Arrest in West Goshen homicide

The West Goshen Township Police Department and the Chester County District Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of defendant Clayton P. Carter for the crime of homicide.  At approximately 1 a.m. on Aug. 8, at 314 Box Elder Drive, West Goshen Township, Chester County, the defendant shot and killed his next-door neighbor, G. Brooks Jennings.  The defendant and the victim had been involved in a long-running…

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Eleanor B. “Jill” Blanton of West Chester

Eleanor B. "Jill" Blanton (nee Duffey), 95, of West Chester, died Saturday, Aug. 5.  Born in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late John and Mae (nee Heverin) Duffey.  Eleanor was the beloved wife for 66 years of the late Robert S. Blanton; loving mother of Jeffrey (Debbie), Warren (Debbie) and Peter (Penny); loving grandmother of six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was an…

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Police Log Aug. 9: DUIs, accidents, thefts

State Police • State police reported no injuries in a two-vehicle accident on Route 1 near Pennsbury Way on Aug. 3. There was no mention in the report of either driver being charged. According to police one driver was turning left onto Pennsbury Way from the northbound lane of Route 1, while another vehicle, that had been in the left turn lane of southbound Route,…

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