Good Morning. Here are some of the top stories from around the region.
WEATHER
It starts out cold, then the freezing rain and ice starts to fall this afternoon. The weather experts are saying you can expect it to get slippery starting around 1 p.m.
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NEWS
Firefighting community pays tribute to Matt LeTourneau
Fallen firefighter Matthew LeTourneau always wanted to be a firefighter and he encouraged his fellow firefighters to “never stop training.” On Sunday black bunting was displayed over the engine bay at Springfield Fire Company to commemorate LeTourneau. A longtime volunteer with the company, LeTourneau, 42, who lived and volunteered in the township, died Saturday in the line of duty in while battling a
Police investigate 2 shootings that occurred within minutes in Chester
Police say a 14-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were both shot just minutes apart from one another Sunday evening. Police say they were dispatched to the Chester area around 5:40 p.m. Sunday and found the boy with a gunshot wound to his foot. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the boy was transported to an area medical center where he was treated and later released.
Downingtown Borough Council withdraws from Kardon Park lawsuit
Not everything goes according to plan. Downingtown Borough Council unanimously approvedTuesday to withdraw from the Kardon Park lawsuit in which developers sought to build homes in Downingtown Borough and East Caln Township. Councilwoman Ann Feldman recused herself from voting because of her legal involvement in opposing the development project in the parkland.
Rep. Costello gets primary challenge from the right in GOP
A West Goshen man who said he strongly backs President Donald Trump and who has been active in conservative causes in the area for several years said last week that he plans to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello for the Republican nomination to the 6th Congressional District seat.
Pillars of Light and Love to host fundraising concerts at Shanndonell
If, as someone once said, music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life, the moon over Shannondell Performing Arts Theater will surely be shimmering like a milky halo as voices join in song for three evenings to outlaw the gloom for a brief, exhilarating moment.
After Franconia tragedy, teen daughter participates in video warns against distracted driving
Allie Smith is hoping the video she made with People Against Distracted Driving can help prevent others from mindlessly reaching for the phone or to change the radio station or other distractions while driving. “Think about what you’re doing and think about the impacts it could have if it goes wrong,” Smith says in the video, “because nobody thinks it’ll happen to them until it does. Then it changes your whole perspective.”
SPORTS
Win over Sabres could prove to be turning point for Flyers
The ingredients were ripe Sunday for another show of Flyers inconsistency, which is about the most consistent thing they’ve done all season. Streaks of varied effect have struck them, set them back, haunted them and yes, labeled them through the season’s first few months. The team that can’t play straight, offering a zig-zag pattern through its regular season schedule. A troubling cult of personality for what essentially is a young team with veteran leadership that nevertheless missed two of the last three playoff springs.
ENTERTAINMENT
Fashion highlights from the sea of black at Golden Globes
With sweetheart necklines and high slits, sheer lace and sparkly details, Hollywood women with men on their side turned the Golden Globes red carpet into a parade of fashion black in a protest with a clear message for sexual harassers: Time’s Up. More than 300 women in the entertainment industry banded together recently to found a reform initiative of that name in solidarity with the “Me Too” movement that exploded after the fall of Harvey Weinstein and dozens of other men accused of sexual misconduct.
