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School Was 'Second Home' For Late Chesco High School Teacher, Loved Ones Say School Was 'Second Home' For Late Chesco High School Teacher, Loved Ones Say
School Was 'Second Home' For Late Chesco High School Teacher, Loved Ones Say The Downingtown West High School community is in mourning after long-time physics teacher David Kirk Seagers passed away early this month.  Seagers, known to friends and loved ones as Kirk, died unexpectedly on Monday, June 12, his daughter Kirsten Seagers Szalapski said on a GoFundMe campaign page. "For the past 12 years, Mr. Seagers was a dynamic, energetic physics teacher at Downingtown West High School," she wrote. "He was a loving father to me and devoted husband to his wife, Shelly." "The school was his second home, and the staff and students meant the world to him. He trul…

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by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA
Former Chesco School Football Coach Charged With Sexual Abuse: DA A one-time high school football coach in Chester County sexually abused an underage girl for years, authorities are alleging.   Kenneth Walls, a 77-year-old Downingtown resident and former staff football coach at Downingtown West High School, is being held at Chester County Prison in lieu of a $100,000 cash bond, said District Attorney Deb Ryan in a statement Friday, Nov. 4.  Police began examining Walls after the child told a staff member at her school, which is not in Chester County, that she was being sexually abused, the DA said.  Investigators said the 77-year-old …

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by Mac Bullock
News
Family Of Downingtown Football Star Cos Villari Has Special Request For Funeral Service Family Of Downingtown Football Star Cos Villari Has Special Request For Funeral Service
Family Of Downingtown Football Star Cos Villari Has Special Request For Funeral Service Funeral services have been set for 17-year-old Downingtown West High School football star Costantino "Cos" Villari. A gathering will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 2 at Saint Joseph’s Church on Manor Avenue in Downingtown. Cos' family asks those who have a favorite memory of him to write it down in advance of Wednesday's service and enter it into baskets, which will be provided. The Downingtown community has been mourning the sudden loss of Villari after Daily Voice broke the news that he died by suicide when he jumped from the Route 322 bridge on Monday. Our Whippet football family…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star
Tribute: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star Loved ones, classmates, teammates and others in the Downingtown community will gather Wednesday night to grieve the loss, too soon, of one of their own. Many have been collecting memories of Downingtown West High School football star Costantino Villari since hearing the devastating news that the 17-year-old junior died by suicide when he jumped from the Route 322 bridge on Monday. “Cos” was a “sweet soul” who had the ability to “to change the room's energy all on his own,” wrote Kiana Taniguchi. "He knew the right words and just the right jokes when you needed them most…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star TRIBUTE: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star
Tribute: Community Mourns Sudden Loss Of Downingtown Football Star Loved ones, classmates, teammates and others in the Downingtown community will gather Wednesday night to grieve the loss, too soon, of one of their own. Many have been collecting memories of Downingtown West High School football star Costantino Villari since hearing the devastating news that the 17-year-old junior died by suicide when he jumped from the Route 322 bridge on Monday. “Cos” was a “sweet soul” who had the ability to “to change the room's energy all on his own,” wrote Kiana Taniguchi. "He knew the right words and just the right jokes when you needed them most…

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by Jerry DeMarco