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4-Vehicle Crash South of Dewey Leaves Lewes Woman Dead
A Lewes woman is dead after a crash just after noon on Route 1 near Key Box Road south of Dewey Beach. Traffic northbound on Route 1 was stop and go and Delaware State Police say 23 year old Logan Anderson of Lewes failed to see traffic in front of her had slowed and she…
Read MoreSusan Gay, Edward Chrzanowski Win Rehoboth Beach Commissioner Race!
The results from today’s annual election in Rehoboth Beach are in! Susan Gay and Edward Chrzanowski have won the two soon-to-be-vacant commissioner seats. Here are the 2019 election totals: Registered voters for 2019: 1501Number of voters: 701Number of absentee voters: 335Total voters: 1036 SEATS FOR COMMISSIONER (TWO): Mark Betchkal: 292 Edward Chrzanowski: 345 Charles Garlow:…
Read MoreUPDATED: MSP Have LOCATED Missing Salisbury Teen
UPDATED – 6:05am – State Police in Salisbury have located 17 year old Ferguson Milford ============================================= Maryland State Police say 17 year old Ferguson Milford left his Shawnee Avenue home at noon on Thursday with two males. He has not been seen since – he is black, with shoulder-length dreadlocks and facial hair and was…
Read MoreNew Delaware Record for False Albacore
DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife has confirmed a new state record in the Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament: a 22-pound, 9.6-ounce false albacore that was caught July 13 in the Atlantic Ocean by Jason Conrad of Fleetwood, Pa. The fish was 35 inches long and had a girth of 22.5 inches. Conrad was aboard the…
Read MoreDelaware National Guard Adjutant General to Promote to Major General Saturday
Delaware National Guard Adjutant General, Brigadier General Michael Berry will be promoted to the rank of Major General Saturday morning. The ceremony will take place on the steps outside of Legislative Hall at 9am. Berry took the role as Adjutant General in March. He is responsible for the mission readiness of all Delaware National Guard…
Read MoreRehoboth Kmart NOT on Latest Round of Sears/Kmart Closings
The company that now owns what was Sears Holdings has announced yet another round of closings of some of the remaining Sears and Kmart stores. TransformCo, in a release this week says they have faced challenges returning stores to sustainable levels of productivity as well as having some differences with Sears Holdings over the purchase…
Read MoreUPDATED: Milton Man Dies in Crash on Route 9 Tuesday Morning
UPDATED – Delaware State Police have identified the driver who was killed in a crash on Tuesday, August 6 on Route 9 just east of Josephs Road near Harbeson as 50-year-old David Pierson, Jr. of Milton. The crash remains under investigation. ================================================= A crash on Route 9 at Josephs Road west of Lewes just before 8…
Read MoreCoast Guard Rescue Woman from Assawoman Bay – Boat Operator Cited for OUI
A 20 year old woman was pulled from the Assawoman Bay by US Coast Guard officials after she was reported missing from a vessel early this morning. She was one of 11 other passengers on a 22-foot Carolina Skiff that was heading north in the bay from the Route 90 bridge area. A Coast Guard…
Read MoreHarrington Woman Dies from Injuries after Route 14 Crash in July
A woman involved in a crash on Route 14 in Houston on July 29th has died from her injuries. Delaware State Police say a Jeep driven by 30 year old Chelsea Wooters of Harrington was westbound on Route 14 near Bloomfield Drive when she missed a curve and went off the road and struck a…
Read MoreVehicle Not in Park Runs over Seaford Woman
A Seaford area woman is dead after an accident that occurred on private property off Fire Tower Road. Delaware State Police say a 77 year old Seaford woman stopped her vehicle in front of a private dumpster, got out and walked to the rear to get out trash she intended to put in the dumpster. …
Read MoreDredging of OC Inlet to Begin Wednesday
Congressman Andy Harris has announced the start of dredging of the Ocean City Inlet. The United States Army Corps of Engineers was able to secure a corps dredge vessel from their sister district, Wilmington, for the project. That vessel arrived today and will conduct five days’ worth of dredging over the coming week beginning on…
Read MoreMosquito Spraying Downstate Tonight
Weather permitting; the Delaware Mosquito Control Section plans the following insecticide application(s) during the evening hours on Tuesday, August 06, 2019: Application of Anvil 10+10 (Sumithrin/PBO) with a truck-mounted sprayer to control adult mosquitoes in the following areas: In and near Millsboro, Bridgeville, and Seaford and near Delmar, Selbyville, Frankford, Ocean View, Lewes, Milton, Ellendale, Frederica, and Felton. For…
Read MoreCaesar Rodney School District to Break Ground on New Elementary School
The Caesar Rodney School District will break ground for its newest elementary school at 10am on Wednesday, August 7. The school will be located on Briarbush Road in Magnolia and is expected to open in 2020 – serving 600 students in grades 1 through 5. The $26 million-dollar project was part of the 2016 capital…
