Coatesville News

Despite the current weather forecast, Coatesville City Council President Ed Simpson says he sees sunny days ahead for the struggling former steel city in Chester County.

12 earthquake at the University Hospital in Port-au-Prince . This will be the first dedicated pediatric medical team providing care on the ground at this facility in Port-au-Prince . After gathering at The Children's Hospital for a final orientation meeting, the medical team will depart to Chester County Airport in Coatesville, Pa.

Meeting the needs of the unemployed and underemployed during tough economic times will be the focus of a free workshop Saturday in Chester County.

County solicitor, controller get in verbal squabble with acting sheriff. A heated exchange broke out in the courthouse hallway Wednesday morning between acting Sheriff Charles Guarnieri and two county officials Solicitor Vito DeLuca and Controller Walter Griffith .

The Berks County sheriff's department has provided this information about people wanted for failure to appear in family court.

The county spent $190,700 last year for delivery of legal documents. Griffith orders Tasers returned Luzerne County Controller Walter Griffith said he sent acting Sheriff Charles Guarnieri a directive ordering him to return 20 Taser guns and related equipment to the company that supplied them.

Lawmakers and law enforcers will help inaugurate a program designed to prevent delinquency and violence in Coatesville.

After a strong debut less than two weeks ago, the Chester County Fugitive Apprehension Unit returned to Coatesville this morning, conducting a second warrant sweep that ended with nine individuals taken into custody.

Martin Eggleston, a former president and current member of the Coatesville City Council, is expected to surrender next week to answer charges that he recklessly endangered a man by pointing a handgun at him.

The Graystone Academy Charter School is losing its principal, the fourth to leave since 2007.

For some strange reason, perhaps it's the onset of middle age, but I-- quite suddenly, practically out of the blue--have developed a yen to travel.

A 21-year-old Coatesville man was convicted today in Chester County Court of second-degree murder for his role in the July 8, 2007, shooting death of Christian M. Oliveras, a 21-year-old West Chester father.

The Chester County Fugitive Apprehension Unit made its debut in Coatesville yesterday, apprehending six people wanted for crimes ranging from attempted homicide to protection-from-abuse violations, police said.

Continuing a pledge of reform, Coatesville City Council unanimously approved a motion last night to seek a forensic audit of the city's finances by the District Attorney's Office and the FBI - a week after placing City Manager Harry G. Walker on administrative leave.

James Kleen "One of the Lab/Bassett puppies that PNP saved" Yesterday, another great save by great people for a great cause.

What We Need Now Is True Medical Care Reform Says Doctor In New Book Time To Care COATESVILLE, PA - January 8, 2010 - "The current health care reform proposal is just a beginning," says Norman Makous, M.D., author of the new book, TIME TO CARE: PERSONAL MEDICINE IN THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of Shane Eddy as Vice President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, responsible for strategic leadership and general management of the growing billion-dollar business.

Hazleton mayor's water proposal is popular way to make money in Pa. Mayor Lou Barletta wants to sell municipal system for a potential profit of $30 million.

A devoted new father and his mother died in a car crash in Chester County yesterday morning.

Paul G. Janssen Jr., the former Coatesville manager who left under a cloud and then resigned amid an insurance flap from his next job as Norristown's manager, is in line to become Radnor Township's interim manager.