PHOENIXVILLE — With the opening of the district’s new middle school on the horizon, the Phoenixville Area School District has officially completed construction and implementation on its green initiative.

OXFORD – When the Oxford School Board adjourned following its Tuesday meeting, member Sharon Grasty did not stay for the board’s executive session. Instead, during the break, she placed copies of her letter of resignation at each seat and then left.

NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices rose Wednesday on the expectation that world supplies could be squeezed further because of ongoing tensions with Iran.

A local horse trainer facing theft and fraud related charges after allegedly selling former racehorses for slaughter has made an agreement with prosecutors allowing her to avoid jail time, according to the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office.

WEST GOSHEN — West Chester Area’s property and finance committee decided Tuesday night to advance plans to advertise in and around district facilities and on the district calendar, lunch menus and website.

WEST CHESTER – The northwestern Pennsylvania man who orchestrated a murder and car robbery so that he and a girlfriend could avoid parole hearings and possible new jail terms pleaded guilty to first-degree murder charges on Wednesday.

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BRUSSELS (AP) — Microsoft on Wednesday lodged a formal complaint with the European Union’s competition regulator against Motorola Mobility and its soon-to-be owner Google, saying Motorola’s aggressive enforcement of patent rights against rivals breaks competition rules.

WEST VINCENT — A two-story mansion on Beaver Hill Road was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, although the three residents and two family dogs escaped, officials confirmed.

NORTH COVENTRY — Contrary to the rumors swirling around town — and on social networking sites — the Coventry Mall is not closing and is not being sold, a mall official says. But it is challenging its property assessment.

WEST VINCENT — A two-story mansion on Beaver Hill Road was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, although the three residents and two family dogs escaped, officials confirmed.

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal advisory panel wants all U.S. adults to get vaccinated against whooping cough.

COATESVILLE — The Redevelopment Authority authorized a lease agreement Monday that allows the city to use some of its properties for fee-operated parking lots.

Journal Register News Service PHOENIXVILLE — Borough police and the Citizens Crime Commission are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man who broke into a home in the 3000 block of Miltons Court on Jan. 16 around 11 p.m.

PHOENIX (AP) — A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values.

The Honey Brook Township horse trainer accused of fraudulently selling racehorses for slaughter waived her preliminary hearing Tuesday before Magisterial District Judge Lowell Witmer in East Hanover, according to The Patriot-News.

PHOENIXVILLE — The Phoenixville Area School District announced a reshuffling of some of its administrators at the end of last week.

WEST GOSHEN — West Chester Area’s property and finance committee decided Tuesday night to advance plans to advertise in and around district facilities and on the district calendar, lunch menus and website.

PHOENIX (AP) — A surging Rick Santorum is making increasingly harsh remarks about President Barack Obama, questioning not just the president's competence but his motives and even his Christian values.