Archive for July 13th, 2016

Police issue warning about Pokémon Go game

Pennsylvania State Police are urging caution for people playing the interactive game, Pokémon Go. Its use has led to accidents and robberies, according to police. The game employs GPS capability and mobile device cameras while players search for mock battles and try to “capture” characters within the game. It also uses actual locations in the players’ area. Some ...

 
 

Farrell to Pharrell: Help make us happier

Sandra Murphy, (from left) Chester County's Department of Aging director, accompanies Commissioners' Chairman Terence Farrell in a rendition of 'You Are My Sunshine' as Commissioner Michelle Kichline enjoys the performance.

Updated on July 14 to add link to study The singer and rapper Pharrell Williams, known to many as a judge on TV’s “The Voice,” has nothing on a certain Chester County commissioner – give or take a few million dollars, perhaps. At the Chester County Commissioners’ Sunshine Meeting, on Tuesday, July 12, Commissioners’ Chairman Terence Farrrell struck a note of gleeful ...

 

Police Log July 13: DUIs, retail thefts, accidents

• State police from the Avondale barracks said Kristen Lewis Murphy, 35, of Wilmington, was arrested for DUI o July 6. The report said Lewis was driving south with a flat tire on Route 1 near Newark Road in New garden Township at 4:27 p.m. • Police said Ralph J. Abegg, 50, of Spring Valley, N.Y., sustained minor injury in a one-vehicle accident on Chatham Road in ...