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Dover Police are investigating a burglary at Capital Pawn just before 3 Thursday morning when an alarm sounded at the business. Police saw that someone forced entry into the side of the building – they found no one inside, but saw that the suspect did take several items and damaged property. The suspect is a…
The 1993 attempted rape conviction of Grant Jones was vacated Thursday by Wicomico County Circuit Court Judge Karen Dean. Earlier this year the State’s Attorney formally acknowledged the innocence of David Veney and supported his petition for compensation as a wrongfully convicted individual. While investigating Veney’s 1997 conviction prosecutors learned that the victim in that…
School begins Tuesday in the Indian River School District and District officials say the cost of student breakfast and lunch will remain the same this school year. This is the 19th consecutive year without an increase is meal prices. Breakfast for all grade levels remains at 60 cents. Elementary school lunch is $1 and middle…
Delaware State Police on patrol in Dover just before 2 Wednesday morning saw a Hyundai northbound on South State Street swerve over the double yellow line several times and traveling in the wrong lane. Troopers tried to stop the driver, who failed to comply. Troopers pursued the car on northbound Route 13 before the driver…
UPDATED – 09/01/23 – A man wanted by police in two states has been arrested. Caroline County Sheriff’s deputies have been searching for 36 year old Todd Hockensmith of Felton for some time – and learned he was at the Marydel area and requested Delaware State Police assistance. As deputies arrived – Hockensmith drove off…
There’s a new cotton-top tamarin at the Salisbury Zoo. Nikki is 4 and is on loan from the Southwick Zoo in Massachusetts and is now sharing an exhibit with Bianca, another cotton-top tamarin, and Timmy, a black-tufted marmoset. Cotton-top tamarins are critically endangered – in the wild – they’re found in Colombia. Additional information from…
On Thursday, the Brandywine Valley SPCA welcomed over 70 pre-storm shelter pets from areas of Florida devastated by Hurricane Idalia. This afternoon another flight with over 60 shelter animals will arrive from Jacksonville, Florida to Georgetown around 3:30pm. These were dogs and cats that were already available for adoption prior to the storm. These animals…
UPDATED – 09/01/23 – Delaware State Police have identified 87-year-old Kenneth Moore of Milford as the man who died in a fatal crash that occurred on Wednesday afternoon north of Milford. ======================================================== A Milford man is dead after a crash Wednesday just after noon on southbound Route 1 in the area of Thompsonville Road. Delaware…
User 284190339 · 08 – 31 – 23 Fishing Report Thursday saw small craft advisories up and they will remain up on Friday. There is also a flood advisory and that means the beach is going to be over washed making any surf fishing difficult. Top all of this off with a blue, super moon…
Kassidy Brown – Milton – Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse from Cape Henlopen State Park. Click for full view
User 284190339 · 08 – 30 – 23 Fishing Report With small craft advisories up until Friday afternoon for seas to 7 feet I don’t think to many boats will be going out on the ocean or bay. On Wednesday afternoon I went to the south side of Indian River Inlet because my sister Debbie…
User 284190339 · 08 – 29 – 23 Fishing Report With small craft advisories up at least until late Wednesday, I don’t expect many boats to be out on the ocean. Some of the Lewes fleet will fish Delaware Bay where the seas will be less intimidating. At Lewes Harbour Marina I spoke with Chris,…
Walt – Lewes – Kites up! At the 2022 Great Delaware Kite Festival. Click for full view
The Sussex County Council received an update from Mark Isaacs, Director of the UD Carvel Research and Education Center west of Georgetown. His update included how the funding that they receive from the County is used. During public comment, the Council heard from several county residents who request that the Planning & Zoning Commission reinstate…
Delaware State Police have arrested 25 year old Raheem Fullman of Dover on gun charges after he was found loitering Monday night in the Brightway Commons apartment complex in Milford. Members of the Kent County Governor’s Task Force were patrolling the complex around 10pm when they spotted probationer and convicted felon Fullman loitering outside where…
User 284190339 · 08 – 28 – 23 Fishing Report Monday, oh blue Monday. I believe Fats Domino sang about Blue Monday when the weather was bad for fishing and he had to work like a slave all day. Well, Monday was just the beginning of a week of bad fishing weather with seas building…
On Friday The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park – including a stretch of ocean beach and dunes and a half-mile along the bay shoreline will reopen. The bayside beach will remain closed until October 1st for use by shorebirds that are migrating south for the winter. The Point has closed annually on March first…
An attempted robbery at the Valero Shore Stop in Felton in under investigation by Delaware State Police. Police say just before 9 Tuesday morning a white male suspect entered the Shore Stop with a shirt wrapped around his head, pointed a knife at the clerk and ordered her to open the register. The clerk did…
Dover Police have arrested a 19 year old Wilmington man who was driving a stolen vehicle Saturday night. Police were notified of a stolen vehicle in the area of Route 13 and Scarborough Road – officers found the vehicle turning onto College Road and initiated a traffic stop. The driver drove off toward the DSU…
UPDATED – 08/29/23 — Delaware State Police have identified 18-year-old Gricelda Ramirez-Chilel of Ellendale as the woman who died in a two-car crash that happened on Sunday morning north of Georgetown. ========================================================= A crash north of Georgetown just after 11:30 Sunday morning has left one dead and several people injured. Delaware State Police say a Mazda…
Greenwood firefighters were called for a chicken house fire on Blanchard Road near Bridgeville just before 9 Monday night. Crews arriving at the scene found fire showing through the roof with a partial roof collapse. Firefighters from Sussex and Kent Counties were assisted by crews from Caroline County as well and they battled the blaze…
Peg S – Bethany Sunrise. Click for full view
A reported stolen 2019 Volkswagen Tiguan was recovered last week by Ellendale Police in the Ingram Village Development. With help from Milton Police, a Bridgeville K9 and Delaware State Police, Ellendale Police developed two suspects – both juveniles. Warrants for one juvenile were obtained Friday – the juvenile was arrested and charged with theft of…
RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF SALISBURY: An unknown issue overnight resulted in the disruption of the signal cabinet at the College Avenue and Camden Avenue intersection. Salisbury’s dedicated teams are actively working to diagnose and address the situation, but it has been determined that the cabinet sustained extensive damage, presumably due to a power surge.…