norriton.

2013/02/05

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Chester County, Pa. Urging Residents To Take Advantage of Its Vaccination Clinics

Betsy Walls, of the county’s Personal Health Services Bureau, says you should get a flu shot if you haven’t already.

2013/01/14

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4 Charged In Alleged Chester County Prison Break Plot

“These individuals were … speaking in code over the phone, and … had a very detailed plan that they had thought out,” says Chester County district attorney Tom Hogan.

2012/12/04

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Chester County Man Found Guilty of Bilking Elderly Parents of $500,000

When parents Boyd and Nelda took ill years ago, their son, Boyd Jr., was granted power of attorney and, through various means, skimmed more than half a million dollars from their bank accounts.

2012/09/25

Anti-Crime Blitz In Coatesville, Pa. Nets Dozens Of Arrests

Law enforcement authorities in Chester County, Pa. say they’ve taken more than two dozen people off the streets of Coatesville in a summer-long crime sweep designed to make that community safer.

2012/09/12

Chester County Men Charged With Ripping Off Friends To Fuel Drug Habit

Tredyffrin Township police credit good old-fashioned detective work during an extensive six-month investigation that led to the suspects.

2012/07/09

Chester County Forum Focuses on Preventing Domestic and Sex Crimes

Teachers, police officers, and just plain folk were among those comparing notes on, as organizers called it, “Planning For a Safer Chester County.”

2012/06/19

Officials in Chester County Hoping To Locate Missing Troubled Teen

West Whiteland police say 16-year-old Brandon Eckert was last seen at a group home around 5:30am Tuesday morning.

2012/05/11

(Jim Herr with some of his company's products. Graphic by Ed Fischer)

Pennsylvania Potato Chip Icon Jim Herr Dead At 87

The founder of the company that grew into Herr Foods has died.

2012/04/06

Suburban Philadelphia Home Contractor Charged With Defrauding Customers

So far there are two cases against Kenneth Staiger, and a third is being investigated.

2012/03/23

(Valley Forge Elementary School, in Wayne, Pa. File photo provided)

A Chester County School Vaccinates Adults After Whooping Cough Outbreak

Valley Forge Elementary School has had two confirmed cases of pertussis, and that is enough to constitute an “outbreak,” according to Betsy Walls, bureau director for personal health services at the Chester County Health Department.

2012/02/27