Caln’s District 28 softball champs ready for state tourney

U10 team starts quest for state title, Tuesday By Lauren Parker-Gill, Staff Writer, The Times Caln’s U10 girls softball team won the District 28 Little League title and now will compete for the Pennsylvania title this week. CALN – Excitement was in the air and under the lights at last Wednesday’s softball practice for the Caln Little League Softball 10 U All Star team, their coaches and...

Caln to hold National Night Out, Aug. 4

CALN —  Township residents and those from neighboring communities are invited to join forces on Tuesday, August 4, with communities nationwide for the 32″d Annual National Night Out crime and drug prevention event. National Night Out is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) and co-sponsored locally by the Caln Township Police Department, and will involve over...

Caln police officer saves elderly woman from fire

A Caln police officer saved a 93-year-old woman from this burning home, Tuesday. CALN — A township police officer rushed into a burning home Tuesday and saved a 93-year-old woman from the flames. While the officer, Township Police Criminal Investigator James Shaw is being hailed for his quick and likely life-saving actions, the woman, Aldona Mitchell suffered server smoke inhalation and had...

Caln police make arrest in hit-and-run death

Gine Bennett CALN — Township police said Tuesday they have charged a Coatesville woman in the Dec. 4 hit-and-run death of 19-year-old Ke’asya Gray on Lincoln Highway in the Thorndale section of the township. Township police charged Gina Marie Bennett, 48, of Coatesville, Tuesday, and she surrendered in Downingtown District Court and was released after posting $300,000 in bail. District Justice...

Caln police seek info on Lincoln Hwy robberies

CALN — Township police are investigating a pair of evening parking lot robberies this past weekend from Lincoln Highway retail locations and are asking the public to share any information it might have about the incidents. On Saturday night, a little before 10 p.m, an employee was robbed at the Pizza Hut in the 1800 block of Lincoln Highway as she was leaving the business.  Police said the suspect...

Caln teen reports attempt to lure her into car

CALN — A 14 year old township girl reported that a man attempted to lure her into a car on Lincoln Highway, near the Strauss Bridge and not far from Coatesville Area High School, Wednesday afternoon. Township police said that the man is described as a male of Indian descent, approximately 40 years old, with a neatly trimmed beard and moustache.  He was described as speaking English but with...

Caln Police save Downingtown man

Officer saves colleague, robbery suspect from onrushing train CALN — A township police office is being called a hero today, after his quick response may have saved the life of a Downingtown man as well as a fellow police officer, Wednesday. Officer David Wardle pulled another officer – Jason Culbertson — and a robbery suspect, Ryan Keith Dolph, age 19 from the path of an oncoming Amtrak...

Young announces run for 74th District House seat

First candidate to announce in what could be a crowded field for 2014 By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Joshua Young CALN — Township Commissioner Joshua Young became the first declared candidate for the new 74th District State House seat in 2014, announcing his candidacy, Tuesday afternoon. Young, a Democrat who just won reelection to a third term three term as Township Commissioner, describes...