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UPDATED – 10/8/20 12pm – Smyrna Police detectives are still actively investigating the case involving the human remains discovered at the Little Lass fields in September 2019.聽聽Days ago, we announced that persons of interest in this case were in custody out of state.聽聽We can now identify the persons of interest as 28 year old Kristie…
A Laurel woman is facing animal cruelty charges after 35 hound dogs were discovered living in deplorable conditions. The Division of Public Health Office of Animal Welfare says its enforcement unit responded to a complaint last week and executed a search warrant at the property. 75-year-old Leona Long was arraigned Wednesday on 77 charges –…
A poll of likely Maryland voters finds a lot of support for the Biden-Harris ticket.Goucher College surveyed 1,002 Marylanders and 776 were identified as likely voters.61% of those surveyed said they would vote for Joe Biden for President, and 30% favored President Donald Trump.Goucher College also asked likely voters their preferred method of casting a…
New guidelines are in place regarding the use of outdoor public space in Rehoboth Beach.Commissioners at a special meeting this week adopted the policy, which requires restaurants to have a ‘straight and continuous minimum of five feet of sidewalk in front of any outdoor seating that must be maintained at all times.’The space should allow…
Maryland will keep all of its State Police Aviation Command bases open, after considering closing one base due to budget reductions that were approved by the Board of Public Works. Governor Larry Hogan and Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Woodrow Jones III say negotiations with state budget officials ensured that funding would be available. 鈥淔or…
A Salisbury man is under arrest on charges of child pornography and child sexual abuse.Maryland State Police say the Criminal Enforcement Division Lower Shore acted on a report from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and obtained a search warrant for the suspect’s home.34-year-old Joshua Elliott Marshall was arrested on two counts each…
What is your experience with public transportation? What would you like to see happen?Delaware Transit Corporation, operator of DART services, is hosting community conversations outdoors to highlight upcoming service changes, a fare update that is scheduled in February, and other transit-related concerns.DART is planning to introduce a student fare, a 20-ride ticket and will reduce…
A beach replenishment project in Bethany Beach and South Bethany will start in mid-October.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project will start in South Bethany, then move on to Bethany Beach after about 30 days.The project involves pumping sand onto the beach through pipes and repairing dunes.There will be closures of one-thousand-foot sections of the…
A man is charged with head-butting a Dover Police officer.According to Dover Police, officers responded to the Magic 7 convenience store on New Street for a shoplifting complaint.A possible suspect was seen on South Governors Avenue.Police say the man did not provide any information and that 42-year-old Earl Ruff of Smyrna resisted arrest.At one point,…
A Delaware-based PAC (political action committee) is rolling out an ad that it says exposes Governor John Carney’s role in facilitating a land deal that benefited a top donor and fundraiser. Citizens for Transparency and Inclusion’s ad, which will air on television in the Philadelphia market that covers Wilmington and Dover, puts the focus on…
A man seen on widely-shared social media photos taking out a handgun and pointing it toward others at a political rally is facing charges. The Delaware Attorney General’s Office says 60-year-old Michael Hastings of Dover has been indicted by a New Castle County grand jury for reckless endangering and possession of a firearm during commission…
Fire damaged a home in the Long Neck area Tuesday.Members of the Indian River, Millsboro and Lewes fire companies responded to the blaze on Sixth Street in the Bay City community Tuesday afternoon.Fire and smoke were coming from the rear and the side of the structure.No one was found to be home.One firefighter was taken…
The ballot is now set for the Ocean City election November 3rd. Two members of Council will be stepping down. Dennis Dare and Mary Knight did not file for re-election by Tuesday’s deadline. Dare was elected to Council in 2012 after serving as City Engineer and Manager in Ocean City. “It is with a degree…
Berlin will be getting a new Mayor.Councilman Zack Tyndall defeated incumbent Gee Williams and three other candidates in Tuesday’s election.Tyndall received 846 votes to Williams’ 184.William Todd, Jennifer Allen and Ronald Bireley followed.Shaneka Nichols was elected to Berlin Town Council in the third district.Jay Knerr was the winner of an at-large seat.Jack Orris was unopposed…
Ocean City is ready to enforce Special Event Zone provisions with the expected arrival of car enthusiasts for the Endless Summer Cruisin’ gathering. Mayor Rick Meehan tells WGMD’s Mike Bradley he’s not expecting the sort of chaos that erupted during an unsanctioned pop-up rally during the final weekend of September. However, it’s not out of…
Cell phone users in Sussex and Kent Counties experienced difficulty getting through to 9-1-1 for about three hours Monday night.Delaware State Police say the problem was resolved late Monday night. Last Monday September 28th, 9-1-1 dispatch centers were also unreachable by phone for a time. You can text 9-1-1 or call a local police department…
The Maryland Fire Marshal’s Office says its bomb squad has responded to four incidents of suspicious devices attached to campaign signs in the Easton area, since Sunday’s response that resulted in the evacuation of a park.The devices are described as a small audible alarm attached to the back of the sign with a removable pin.The…
A Felton woman faces charges of burglary and other offenses following an incident at a residence where she once lived.Delaware State Police say 47-year-old Kaylynn Daniels entered the home without the owner’s permission in an attempt to retrieve her property.According to police, Daniels pushed through a window air conditioner to get into the residence, then…
A poll conducted by the University of Delaware finds strong support in Delaware for Joe Biden as well as Democratic incumbents in statewide races, while Republican candidates enjoy leads or stronger support in Sussex County. The UD Center for Political Communication says according to its poll 54% of likely voters would cast a ballot for…
UPDATED – 10/5/20 10:30am – According to tweets from the International Space Station, early this morning the Cygnus cargo ship was captured by the ISS’s robotic arm and was installed to the ISS by 7:30am and is now bolted into place. Cygnus carried about 8,000 pounds of cargo, scientific investigations, technology demonstrations, commercial products and…
Five candidates are in the running for Mayor of Berlin in this Tuesday’s election. Terms in Council Districts Two and Three will also be decided as well as an at-large position.The candidates for Mayor are the incumbent Gee Williams, Jennifer Allen, Ronald Bireley, William Todd and Zackery Tyndall. Candidate Jack Orris does not have an…
Delaware State Police continue their investigation into a weekend shooting death in Rodney Village in Dover.A 21-year-old Dover man was found dead in an vehicle with apparent gunshot wound to his upper body in the 200-block of David Hall Road just after 7:00 Friday night.A preliminary investigation indicates that the victim and an unknown suspect…
There has been another incident involving tampering with political signs. This time, however, the investigation resulted in the evacuation of a park in Easton. Officers responded to Idlewild Park Sunday morning and discovered that fishing line, a cord and an item were duct-taped to a sign in support of President Donald Trump and Vice President…
For the seventh time,聽 Delaware Chief Justice Collins Seitz Jr has extended the judicial emergency declared during the pandemic. Courts are moving, however, into a modified phase three reopening Monday. Jury trials are allowed to resume, and courthouses may accommodate up to 75-percent of their capacities. Court staffing levels are increased, and more people are…
Three DelDOT employees have been injured by motorists in the past two weeks, and the Department of Transportation and AAA Mid-Atlantic say drivers need to pay attention and slow down. Crews working at construction sites or mowing grass are endangered by motorists who don’t simply slow down when they approach a work crew, according to…