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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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3 former juvenile detention residents sue Delaware County for alleged sexual abuse
“You have to really think about why this happened for as long as it did,” said the attorney representing the plaintiffs, “and how it was so prevalent.”
8 months ago
Listen 1:08Chester’s state-appointed receiver says the city never signed off on salaries for its stormwater authority board members. Board members might have to pay back restitution.
9 months ago
Coatesville signs 3-year agreement with firefighter union
The new contract between the city and Coatesville Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 3790 establishes wage increases and better recruitment efforts.
9 months ago
Listen :53Coatesville could soon see its first rental housing development in more than a decade
If the five-person planning commission votes ‘yes,’ Brandywine View Apartments will break ground on 266 market-rate rental units.
9 months ago
Listen 0:46DA charges Wilbert Rosado-Ruiz in deadly Delaware County Linen shooting
District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer alleges Rosado-Ruiz “took out his anger” on his colleagues, two of whom were killed.
9 months ago
2 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Delaware County Linen in Chester
DA Stollsteimer described the incident as a “workplace shooting” where an employee “took out his anger.”
9 months ago
Delaware County Council is at odds with Marple Township over the county’s attempt to assess a building on the site for possible use as a mental health facility.
9 months ago
Listen 1:39Delco Day returns for year 9 — with a scrapple-themed menu
The price for entry: $6:10, a nod to the 610 area code. Proceeds from Delco Day go to a Delaware County-based cancer foundation.
9 months ago
Former Delaware County emergency services director charged with assault, harassment
Timothy Boyce faces three misdemeanor charges of simple assault, harassment and indecent assault without consent.
9 months ago
Jefferson Health, Lehigh Valley Health Network sign agreement to merge
Once the agreement goes through, the unified system will comprise 30 hospitals and more than 700 sites across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
9 months ago
Prospect Medical Holdings is running into roadblocks selling its hospitals in Connecticut and Rhode Island. This spells trouble for Crozer Health in Delaware County.
9 months ago
Listen 1:23‘A lot of red flags’: Chester receiver demands city stormwater authority’s financial records
The city’s stormwater authority borrowed from the executive director and his church to make payroll, and won’t hand over financials to Chester’s state-appointed receiver.
9 months ago