Good morning, West Chester.

A police officer was injured at 10:43 a.m. on April 14 during a barricade situation on South Church Street in West Chester—shots were fired and a suspect was arrested about an hour later while details on the officer’s condition remain unavailable.

Four family-run farms in Chester County have been preserved from future development by the Shapiro Administration—$2,244,622 was invested to secure these farms from being sold to developers.

This action will help keep local agriculture productive and ensure the land stays in use.

Moria Gassenmeyer, Integrated Health Director at The Alliance for Health Equity, has been named a 2025 VISTA NextGen Superstar and will be honored at the Awards Reception & Celebration on May 8th at the Penn State Great Valley Conference Center.

She manages operations at the Brandywine Center and leads health and social service strategies in Chester County.

Freedom Village at Brandywine in Chester County offers neurological rehabilitation to help people with multiple sclerosis manage symptoms using physical, occupational, and speech-language therapies—these treatments improve walking, speaking, and daily tasks.

The center has earned a 5-Star CMS rating—showing it provides quality care even though there is no cure for the disease.

Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital named Karen Pinsky, MD, as its new CEO after she served as interim CEO since July 2024—she led quality projects and coordinated COVID-19 vaccine distribution as chief medical officer and will now guide the hospital’s growth.