The Pennhurst State School and Hospital was a state-run institution for people with disabilities from 1908 to 1987 ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS)-- Thirty years ago, a nightmare ended for many Pennsylvanians with developmental disabilities: Pennhurst State School and Hospital was closed, after a federal court ruling that ...

East Vincent township officials rejected the controversial proposed 1.9 million-square-foot data center at the historic ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X For almost 80 years, Pennhurst State School and Hospital was an institution for people who suffered from a wide ...

East Vincent Township supervisors dealt a decisive blow last week to a controversial plan that would’ve transformed a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- For almost eight decades, more than 10,000 people with disabilities lived at the Pennhurst State School and Hospital in Chester County. Now, a group of archivists is telling ...

Opened in November of 1908 in Spring City, Pa., Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic, was an ...

"Ghost Hunters Live 2011" will explore the grounds of Pennhurst State School and Hospital, a former asylum in Pennsylvania, live on the air from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m on October 31st. Viewers can follow the ...

Psychic medium Mara Ciervo (left) leads Jersey Shore stars Roger Mathews, Jionni LaValle, Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi and Jenni 'Jwoww' Farley through Pennhurst State School in Spring City, Pa., while ...

EAST VINCENT >> Crews took just two days to demolish one of the last remaining symbols of an era of segregation in the region. Not racial segregation. This was segregation of those with developmental ...