Government
The Tree for Every Delawarean Initiative is seeking funding requests for tree-planting projects that will be completed in 2025.
DOVER — The Delaware State Fire Marshal issued an advisory against consumer-grade firework use this year for safety reasons, and because the recent heat wave has left lots of thirsty vegetation …
Lamar Jackson was sidelined again. The Baltimore Ravens say he's still being evaluated by their medical team. Jackson has practiced only once since training camp began for the full squad Sunday. He …
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Environment
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) released its annual report card on July 9 with the overall Chesapeake Bay earning a grade …
loggerhead turtle, delaware coast
DOVER — According to global wildlife tracking nonprofit OCEARCH, Marie, a 300lb. female loggerhead sea turtle tagged in Juno Beach Fla., in April 2024 as she laid eggs, has made her way …
Cops and Courts
Three suspects were sought following a shooting incident at the George Wright Municipal Park Wednesday, Smyrna Police said.
Former Kent County resident Ashley M. Price has been appointed a judge in Los Angeles County Superior Court by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Kent County
CRIME
Some were deadly, others injurious or left nobody wounded.
A spate of recent shootings and a stabbing in Kent and Sussex counties brought arrests in some cases, but not all.
POLICE
WILMINGTON — A 36-year-old Smyrna man was wounded in an officer-involved shooting Friday night and later charged with offenses, Delaware State Police said.
US wind, act
DOVER — While imposing no penalties other than to generally begin acting like a public body, the Attorney General of Delaware decided the Association of Coastal Towns violated Freedom of …
Sussex County
2024 Olympics
DOVER — Content aggregator HostingAdvice released a study on Wednesday of 3,000 Delaware sports fans’ intended Olympic diet and landed on the figure of about 25 hours during the two-week …
beebe healthcare
REHOBOTH BEACH — The Margaret H. Rollins School Class of 2024 have all passed the national examination for licensure as a registered nurse, Beebe Healthcare announced on Monday.
Passing …
Delaware State Fair
DOVER — Everyone who goes to the Delaware State Fair has a reason, whether it be for recreation, to compete in the contests or to sample the singular foods offered there, but according to the …
New Castle County
MIDDLETOWN — The Ladybug Micro Music Fest will be held Sept. 21 from 3-8 p.m.
Held in conjunction with Middletown Main Street, Inc., the event will be held at Town Hall, 19 W. Green …
HARRINGTON — The Delaware State Fair continued yesterday, July 23, and is scheduled to keep on going through Saturday, July 27 at the fairgrounds in Harrington.
The warm temperatures …
Yes2Health, a program of the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, will host multiple sessions this fall, with in-person and virtual options.
Yes2Health is a free 10-week program with classes …
Wicomico County
Jeffrey Mueller of Salisbury, Maryland, a Mechanical Engineering major and member of the...
Points of discussion surrounding Anne Street Village that came out of the June 3, 2024 City ...
SALISBURY — A Maryland State Trooper has been suspended without pay after a recent indictment by a grand jury in Wicomico County.
Senior Trooper Jordan Monk is facing charges of …
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE - The Maryland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it has filed an online complaint with the U.S. Board of Education's Office of Civil Rights on behalf of a 12-year-old Cambridge girl.
Dorchester County
CAMBRIDGE – Maryland State Police are investigating a five-vehicle crash that occurred early this morning in Dorchester County.
Shortly after 7 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State …
REHOBOTH BEACH — A fin whale, or a finback whale, that beached on Sunday morning south of the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park did not survive, Nikki LaVoie, …
Somerset County
CRISFIELD — Flooding has been a problem in Crisfield and the surrounding area for decades, and it keeps getting worse, affecting businesses, residences, tourism, and transportation.
While …
ANNAPOLIS — There were 202 wild turkeys harvested in Somerset County during the spring season which made it the best year for hunters out of the last seasons.
The 1.5% increase over 2023 …
PRINCESS ANNE — Municipal voters on Tuesday rejected giving their first-term incumbent representatives another four-year term as challengers will be taking their seats as Town Commissioners on …
News
SMYRNA — The Smyrna School District’s Child Nutrition Summer Food Service Program is offering free meals to kids and teens through Aug. 8.
NOTE: This story will be updated
HARRINGTON - Horsepower and tractor power took center stage Wednesday in the Quillen Arena Wednesday at the Delaware State Fair.
FFA and 4-H Horse …
CAMBRIDGE – Members of the Nause-Waiwash Band of Indians Inc. hosted a celebration Wednesday for the formal unveiling of a new roadside historical marker honoring the Choptank Indian …
DOVER — Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control added to the artificial reef system off the coast by sinking two vintage vessels – a retired City of …
TOWNSEND — Counterculture, music and the arts will be celebrated over the next three days with the fourth annual Weekend at Bertha’s festival at Fire Base Lloyd.
The gathering brings …
The Middletown Olde-Tyme Peach Festival 5K is slated for Aug. 17.
Baltimore – The Maryland Department of Health on Tuesday announced the launch of a new tool for combating the overdose crisis: the Maryland Overdose Data Dashboard . The dashboard, which …
Special Olympics Delaware has announced that Dr. Don Blackburn, the clinical director for its Opening Eyes program, has been given the 2024 Golisano Health Leadership Award.
Townsend's school supply drive is taking place, collecting items like pencils, erasers, scissors, calculators and pens.