The State Forester Burning Ban will be lifted for Chester ... with county fire officials. Since many were dispatched from the Forestry Commission and local fire departments for road clearing ...

A South Carolina man was found dead in a house fire in Chester County, officials said. Charles Gist, 69, of Richburg, was found dead in the home after the fire on Green Drive in Richburg ...

Firefighter Nick Light was sworn into the Chester Township Fire Department at the May 1 Chester Township Trustees meeting.