Read MoreUPDATED: Fenwick Island Voters Elect 4 to Town Council
UPDATED – 8/5/19 – The Fenwick Island Board of Elections has certified Saturday’s municipal election results. The organizational meeting, including the swearing in of the council members and the election of officers, will be held next Monday, August 12th at 1:30pm. =================================================== Fenwick Island voters have elected two new members to the town council and…
Read MoreUPDATED: Boating Accident on Wicomico River Leaves 2 Dead
UPDATED – 8:15am Natural Resources Police tell WGMD that there were a total of 6 people on board a 20-foot Bayliner that struck an unlit pier. No names have been released – officials are still in the process of notifying next of kin. ================================================== Maryland Natural Resources Police confirm that two people are dead after…
Read MoreEarly Morning Fire at Mad Fish in West Ocean City
Video Credit Campos Media UPDATED 8/3/19 – Nine fire companies from Worcester and Sussex Counties responded to the fire. It took firefighters over an hour to bring the fire under control. The building was not occupied at the time of the fire. No injuries were reported. The investigation is continuing. ============================================== UPDATED – 6pm – Ocean…
Read MoreEEE Detected in Sentinel Chickens in Each County
Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), a potentially serious illness, has been detected in sentinel chickens monitored for mosquito-transmitted diseases in Delaware. The Delaware Division of Public Health Laboratory reported to DNREC’s Mosquito Section that four chickens recently tested positive for EEE from three of the 20 sentinel chicken stations monitored by Mosquito Control. The three stations…
Read MoreFour K9 Teams Graduate DOC Training
The 2019 Basic Patrol K-9 Class graduated Thursday after fourteen weeks of intense and challenging training. The training consists of obedience, agility course, tracking, contraband, evidence and suspect search, criminal apprehension and handler protection. The K-9 handlers also received training on basic K-9 health and first aid. Two K-9 teams will be on duty at…
Read MoreCelebration of Life for Ruth Harrington Set for Sunday, August 18
Ruth Ann Harrington of Milton – Passed away on June 14, 2019.Born December 22, 1936 in Camden New Jersey, Ruth was the youngest of four siblings and the daughter of Walter and Edna Daniels. Ruth is survived by her son James Harrington, daughter Stacey Murphy and daughter Dana Harrington Conner; son-in-laws Todd Conner and Michael…
Read MoreAG Jennings Joins Challenge of Proposed Changes to Asylum Standards
Attorney General Kathy Jennings joined Friday a group of 21 state attorneys general to challenge the Trump administration’s proposed changes to asylum standards. If implemented, these changes would allow the Executive branch to arbitrarily deny asylum claims to immigrants seeking haven from domestic or gang violence. In a friend-of-the-court brief filed in Grace v. Barr before the U.S.…
Read MoreFenwick Island Town Council Election Saturday
Fenwick Island voters go to the polls on Saturday to elect four members to the town council – from a field of six candidates. Mitchell Houser and William Weistling are challenging incumbents Gene Langan, Richard Mais, Julie Lee and Roy Williams for two of those seats. The polls are open from 1 to 5pm Saturday…
Read MoreDeployment Ceremony for 300 DE Army National Guardsmen at DSU Saturday
The Delaware National Guard is holding a deployment ceremony for nearly 300 Delaware Army National Guardsmen on Saturday at 11am, at the Delaware State University Football Stadium in Dover. The Guardsmen will be deploying to Southwest Asia in support of U-S Central Command later this month. The Guardsmen are from the 198th Expeditionary Signal Battalion,…
Read More15 Tossed into OC Inlet When Pontoon Capsizes
Fifteen people were tossed into the Ocean City Inlet when the pontoon boat they were on capsized around 1pm Thursday. All who were on the pontoon boat were rescued by fire and police personnel as well as civilian boats.
Read MoreSCI Inmate & Visitor Charged in Prison Contraband Investigation
Two people have been arrested on charges they tried to smuggle the anti-opioid drug Suboxone into Sussex Correctional Institution. Department of Correction officials say 38 year old Teresa Cook, of Lewes, entered SCI in Georgetown for a scheduled visit and was found with Suboxone hidden on her person. Cook had been developed as a person…
Read MoreEEE found in Whaleyville Mosquito Pool
The Worcester County Health Department is urging you to protect yourself from a rare infection. Officials say mosquitoes in the Whaleyville area recently tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis. EEE can cause an inflammation of the brain, and symptoms include fever, headache, chills and vomiting. People are being asked to remove standing water around their…
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