Good morning, West Chester.

Chester County native Katelyn Lloyd, executive director of Partners in Outreach, has been named a 2025 VISTA NextGen Superstar—she will be honored at the Awards Reception & Celebration on May 8 at the Penn State Great Valley Conference Center—.

West Chester University is holding its Alumni Weekend from Apr 24 to Apr 27 with events that show school spirit, such as Banana Night on Thursday, today’s kickoff party and football scrimmage, and planned soccer games, campus tours and concerts on Saturday and Sunday.

Some events are free and others cost a fee, and TD Bank is sponsoring activities—helping alumni reconnect with campus life.

Over 40 children from Philadelphia’s Global Leadership Academy will visit West Chester University on April 26 for a one-day leadership camp.

They will join in activities like Zumba, rock climbing, meditation and games + learn leadership skills while exploring sports careers with guidance from local experts and student coaches.

A Chester County family is trying to secure a medical flight to bring their father, Bill Peters, 77—a Vietnam veteran and two-time Purple Heart recipient—home from a Las Vegas hospital after he went on a ventilator due to respiratory failure from the flu while on vacation.

His family said he is now alert after a tracheotomy and feeding tube and that doctors have cleared him to travel while they work to cover steep expenses that forced them to close their floral shop for over 40 days.