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As they sat in their Days Inn room on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 20, Steven Brown and his partner heard whistling before tornadolike winds burst through the front window.
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By Xiomara Moore and Kaitlyn Cupelli
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8/21/26
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One tree that was split in half after Thursday’s storms had nearly 200 years of history on the Green.
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 By Kaitlyn Cupelli
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8/21/26
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A warehouse at the Kraft Heinz manufacturing plant sustained significant structural damage during the storms Thursday evening, according to the Dover Fire Department.
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By Kaitlyn Cupelli
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8/21/26
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DOVER — As Capital School District works out the specifics of the Kent County Community School construction project, it is requesting additional funding from the state.
At the school …
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 By Xiomara Moore
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8/20/26
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A representative of the Rossi Group spoke to the Dover Planning Commission on Monday, Aug. 17, about how to build more affordable residences, possibly without requiring recreation areas.
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/18/26
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The New Castle County Hope Center has received over 1,300 police and emergency medical service calls in the last five years, according to a Freedom of Information Act response from the county’s Emergency Communications Division last month.
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By Kaitlyn Cupelli
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8/17/26
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DOVER — What started as a weekly farmer’s market stand in downtown Dover has grown into a packed restaurant on East Lebanon Road.
A line starts forming outside right before opening at noon …
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/17/26
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HARTLY — The Delaware State Police announced Saturday they had arrested 24-year-old Hartly man following shooting incidents that occurred Thursday night and last month in Hartly. On Thursday at …
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8/15/26
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The Dover Village and Capital School District celebrated its 12th annual Back2School Community Fair Aug. 8 at Booker T. Washington Elementary.
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By Kaitlyn Cupelli
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8/14/26
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Fuel prices are still rising and falling, as tensions between the United States and Iran fluctuate.
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 By Glenn Rolfe
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8/14/26
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DOVER — On 731 West Division Street, supporters gathered for the ribbon cutting of the House of Hope transitional women’s home on Wednesday.
Stephanie Myers, the executive director of …
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/13/26
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City Councilmember Donyale Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 11, proposed drafting an ordinance for a temporary moratorium on new data centers and other large electrical load facilities until studies can be done.
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/12/26
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Kent County Levy Court will take up an appeal Sept. 1 by the developer of Harmony Hills II, a proposed subdivision denied by the county’s Regional Planning Commission last month.
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 By Brian Trompeter
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8/12/26
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DOVER — Kent County Levy Court on Tuesday unanimously awarded a $915,032 contract to Greer Industries Inc. to provide quicklime for the county’s biosolids operations at a cost of $397.84 per ton. …
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8/12/26
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DOVER — From his earliest days as a public-safety dispatcher to his current post today as Kent County administrator, Kevin Sipple always has enjoyed getting up and going to work. “It was never …
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By Brian Trompeter
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8/10/26
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DOVER — In a Tuesday letter addressed to Dover councilmembers Roy Sudler Jr. and Brian Lewis, the Delaware Health Association expressed concerns about the proposed municipal service impact fee. The …
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/9/26
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DOVER — After almost one month at the Green in Dover, the organizers of the Downtown Dover Farmer’s Market say that it’s a way to support the surrounding community.
At the market, which …
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/7/26
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DOVER — An attorney for Kent County warned Regional Planning Commission members July 9 that legal grounds were thin-to-nonexistent for denying the proposed Harmony Hills II subdivision. But the …
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8/7/26
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DOVER — The Kent County Bookmobile will be off the road for the rest of August to allow for maintenance and refurbishment, Levy Court officials announced Aug. 5. The Bookmobile will receive a …
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8/6/26
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As Dover residents wait to hear the results of the 21st Century Policing Solutions investigation into misconduct allegations against the mayor and police chief, the Daily State News spoke to city officials about whether the findings should be released.
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By Xiomara Moore
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8/5/26
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