Chester County News

When medical personnel arrived, the 14-year-old girl who collapsed after cheerleading practice had stopped breathing.

On Monday's Memorial Day holiday, the following locations in Radnor Township will be closed: T/E School District schools and offices Tredyffrin and Easttown Township government offices Radnor Memorial Library Trash pickup Recycling pickup will be on a regular schedule Most banks Post offices with no mail delivery Chester County offices and courts ... (more)

Yit Mun Lee , a Northeast Iraq veteran, on parades: "They're not for me. I'm going to the beach." DAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer For the typical American, the annual Memorial Day parade serves as a stirring display of pomp and patriotism, a diverting prelude to the shopping or barbecues to follow.

Assistant D.A. Patrick Blessington , Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua , Catholic , Clergy Sex Abuse Trial , Downingtown , Former D.A. Lynn Abraham , Fritz DiOttavio , Monsignor William Lynn , Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA - In Philadelphia's landmark clergy sex abuse trial, Defendant Monsignor William Lynn returns to the stand on Tuesday morning, entering a ... (more)

State police in suburban Philadelphia say a car collided with truck hauling a milk tanker, killing two brothers in the car.

FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 720 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 PAC011-029-270115- /O.NEW.KPHI.FA.Y.0030.120526T2320Z-120527T0115Z/ CHESTER PA-BERKS PA- 720 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ... (more)

The Malvern Memorial Parade won't be held until June, so the list below also includes other ideas for ways to observe the holiday nearby.

Daily thought "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." Luke 22:40. May God help us stay focused on those things that are worthy of praise.

So Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has replaced his chief of staff . As if one top aide can rehabilitate the image of a politician uncomfortable with the image-making part of the job.

On Memorial Day, the wood-fired bake oven at Valley Forge National Park will be at the center of 18th century bread making and cooking demonstrations.

Gathering to celebrate the ground breaking of the Lenfest Center at the ChesLin Preserve, local elected officials, members of the National Land trust staff and benefactors gathered, Wednesday.

After a Chester County Court judge heard the facts to support a guilty plea - the defendant admitted he drove drunk, careened off Westtown Road in his Cadillac Esplanade, traversed a lawn, and crashed into a garage on Thanksgiving - he shook his head this afternoon.

Ten-year-old Spring Township-based Affinity Bancorp Inc. will merge into First Priority Financial Corp., Malvern, Chester County, the banks said Wednesday in a joint press release.

Road projects Projects involve lane restrictions and run from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Chester County fire officials are trying to determine if a lightning strike forced an early closure of the Exton Square Mall.

A The first annualA Brandywine Food & Music Festival , presented by The Brandywine Valley Wine Trail and The Town Dish,A will be held on June 9, 2012, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Myrick Conservation Center, West Chester, PA.

Two people charged with selling drugs that police say were ultimately used in brownies that sickened a Conestoga High School student are due in court Wednesday morning in Devon.

Firefighters hosed down what was left of a car after it slammed into a tree and burst into flames on a Chester County road.

Flanked by the county commissioners - Kathi Cozzone , Ryan A. Costello and Terence Farrell - Kennett Square Manager Brant Kucera displays the borough's $676,000 grant award.

Public outrage and other factors make a difference in prison terms for those convicted of running phony investments.