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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Why is it so hard to get a COVID booster these days?
Demand is high, and appointments in and around Philadelphia are at a premium right now. But super vaccination clinics probably won’t be back.
3 years ago
How to spend a warmish December day? Making ornaments for the birds, or brunching with Santa
It was two weeks before Christmas and off in the suburbs, the weather was yucky, but nice enough for kids and grown-ups to get out and about.
3 years ago
Delaware County prepares for ‘soft launch’ of new health department
Delco leaders met with Pennsylvania health officials on Thursday to give the final presentation about rolling out the agency in January.
3 years ago
Jennersville and Brandywine hospitals in Chester County to close
Tower Health says a deal with Texas-based hospital management firm Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC has fallen apart and left it no options.
3 years ago
Police Commissioner Outlaw says rumors she is resigning to go to NYPD are ‘out of control’
Commissioner Danielle Outlaw didn’t quite shut the door on rumors she’ll become the top cop in New York.
3 years ago
No internet? Delaware County wants to hear from you about broadband access
Though FCC maps say otherwise, county officials think Delco has huge gaps in internet coverage, specifically in lower-income areas in the southeast.
3 years ago
What does it take to be a volunteer firefighter? Selling Christmas trees, for one
Gladwyne Fire Company in Lower Merion and McKinley Fire Company in Abington raise funds in a suburban holiday tradition.
3 years ago
Delco DA announces charges in killing and later 69th Street Terminal shootout
Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced murder and other charges against the gunman.
3 years ago
If the contested Don Guanella site stays mostly open space, Delco residents have ideas for its use
The county awaits a response from the Philadelphia Archdiocese and Maple Glen Development LLC to see if $21M million is “just compensation.”
3 years ago
Philly expands winter curfew at several parks because of deer control activities
New hours are at Bartram’s Garden, Cobbs Creek, East and West Fairmount Parks, FDR, Pennypack, and Wissahickon Valley, among others.
3 years ago
Montgomery County is offering its employees a $150 incentive to get fully vaccinated
The county hopes to raise vaccination rates among county employees, under a mandate enacted Oct. 18. The incentive expires Dec. 31.
3 years ago
How Buy Nothing takes giving and receiving to a different, more neighborly level
Online Buy Nothing groups grow more popular by the day. Members say the gift-economy has brought them closer than ever before.
3 years ago
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