Plea deal ends 2012 Caln Township homicide

27-year-old will spend 15 to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting father By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Caln Township Police officers responded to the 200 block of Seltzer Avenue on Feb. 20, 2012, where they found a son who had murdered his father. A Caln Township murder case that left a family grieving – and divided – ended Wednesday in Chester County Court. Senior Judge...

Celebrated county mural continues to fascinate

Intrigue deepens at meeting with artist’s son, judge who championed its preservation By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Chester County Court Judge Thomas G. Gavin discusses what little information is known about the 1956 mural by Edward Shenton. Behind him is the model painting that differs in numerous small ways from the finished product, now on the wall in Courtroom Two of the...