Chester County News

Jobless rates in York, Chester and Lancaster counties rose slightly again in October, state employment officials said Friday, representing the 10th straight month with double-digit unemployment rates in all three counties.

A man driving a church van died and several other people were seriously injured Saturday after a three-vehicle wreck on S.C. 903 in Lancaster County.

Weeks after federal officials announced a cockfighting bust in which a Chester County man was indicted, the state has released additional arrests from the same operations.

Chester County picked up three awards Friday at a tourism conference held by the Olde English District Tourism Commission.

The Great Falls Christmas Parade will be held Sunday beginning at 3 p.m. The parade will usher in the Christmas season and mark the first holiday parade of the season in Chester County.

Chester County Council will have a special called meeting at 10 a.m. Friday to give a zoning change the second of three required readings.

A project that would convert solid waste into electricity is moving forward in Chester County.

Cancer cases in Fort Lawn were higher than expected from 2002 to 2006, the latest data available from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control's Cancer Registry, and increased two cases from the prior reporting period.

Haley Christmas is all smiles, all the time. She loves to watch the Cartoon Network, read her Bible stories and ride in her golf cart.

A frequently flooding road in Chester County has been closed again, thanks to heavy rainfall.

Of the two, the youngster was born in August. His elder was born in January of the same year.

We apologize for the lateness of this editorial, but this is actually the first chance we've had to discuss the Fort Lawn sewer consultant issue, which was actually a campaign issue in the recent special election.

A proposed incinerator that might create 50 jobs and possibly another 50 spinoff jobs will not burn any hazardous waste, according to a county official who has seen the company in operation.

Published: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 1:06 a.m. The Jonesville woman who took the life of a 16-year-old cheerleader by holding down the stabbing victim while demanding her husband "prove his love" with a kitchen knife was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday in Union.

Once again, a contractor has pulled into the Eureka Mill site in the past two weeks, intent on tearing the old Springs site down and selling the refuse for parts.

About 100 people got to hear ghost stories from a local expert on the eve of the eve of Halloween.

Christmas actually starts in February to a family business in Edgemoor. Or at least the effort to raise money to buy bikes to distribute them to needy children in Chester and York counties for Christ-mas. But that effort isn't going as good this year as it has in the past.

A Chester nightclub was shut down this weekend and a Rock Hill man charged after police found that the club was selling alcohol without a license.

Rain has arrived in York County and the Charlotte metro region, and you can expect it to continue for the rest of the day -- with a threat of flooding through late tonight.

Lung cancer and deaths from lung cancer continue to be "significantly" higher than expected in the Great Falls area and their incidence got worse in one year, an updated state study shows.