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WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / August 31, 2021

Jean Messick – Millsboro – Here comes the sun over the Indian River Bay. Click for full view

Beebe Healthcare Updates Visitor Restrictions

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Starting Monday, August 30, Beebe Healthcare is updating its visitor restrictions to allow inpatients to have one well visitor during visitor hours. This visitor is not permitted to rotate during the day. This includes patients at the Lewes and South Coastal Emergency Departments and Beebe Medical Group offices. As a continuation of Beebe’s existing policy,…

Milford Police Investigating Shooting in Brookstone Trace

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Milford Police are investigating an early Sunday morning shooting that occurred in the 6000 block of Pebblebrook Drive in Brookstone Trace. Police were called around 12:45am to the home and learned that two male victims had been taken by private vehicle to the Bayhealth Sussex Campus in Milford after suffering non-life threatening gunshots wounds to…

Georgetown Man Arrested after Assaulting Trooper During Traffic Stop

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Delaware State Police arrested 27 year old Deandre Mapp of Georgetown, on multiple criminal and traffic charges after he assaulted a trooper and ran off on foot while being taken into custody during a traffic stop. On Saturday, August 28 around 9:15pm, a trooper traveling northbound on Hollyville Road spotted a black Chevrolet Malibu traveling…

Delmarva Power Crews to Aid in Hurricane Ida Recovery

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Delmarva Power is sending crews, equipment and expertise to Louisiana to repair utility infrastructure damage and help restore energy service for customers impacted by Hurricane Ida. More than 100 Delmarva Power employees and contractors are heading south as part of mutual assistance networks coordinating recovery efforts. “Energy companies from across the country have supported our…

Indian River School District to Use New Online Family Portal for Meal Purchases

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

The Indian River School District will implement a new online family portal for meal purchases in schoolcafeterias and online meal benefit applications for the 2021-2022 school year. The new TITAN system willreplace the previous K12 Payment Center system. Families may open a new account in the TITAN system prior to the start of the school…

WGMD Fishing Report 8-29-21

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Sunday saw rough seas on the ocean, so many boats fished in the bay. A few tried the ocean and either came back to the dock or took a beating. The rest of the week remains unsettled with light winds and rough seas plus a chance of rain every day and the remains of the…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / August 30, 2021

Abigail Dion – Sykesville – Ocean City Jeep Week Jeep Crawl – final day! Click for full view

President & First Lady at DAFB for Dignified Transfer of 13 Service Members Killed in Kabul Terror Attack

By Mari Lou / August 29, 2021

President Biden has made his first visit as commander-in-chief to Dover Air Force Base for the dignified transfer ceremony as the bodies of US personnel who were killed in an attack on the airport in Kabul last week returned to American soil. Mr. Biden was accompanied by First Lady Dr. Jill Biden at Sunday’s solemn…

WGMD Fishing Report 8-28-21

By Mari Lou / August 29, 2021

Saturday was just a bit cooler with a light breeze.  Sunday will see the wind go northeast at ten knots with seas of three to four feet on the ocean and two feet or less on Delaware Bay. I must begin this report with sad news.  Captain Chris Ragni, Sr. lost his life due to…

Millsboro Man Charged After Traffic Stop in Lewes

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

Delaware State Police arrested 30 year old Andre Hallett, of Millsboro, early Thursday morning during a traffic stop in Lewes. On August 26 at approximately 1:54 a.m., troopers were dispatched to Wawa on Dartmouth Drive, for a report of a vehicle striking a barrier in the parking lot. When troopers arrived on scene, they located the vehicle…

US Coast Guard Investigating Boating Accident & Death Off Ocean City

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

UPDATED – 8/29/21 – A boating accident offshore of Ocean City has taken the life of Captain Chris Ragni, Sr. There’s an outpouring on Facebook from the fishing community as well as other friends and loved ones. His son, Chris Ragni, Jr on his Facebook page said that his father died doing what he loved…

Henlopen Acres Voters Elect Beatrix Richards & Tiffany Derrickson to Board of Commissioners

