Mari Lou
Delaware’s unemployment rate continues to inch up. Unemployment in Delaware in December increased to 3.9% from 3.8% in November. In Sussex County, unemployment also increased from 3.9% to 4.0%. However for all of 2019 the state’s unemployment rate averaged 3.5% – which is the lowest average annual rate since 2007. CLICK HERE FOR THE DECEMBER…
A crash just after 11 Thursday night on Millsboro Highway south of Gumboro left a woman injured and a 20 year old charged with vehicular assault and DUI. Delaware State Police arrested Isaias Chavez-Chilel after his Fusion crossed the center line collided head-on with a SUV driven by a 24 year old woman. The driver…
A Dover man has been arrested after a traffic stop – on a bicycle. Delaware State Police spotted 56 year old Samuel Curtis riding a bicycle on the wrong side of South Dupont Highway – with no lights or reflectors on his bicycle. Curtis was wearing all dark clothing and carrying a dark colored backpack…
Dover Police are investigating the shooting death of a 19 year old Dover area man early Friday morning. Police were called to the Country Club Apartments off Forrest Avenue where they found Jamil Green, who had been shot multiple times, lying near Q-Building in the complex. Green was unconscious when police arrived but pronounced dead…
Dave Nelson – Ocean View – Storm over Indian River Bay / Click for full view
Throwback Thursday picture of the day – to 2008 and the WGMD Oil Rally Petition Drive on the Circle in Georgetown. Bill Colley ended up riding his bicycle to Washington, DC to hand deliver the petition to Congressman Mike Castle. For more on the journey – check out Mr Colley Goes to Washington. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlDae9AFtc0 / Click for full view
David Smock – Harrington – Grandson at the Felton Ball Fields in 2018 / Click for full view
UPDATED 1/20/20 10:30am – Town officials tell WGMD that the three incumbents have been re-elected, however no actual election results have been provided. According to the Town Clerk, Norman Reed, William Russell and Donald Torbert will each serve another 2 years on the council. The winners will be sworn in at the February 4th Town…
Donnie Vanderslice – At Indian River / Click for full view
If your Delaware Driver’s License or ID credential doesn’t have a gold star in the top right corner, beginning October 1st you will not be able to board a domestic flight without additional identifying information, you may be denied entry into federal buildings and more! The option to update their credential by October 1st is…
Firefighters in Wicomico County were called to a blaze on Manoa Boulevard Saturday night. The call came out just after 10pm and crews from Salisbury found heavy fire showing when they arrived at the scene. All the occupants were able to get out safely – and firefighters rescued a family pet from the home. Firefighters…
Robert Filer – Bethany Beach – Keeping Festive Through January
Buck – 301-758-9885 – Craftsman Radial arm saw – $45 – Funtime Rotor tiller – $35 Matthew – 302-841-1424 – 2000 Lincoln Town Car – LOADED – great shape – 90000 miles – $2800 – Propane tank – 100 lbs – $100 Joe – 302-542-8015 – Diamond ring – size 10.5 – 1.5 karat –…
The Martin Luther King Jr, Parade in Lewes today hosted by the United Church of Christ has been cancelled. Line up was to begin at 10am at the Lewes School/Sussex Consortium – with the parade stepping off at 11 this morning down Savannah Road.
UPDATED 1-18-20 9am – Delaware State Police have arrested a Laurel man wanted for a felony assault that occurred on January 3 at a block party in Bridgeville. Police say 48 year old Kenneth Greene turned himself in at Troop 4 where he was charged with felony assault. Police say a 28 year old woman…
Virginia Flood – Millsboro – Visit with Santa at the Winterfest of Lights in Ocean City / Click for full view
A student from the Southern Delaware School of the Arts has been selected as a semifinalist for the Mars 2020 “Name the Rover” contest being held by NASA. An essay by Indian River School District middle schooler Hailey Mack of Ocean View, suggested the name “Ingenuity” and her entry was selected as the Delaware middle…
15 Correctional Officer cadets graduated today from the 235th Correctional Employee Initial Training (CEIT) Class and took their oaths of office as Delaware’s newest law enforcement officers at a ceremony attended by Department of Correction (DOC) leadership and staff, family and friends. Cadets completed an intensive 12-week program of classroom and hands-on instruction in multiple subject areas…
A Bridgeville man has been sentenced in a May 2018 murder. A jury found 30 year old McArthur Risper guilty last month in the murder of 41 year old Corey Bailey of Bridgeville. Bailey was talking with a friend on Mill Park Drive when Risper got out of a car and shot him. Risper has…
The Brandywine Valley SPCA will receive 30 dogs as part of an emergency evacuation of pets from Puerto Rico after earthquakes damaged some shelters and left other locations euthanizing highly adoptable animals due to lack of food and water. The flight should arrive late Sunday morning. All the dogs are vetted and have been health…
A Delmar man has been convicted by a Wicomico County jury of armed robbery and robbery. Officials say 29 year old Patric Vetra robbed the Corner Market in Delmar, Maryland on December 14, 2017. During the incident, Vetra showed a handgun tucked into his waistband. He left with about $300 from the register. Vetra was…
Margaret May – Lewes – Full moon at Red Mill Pond / Click for full view
Throw Back Thursday picture of the day from 2016. Len Hecker – Snowy Egret at Rehoboth Bay marsh
The Sussex County Council met this morning without Council President Mike Vincent and County Administrator Todd Lawson. Finance Director Gina Jennings read a proclamation recognizing the Cape Henlopen High School Field Hockey team on their championship season. Cape finished an impressive season with a 17 and 2 record and won the Division 1 Championship beating…
… although “Listen Live” audio in both chambers seems not working and the notice on the website says that neither the House or Senate is convened – yet legislation that has been worked is being place on the General Assembly website. It was expected that just before the legislative session was to begin, there would…