Mari Lou
Delaware’s unemployment rate has remained steady since December at 4.8% – still higher than the national rate at 4%. However in Sussex County the rate has increased from 4% in December to 5.3% in January. And the numbers by county are all higher in January than in December of 2021. The unemployment rate of 4.8%…
Mike Grabowski – Frankford – Foxes at the Assawoman Wildlife Center. Click for full view
WGMD Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – a rainy Return Day on the Circle in Georgetown (not sure of the year). WGMD was set up next to the Brick Hotel and talking with Return Day celebrants – winners and losers from Election Day – as well as spectators. Click for full view
Alan – Sun on the water off Ocean City. Click for full view
After one week of trial, a Kent County jury convicted a Magnolia man of 77 felony offenses in connection with the serial sexual abuse of two juvenile children. Richard Haines, 59, faces a 462-year minimum mandatory sentence and will be required to register as a Tier III sex offender. “Nothing matters more than our kids,” said Attorney…
Sussex County is putting it all out there when it comes to its finances. County Finance Director Gina A. Jennings on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, unveiled to County Council a new financial information portal on the County’s website that allows users to see how the County is spending taxpayer money. Users can search information on…
Sussex Countians will have access to more affordable housing, a cleaner environment, and improved public safety, thanks to an infusion of federal dollars aimed at helping the community move past the global pandemic. County Council, at its Tuesday, March 8, 2022, meeting, endorsed a staff recommendation on how to utilize federal funds awarded to Sussex…
Joe Hurst – Dagsboro – Sundown across the Indian River
Four women from Maryland have been arrested by Delaware State Police on multiple felony shoplifting charges. Police were on patrol at the Tanger Bayside Outlets in Rehoboth Beach on Saturday when they spotted a black Infinity sedan traveling in the parking lot with paper covering the rear license plate. Troopers stopped the vehicle as it…
Maryland State Police have arrested a suspect in a 2010 Wicomico County Cold Case murder. Troopers arrested 32 year old Ryan Ellis at his home in Princess Anne this morning on charges of 1st and 2nd degree murder. Ellis was recently indicted by a Wicomico County Grand Jury. Police were called to a home in…
Keller R. Hopkins of Georgetown and lifelong Delawarean has filed as the Republican candidate for the newly created 5th Sussex County Council District. Mr. Hopkins and his wife of 38 years Joann have seven children and six beautiful granddaughters. Mr. Hopkins is a small businessman who specializes in the installation of underground utilities. His office…
Students from 4th to 8th grade from 46 Delaware schools competed Saturday at St. Mark’s High School in the Delaware State Spelling Bee. The winner of the State Spelling Bee was 8th grader Billy Scialla of Fifer Middle School in Camden. He will go on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington,…
The Maryland Eastern Shore Spelling Bee was held Saturday morning at UMES in Princess Anne. Wicomico County will be well-represented in Washington, DC. The Maryland Eastern Shore winner was Jeffrey Hsia of Bennett Middle School and the runner-up was Ariana Miah of Pemberton Elementary School. The Scripps National Spelling Bee is June 1st and 2nd.
Gas prices in Delaware have hit the $4 mark for the first time since 2008. In the past week Delaware gas has increased 40 cents – and 4 cents overnight to reach $4 per gallon. The national average for gas also topped the $4 mark. AAA Mid-Atlantic officials say the Russian invasion of Ukraine along…
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Thursday and Friday was a 24 hour marathon called Do More 24 Delaware – Delaware’s Giving Day. Between 6pm Thursday and 6pm Friday over $2.6-million was raised for over 500 non-profits. Officials say more than 10,000 Delawareans donated to their favorite nonprofits during that 24 hour span. Over the past 2 years, the 24 hour…
If you are upset and worried about the uncontrolled growth in Sussex County that is clogging our roads, making us more vulnerable to flooding and polluting our waterways, join the Sussex County Protest Demonstration on March 10h. Add your voice to the Concerned Constituents of Sussex County, along with Sussex2030 and other organizations that are…
Friday was the filing deadline for Delaware School Board elections. Districts on the western side of Sussex County have contested races for At-Large seats. In the Delmar School District – Dawn Litchford and Lauren Hudson are running for the seat being vacated by Thomas Elliott. In the Laurel School District – Joe Kelley is challenging…
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Friday that the Department of Justice secured drug and firearms sentences in February against three Kent County men who were arrested in connection with the joint state/federal Operation Rise-N-Shyne investigation. “Justice called for robust sentences in these cases,” said Attorney General Kathy Jennings. “Each of these defendants demonstrated a disturbing disregard for…
Lewes Police were called to Beebe Healthcare on Tuesday afternoon for a man urinating in the parking lot. When Lewes Police arrived, they found 35 year old Thomas Yetter passed out in a running vehicle parked near the emergency room entrance. Police woke Yetter who told them he’d dropped his mother at the hospital and…
A fight between two Sussex Central students Wednesday morning resulted in two school officials being punched. Delaware State Police tell WGMD that a 17 year old and 16 year old were fighting and the school principal tried to break up the fight and was struck in the face by the 17 year old. The principal…
Delaware‘s super spellers will gather at St. Mark’s High School this morning. Spellers from 48 public, private and homeschool champions in grades 4 through 8 will look to advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC. Registration Saturday is at 8:45 – the spelling begins at 9:30am. The top 3 contestants will be…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that employees at the Mountaire Farms processing plant in Selbyville who are members of the Teamsters Local 355 will get the chance to vote to decertify the union on March 17, 2022. Approximately 230 employees at the plant are members of the Teamsters Union, and work in…
Bob Barber – Full Moon over the Indian River Bay at Whites Creek. Click for full view
WGMD Throwback Thursday Picture of the Day – At the Clayton Theatre in Dagsboro unveiling its State Archives Historical Marker in July of 2014 / Click for full view