Sheriff’s 3rd annual cruise night to benefit K-9, Friday
WESTTOWN — The Chester County Sheriff’s K-9 Unit will host its third Annual “Cruise Night” from 5:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m, Friday evening at the Government Services Center Building located at 601 Westtown Road, just of US-202.
Chester County Sheriff Carolyn Bunny Welsh and her deputies have organized the event to bring awareness to the six K-9 units in the Chester County Sheriff’s Office...
Symbolic wreaths will pay tribute to veterans
Ceremony to take place at Oxford Cemetery on Saturday
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
On Saturday, Dec. 14, wreaths will be placed on veterans’ graves in more than 850 communities across the country as part of the Wreaths Across America project. In Chester County, a ceremony will be held at Oxford Cemetery.
Ask yourself what your life would be like were it not for the...
Retired Stars and Stripes get respectful repository
County residents can place worn flags in new box near Sheriff’s Office
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Sporting a flag-filled tie, Chief Deputy Sheriff George P. March prepares to retire a collection of flags he had been saving.
If you build it, they will come, and that is exactly what occurred Tuesday afternoon when the Patriotic Order Sons of America presented a large...
Couple strives to sublimate anguish with outreach
Diaper drive will pay tribute to the infant son they lost
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Shane Brant and his wife, Suzanne Campos, pose with their daughter, Alex, now 9 months old, and a photo of their son, Max Athan Brant, whose legacy is helping other children.
The euphoria was painfully short-lived. An hour after giving birth to a healthy-looking son, a Sadsbury Township...
Message prompts security blitz at high school
Police said extra precautions taken in response to wording that included March 20 date
Updated at 12:30 p.m. to add comment from superintendent
Authorities put extra security measures in place Wednesday morning at Kennett High School in response to a message discovered in a school bathroom on Monday.
A disturbing message with a date of March 20 that was discovered Monday in a bathroom at Kennett...
Police credit neighbor with averting burglary
Kennett Square resident called 9-1-1 when he saw suspicious activity
An alert neighbor prevented a burglary this morning, Kennett Square police said.
Police said a resident of the 800 block of Wayne Avenue spotted a suspect enter the back yard of his neighbor’s home about 11:10 a.m., stand on a chair and try to pry open a back window of the home. Realizing he had been noticed, the suspect fled,...
Night Out event celebrates police, community bonds
After interviews with officers, children share law-enforcement insight
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Kennett Square Police Chief Edward A. Zunino Jr. shakes the hand of a newly designated “junior” officer.
One by one, 15 children, some totally dwarfed by the podium, shared tidbits gleaned from interviewing Kennett Square police officers as well as some advice...
