Coatesville’s Hudson named ODAC Player of the Week
Coatesville Area Hgh School graduate Jalen Hudson in action for Shenandoah University.
FOREST, Va. – Sophomore Jalen Hudson has been named the ODAC Player of the Week for offense in selections announced Sunday afternoon by the league office.
Hudson helped Shenandoah to a 36-33 ODAC victory over Emory and Henry Saturday afternoon with a pair of long touchdowns to start the second half that completely...
Gun homicide takes fourth city victim in a week
COATESVILLE — A South Carolina man was gunned down on Belmont Street Monday night, just after 6:30 p.m. and later died of his wounds — the fourth person to die from gunshot wounds in the city in the last week.
Kevin Paul Jalbert, 36, was found by police in the middle of the 600 block of Belmont Street, suffering from gunshot wounds. He was immediately transported to Paoli Hospital where he later...
Second gun homicide in two days reported in Coatesville
COATESVILLE — A city man was found with what turned out to be fatal gun wounds in the area of Modena Alley and Willow Alley early Thursday morning.
Police said that Damon Wylie, 50, was found suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to Paoli Hospital, where he later died.
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Two shot to death in Coatesville
COATESVILLE — Police said two men were shot to death in an East Lincoln Avenue apartment early Wednesday.
Police responded to a report of shots fired at 577 East Lincoln Highway at 3:22 a.m. Entering an apartment at the rear of the building, police discovered David Wayne Fitzsimmons, 56, already dead from an apparent gunshot wound and William Chance, 46, wounded from an apparent gunshot. Chance was...
Letter: Lewis asks for Keystone Opportunity Zone support
To The Editor,
Earlier this summer, the Pennsylvania Legislature and I voted to re-open the Keystone Opportunity Zone (KOZ) program. This is a 10-year tax abatement program applied to specific properties that will add significant tax incentives into our revitalization toolbox for the City of Coatesville. With this powerful tool, we can finally attract major, sustainable interest from investors...
Honorees named for CAHS Sports Hall of Fame
The 1975 Coatesville Area High School softball team is among the honorees in this year’s class of the Coatesville Area High School Sports Hall of Fame.
The Coatesville Hall of Fame will induct nine new members during its annual dinner on Saturday, October 15, at the Coatesville Country Club.
Beside the individual inductees, members of the 1975 girls softball team, state runner-up, will be acknowledged...
Coatesville honors victims of 9/11
City comes together to remember attacks on NYC, Pentagon and Flight 93
By Lauren Parker- Gill, News Editor, The Times
Students throughout the Coatesville Area School District honored Patriot’s Day ahead of the 15th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
COATESVILLE – Members of the Coatesville community came together over the weekend at a number of ceremonies to remember the 15th anniversary...
Park(king) Day comes to Coatesville, W. Chester
EAST WHITELAND — Next Friday, businesses in Coatesville, West Chester and Phoenixville will commandeer parking spaces and transform them into pop-up themed parks to celebrate International Park(ing) Day.
Celebrated worldwide and across the United States since 2005, Park(ing) Day is a day to raise awareness for more open space in towns.
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Man charged in Coatesville murder
Lenn “Butter” Tucker
COATESVILLE – A city man has been charged with first degree murder in grisly killing of Alex Hartzell in late August, Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said Monday.
Lenn “Butter” Tucker, who lists both Philadelphia and Coatesville addresses, faces charges of first degree murder, possessing an instrument of crime, being a convicted felon in possession...
It’s not just Coatesville: funding crisis coming to your school, too
As poorer districts struggle, they are everyone’s future without state action
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
If you’ve been in and around Coatesville recently, you may have seen picketing teachers — as was the case at the district’s three middle schools Thursday night. The contract between the district and the Coatesville Area Teachers Association expired in late August and there has...
