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After a series of failed amendments, the Delaware House of Representatives Thursday gave final legislative approval to an increase in Delaware’s minimum wage, to be phased in over several years until it reaches $15 an hour in 2025. The vote on Senate Bill 15 was 26-15. The minimum wage would rise to $10.50 per hour…
Delaware school districts and charter schools will be required to teach about Black History starting with the 2022-23 academic year. Governor John Carney signed House Bill 198 into law Thursday in Wilmington. Several organizations as well as Africana studies programs at the University of Delaware and Delaware State would be involved in designing the curriculum. Focal…
A robbery at the Anchorage Inn on Coastal Highway is under investigation. According to Delaware State Police, a man entered the motel Wednesday night at about 9:34 p.m. and asked for change from the front desk clerk. The employee obtained the money from somewhere else in the motel and returned, but the suspect asked for…
A suspect has been arrested in connection with two serious fires in Sussex County last year, including the April 2020 fire at The Lighthouse in Dewey Beach. The suspect, now serving prison time in Maryland for several arsons there, is also charged with setting a blaze at Aqua Leisure on Wolfe Neck Road in June…
The State Senate has passed legislation to establish a prescription opioid settlement fund and a settlement distribution commission that would allocate collected funds toward addressing the opioid crisis. The measure formalizes a structure for administration of Delaware’s first-in-the-nation opioid impact fee. Senator Stephanie Hansen, D-Middletown and House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach are co-sponsors of…
Cambridge Police are investigating the shootings of two male teenagers. Officers responded to Greenwood Avenue and Camelia Street at about 12:15 a.m. Wednesday. A 17-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the thigh, and was losing a lot of blood. He was flow to University of Maryland Shock Trauma. A 14-year-old boy was…
Update: An off-duty Milton Police officer apprehended an offender who had fled from a work detail earlier Wednesday, according to the Delaware Department of Correction. The DOC said 21-year-old Brian Sadler of Smyrna failed to return to the Sussex Community Corrections Center from a work detail in Harrington. Sadler of Smyrna was serving for a…
Some of the oldest tombstones at the St. Johnstown Cemetery in the Greenwood area have been stolen. Delaware State Police said Wednesday that the groundskeeper has discovered that a total of seven tombstones have gone missing in the past three weeks. Thefts have apparently occurred on a weekly basis. Some of the tombstones date back…
The City of Salisbury has launched its Open Data Hub. Mayor Jake Day said the Open Data Hub serves as a central point of access to get information and data about Salisbury government, infrastructure, public safety, transportation and the local economy – as well as parks and recreation and more. 鈥淭ransparency is an integral part…
A Kent County man is charged with shooting at his neighbor. Delaware State Police said an investigation shows that the suspect was visiting with a man and woman and was showing them a .38-caliber revolver he had recently acquired. The man agreed to allow him to fire the weapon at a target on his Felton…
Delmar Police deserve an opportunity to collectively bargain for better pay and safer working conditions, according to the sponsor of legislation that would clear the way for them to unionize. A bill introduced in the State Senate (SB 181) would clarify that the Town of Delmar is a public employer under the Delaware Police Officers…
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Tuesday announced that the state’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end July 1st. All emergency mandates and restrictions will be terminated that day. There will be no more statewide mask order for any settings, including schools, camps and child care facilities. 鈥淭hanks in large part to the hard work, the sacrifices,…
Weather conditions are improving for a launch this morning (Tuesday) from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia Eastern Shore. The Northrop Grumman Corporation Minotaur Rocket will be carrying payloads for the National Reconnaissance Office. Weather permitting, the launch may be seen across a wide portion of Delmarva. Currently the hope is to launch…
Ocean City Police have made two arrests in connection with a shooting investigation. Sunday morning shortly before 3:00 a.m., officers responded to a downtown hotel for a reported shooting. A 21-year-old Reisterstown, Maryland man was later located at the 15th Street firehouse. He was shot twice, and was taken to an area hospital.Police said the…
Delaware’s system of volunteer firefighting companies would be strengthened under a plan produced Monday by a legislative task force. The panel has come out with a ten-point plan focused on recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighters. Recommendations include enhanced tax credits and tuition reimbursement for volunteers. Also, a coordinated marketing campaign is being proposed that…
UPDATED 6/14/21 – Detectives are releasing the following surveillance images captured the night of the shooting of the alleged subjects involved. Anyone with information regarding this incident or the identity of the suspects is asked to contact Detective T. Ford with Delaware State Police Troop 3 Criminal Investigative Unit by calling 302-698-8569.聽 Information may also…
Sussex Tech will be spruced up over the summer. The Board of Education has approved more than $500,000 allocated to replacing a roof, making drainage improvements under the main bus parking lot at the high school, and resurfacing the outdoor track. The track has not undergone a major improvement in its several decades of existence.…
Maryland State Police are investigating the apparent murder of a 24-year-old Princess Anne man. Troopers from the Princess Anne Barrack responded to an apartment in the 11,000-block of Bratten Avenue Sunday evening, and found a man outside his apartment shot and wounded. The victim, 24-year-old Michael Cooper Junior, died at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital in…
A Kent County man was struck and killed by a vehicle over the weekend while operating a push lawnmower at a ditch in front of his home. According to Delaware State Police, the 74-year-old man was about six feet from Westville Road in Camden-Wyoming Saturday evening when an SUV left the road, traveled onto the…
Ocean City Police made several arrests over the weekend as they tried to enforce a ban on smoking and vaping outside of designated spots on the boardwalk. Cellphone video of the arrests is also under review and being widely circulated on social media. Police said officers saw one 19-year-old man vaping in the area of…
Cheswick the Crab is on the move, spreading an important message about pedestrian, vehicular and bicycle safety as the summer season gets underway. The mascot and safety ambassadors from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration are distributing free copies of Cheswick the Crab and the Smart Summer today (Friday) near the Boardwalk Tram…