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

Voters in Henlopen Acres have returned incumbent Beatrix Richards to the town Board of Commissioners and elected Tiffany Derrickson to fill the seat being vacated by Andrew Brittingham. Richards was the top vote-getter with 91 and Derrickson grabbed 90 votes. Lyndie Hertrich won 83 votes and John Shedletsky, Jr got 28. The Board of Commissioners…

DSP Investigating Shooting Near Seaford

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

A shooting near Seaford sent one man to the hospital Friday morning. Delaware State Police say a 33 year old man was southbound on Route 13 near Concord Road around 8am when he heard the sound of gunshots. He was struck multiple times on his right side. He drove off from the area to a…

Public Comment Sessions Planned for Use of Body-Worn Cameras for Delaware Police Officers

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

The Council on Police Training will hold two public comment sessions for regulations regarding the use of body-worn cameras for Delaware police officers, as required by HB 195. These regulations will address standards governing body camera use, activation, electronic storage, and dissemination. A subcommittee will receive all comments from the public on the required mandatory…

WGMD Radio Flea Market 8-28-21

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

David from Georgetown – 302-858-5006 Wanted: (6)Hershey Park tickets for September 25 – Wilson leather motorcycle jacket (XL) and chaps – $175 Doug from Lewes – 302-827-1097 – 800 international and domestic bottles and cans of beer (some empty, some full) – Call for pricing Doug from Millsboro – 302-604-9691 – Wood splitter 20 ton,…

Autism Delaware’s Specialty License Tag Revealed

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

Autism Delaware’s license plate project nearly over – and the winning specialty tag is a real stand out! Now orders are needed to the DMV which needs at least 50 paid applications before the plate will be listed on the Delaware DMV website. You will keep the current license plate number you have – your…

WGMD Fishing Report 8-27-21

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

More hot and calm weather on Friday brought more good fishing.  Saturday and Sunday also look good with a chance of thunderstorms. Frank Tucker fished with Jeff and his grandson Jimmy at the Old Grounds.  They caught 17 flounder keeping 10 between 17.5 and 22 inches.  On the way out they hit the blues at…

WGMD Picture of the Day

By Mari Lou / August 28, 2021

Carl Bull – Frankford – Assawoman Bay near Harpoon Hanna’s – heading home before a storm. Click for full view

UPDATED: MSP Arrest Somerset County Man for Princess Anne Stabbing

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

UPDATED – 8/27/21 – Maryland State Police have arrested the man wanted for the stabbing of a woman in Princess Anne Thursday. Police arrested 63 year old Harold Cropper in an abandoned residence on Antioch Avenue in Princess Anne. Police say the 45 year old victim was visiting with friends when Cropper attacked her on…

Delaware Electric Cooperative Issues a Beat the Peak for Today

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

BEAT THE PEAK ALERT! The Delaware Electric Cooperative has issued a Beat the Peak for today, August 27 between 3 and 6pm. Temperatures are expected to be very warm which will have people boosting their AC during this peak time – when the co-op would be purchasing more expensive energy. You can help Beat the…

Retired Judge Charles Welch Announces Run for Delaware AG

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

Retired Judge Charles Welch has announced that he will seek the office of Attorney General in the November 2022 election. Welch was a judge in the Court of Common Pleas in Kent County – and is a long time champion of law enforcement. He’ll kick off his three county stump in New Castle County at…

Delaware’s Coronavirus Numbers Going Up

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

While the week began with Delaware’s coronavirus new positive test numbers falling – Tuesday and Wednesday they again increased from 196 on Monday to 437 on Wednesday. The bulk of the positive tests are in New Castle County – and Sussex County dropped 2 to 111. Hospitalizations have again gone over 200 – the last…

WGMD Fishing Report 8-26-21

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

Thursday was another good fishing day and believe or not, but at this point, the weekend looks good as well.  You may have to dodge a few thunderstorms, but seas on the ocean and bay are supposed to run two to three feet with light winds. Garret and Meg Talley fished on the Chasin’ Tail…

President Biden and State Officials on the Terrorist Attack in Kabul

By Mari Lou / August 27, 2021

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As a mark of respect for the U.S. service members and other victims killed in the terrorist attack on August 26, 2021, in Kabul, Afghanistan, by the authority vested in me as President of the United States by the Constitution and the laws of the United States…