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Most Of America's Mushrooms Come From This Tiny Pennsylvania Town: Report Most Of America's Mushrooms Come From This Tiny Pennsylvania Town: Report
Most Of America's Mushrooms Come From This Tiny Pennsylvania Town: Report How much room does a mushroom need to party? As mushroom as possible! In a small eastern Pennsylvania town, however, the fungi have more than enough room to grow.  More than 60 percent of America's mushrooms come from Kennett Square -- otherwise known as the "Mushroom Capital of the World," Business Insider reports. It's where farmers grow, harvest, and pack nearly 400 million mushrooms each year. 60% of America's mushrooms come from one small Pennsylvania town, Kennett SquareHead over to Business Insider's YouTube channel to watch the full video: https://t.co/7QkRMvE7Iz pic.twitter.c…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse
Suburban Philly School Director Charged For Failing To Report Childcare Worker's Toddler Abuse A 39-year-old executive director at a Suburban Philadelphia school was arrested Tuesday for failing to report one of her worker's abuse of multiple toddlers, authorities said. Tiffany Nichols, of Kennett Square, was charged with felony child endangerment and failure to report child abuse, according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. Nichols was the executive director of the Malvern School in West Chester when she learned that one of her employees, Victoria Aronson, 36, of Brookhaven, was physically abusing several toddlers, authorities said. Victoria AronsonChester Count…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Kennett Square Police Officer Swiftly Rescues Driver After Crash Into Creek Kennett Square Police Officer Swiftly Rescues Driver After Crash Into Creek
Kennett Square Police Officer Swiftly Rescues Driver After Crash Into Creek A Kennett Square police officer has been hailed as a hero for acting quickly to save a driver whose car had crashed into a creek Monday morning. Officer Mark Todd was the first on the scene of the crash along the 700 block of W. Cypress Street in Kennett Township just before 10 a.m., local police said. Todd reported seeing the car nearly completely submerged in Red Clay Creek, with only the back of the car floating but rapidly sinking, according to Kennett Square police. He was able to pull the driver from the car and bring her to shore, where she was treated by fire and EMS personnel, pol…

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by Nicole Acosta
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DA: ChesCo Man Found Guilty Of Assault In Domestic Violence Incident Against Wife DA: ChesCo Man Found Guilty Of Assault In Domestic Violence Incident Against Wife
DA: ChesCo Man Found Guilty Of Assault In Domestic Violence Incident Against Wife A 41-year-old Chester County man was found guilty of simple assault for physically assaulting his 35-year-old wife last year, authorities said. Officers responding to a domestic disturbance on Pierce Lane in Kennett Township on April 24, 2020, found the woman, who said her husband, Brian Thuer, "strangled her, then pushed her to the ground during an argument," according to the Chester County District Attorney's Office. The woman suffered a broken back as a result of the attack, authorities said. A jury found Thuer, 41, of Kennett Square, guilty of simple assault. He will be sentenced …

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by Nicole Acosta
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PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering
PD: Kennett Square Passenger With Cocaine In Traffic Stop Charged With Evidence Tampering A Kennett Square man was found in possession of cocaine during a routine traffic stop and charged evidence tampering, authorities said. Rodrigo Guzman-Hernandez, 37, was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped Monday on Baltimore Pike in New Garden around 8 p.m. for a moving violation, Southern Chester County Regional police said. Officers saw Guzman-Hernandez making "furtive movements" toward the floor, and was removed from the vehicle, authorities said. That's when police found a plastic bag containing cocaine on the floor next to the passenger seat in plain view, police said…

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US News Ranks Top 10 High Schools In Pennsylvania US News Ranks Top 10 High Schools In Pennsylvania
US News Ranks Top 10 High Schools In Pennsylvania Schools in Chester, Montgomery, and Delaware counties were named among the top 10 best high schools in Pennsylvania, according to U.S News & World Report. The state is comprised of 640 districts, 754 high schools, 41,016 teachers and 598,770 students enrolled, the report says. The following high schools were named the top 10: 1. Julia R. Masterman Secondary School: 1699 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia (Philadelphia County) 2. Downingtown STEM Academy: 335 Manor Ave., Downingtown (Chester County) 3. Radnor High School: 130 King Of Prussia R…

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by Nicole Acosta
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Chester Police Probe Early Morning Shooting, Car Theft In Kennett Square Chester Police Probe Early Morning Shooting, Car Theft In Kennett Square
Chester Police Probe Early Morning Shooting, Car Theft In Kennett Square Police in Chester County are currently investigating after shots were fired at someone's home and a car was stolen in the Kennett Square area early Monday morning, authorities said. Shots were fired at a local resident's home around 3:15 a.m. in the area of West South Street and Lafayette Street according to the Kennett Square Police Department. A few hours later, around 6:15 a.m., officers responded to the 600 block of Worrall Avenue on a report of a stolen car, police said. Officers later determined that a car was stolen, two victims were identified as having items stolen from their…

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