Kenny Cooper is a WHYY News multiplatform reporter covering Chester and Delaware counties. He joined WHYY in November 2020. Kenny, a Montgomery County native, graduated in 2020 from Temple University with a BA in journalism and political science.
Prior to WHYY, he covered Pennsylvania state politics through an Election SOS fellowship at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. In early 2020, Kenny was selected to be a participant in the POLITICO Journalism Institute. He has interned at numerous news outlets, including CNN, NBC News & MSNBC, NBC Sports Philadelphia, and FOX 29.
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The hospital and its adjacent 64-acre campus in Upland have been left largely untouched since Crozer Health shuttered.
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The Cheltenham Township Board of Commissioners expects to hire a new police chief sometime around July.
3 weeks ago
Delco DA Tanner Rouse charges Parkside Borough Council president with theft
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Chester Water Authority lifts boil water advisory in Upper Chichester area
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Listen 0:46Chester County overdose deaths drop in 2025: ‘One day we hope to see zero’
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