Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Oxford Area High School closed Friday after a confirmed measles case, becoming the first Chester County school shut down by the outbreak, as five West Chester elementary schools sit below the vaccination threshold needed to prevent spread.
Public Safety
Oxford Area High School closed Friday after a confirmed measles case, becoming the first Chester County school shut down by the outbreak, as five West Chester elementary schools sit below the vaccination threshold needed to prevent spread.
Public Safety
Chester County health inspectors found juvenile and adult cockroaches still active at La Rancherita Mexican Taqueria, 323 E. Gay St. in West Chester, during an Aug. 14 follow-up inspection, two days after a fogging treatment failed to eliminate the infestation.
Public Safety
Three West Chester food-service businesses passed Chester County Health Department inspections on Aug. 12 with no violations, while five establishments in Phoenixville, Malvern, Exton, Berwyn and East Whiteland were cited for temperature, sanitation and equipment problems.
Public Safety
The Chester County District Attorney's Office and Westtown-East Goshen Regional Police ruled the Aug. 7 Summit House shooting a suicide, closing the criminal investigation; the 9-year-old girl wounded in the incident continues to recover.
Public Safety
Tyler Humphreys, 24, a former Sharon Hill police officer and Chester County resident, was sentenced Wednesday at the courthouse in West Chester to 9 to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting three minors in East Whiteland and Charlestown between 2014 and 2022.
Public Safety
A 78-year-old West Chester man was charged with a misdemeanor after New Castle County police found him inside a Wilmington-area spa during a July 15 human trafficking raid that rescued three women allegedly forced into labor and sexual servitude.
Public Safety
Aqua Pennsylvania will install PFAS treatment systems at the Hollow Run Well serving West Goshen and West Whiteland townships, funded by a $13.5 million PENNVEST financing package, with construction expected by fall 2027.
Public Safety
PennDOT and more than 80 law enforcement agencies will conduct aggressive driving enforcement on U.S. 1 in Chester County and four neighboring counties starting Friday, July 24, as part of a statewide campaign running through Aug. 16.
Public Safety
Chester County DA Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe announced expanded charges including child rape against David Vincent Rosa, 54, a West Whiteland handyman held since April, and urged anyone who hired Rosa to contact investigators at 610-344-6866.
Public Safety
State Reps. Kristine Howard and Chris Pielli announced an $800,254 RACP grant for the Goshen Fire Company on Thursday, July 16, 2026, funding a new apparatus bay, system upgrades and parking improvements at the Park Avenue firehouse serving West Goshen and East Goshen.
Public Safety
Kevin Joseph Krebs, 32, of East Whiteland Township was sentenced Tuesday to 37 months in federal prison for possessing homemade explosive devices discovered at his home two days after West Chester Police arrested him carrying a concealed handgun near a June 2025 rally.
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