West Chester News

After allegedly killing a man in Philadelphia and abducting his female companion, a 42-year-old man armed with a 9mm handgun held police in Chester County at bay for more than nine hours yesterday before ...

There are few greater pleasures in this American life than watching a young, gifted rock band in the prime of its youth burn through its set before an adoring crowd with the confidence of five young men who ...

A Coatesville man involved in a shooting two years ago has pleaded guilty to weapons violations.

Former Superior Court Judge Michael T. Joyce was convicted Wednesday of mail fraud and money laundering charges in a scheme to collect $440,000 in insurance settlements for an injury the Erie County jurist ...

ALTOONA a ' The former West Chester man wounded in a shootout with police in this western Pennsylvania city early Saturday has a criminal history that includes a homicide acquittal and guilty pleas in cases of ...

Colonel Frank E. Pawlowski was sworn in as the 20th Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police last Wednesday in Harrisburg.

WEST CHESTER a ' Following eight months of hard work, the borough Planning Commission has completed a comprehensive new adult entertainment zoning ordinance that would prevent another sex novelty shop such as ...

Just weeks after posting record profits, steel makers are facing a harsh new reality: dwindling orders, production cuts, layoffs.

Jesse Cooper returned an interception for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to key Bloomsburg to a 28-21 win over West Chester on Saturday in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

Philadelphia police say they raided a pot house near Temple University's North Philadelphia campus and broke up a marijuana distribution ring that sold to Temple students.

The U.S. Naval Academy says a Pennsylvania midshipman died Monday from complications from an infection of Nieserra meningitis.

The state trooper who authorities contend abused anabolic steroids while he was stationed at the Avondale barracks in southern Chester County was found guilty of illegal drug possession by a Common Pleas Court ...

Borough Council approved a $26.6 million draft 2009 budget Monday with no tax changes.

A call by the Chester County Controller Valentino F. DiGiorgio 3d to freeze wage increases for county employees as a way to trim the 2009 budget doesn't appear to be gaining traction.

Developer Eli Khan along with two other investors, one of which is fellow developer Jack Loew , are set to construct a new office building in the heart of West Chester.

A 69-year-old West Chester man was arrested yesterday and charged with stealing more than $45,000 from a family that had paid him to complete a construction project, according to a news release from Chester ...

As North American auto manufacturers plead with governments for even a fraction of the help they've given the floundering financial sector, industry players and analysts are divided over what form any potential ...

Jackson Fagan rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns to lead West Chester to a 52-32 win over Southern Connecticut in the first round of the Division II playoffs on Saturday.

Special to The Mercury WEST CHESTER - Chester County residents turned out in force Thursday to hear why their county property taxes will go up in 2009, but were largely subdued in their reactions to the ...

Ionx LLC said Thursday it has acquired Salco Technologies LLC for an undisclosed sum.