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Study: Delaware economic outlook best in 5 years
A Study ranks Delaware’s economic outlook 36th out of the 50 states. The American Legislative Exchange Council gave the first state its highest ranks in over 5 years based on state policy variables such as tax burden and minimum wage. Maryland jumped up two spots this year, sitting at 32nd overall. Read the full report…
Read MorePedestrian Killed Sunday Night in Dover
A pedestrian was struck just before 7pm Sunday night in the area of Route 13 and Townsend Boulevard. Dover Police say 60 year old Brenda Beckner died from her injuries. Police say she was crossing the highway with her service dog against the signal when she was struck by a Subaru, driven by 47 year…
Read More2 Alarm Fire in Downtown Berlin
Berlin firefighters are on the scene of a 2 alarm fire on South Main Street in Berlin. Fire broke out just before 8:30 at Attics of My Life. Fire crews from all over northern Worcester County as well as Wicomico County are helping to battle the blaze.
Read MoreMD Comptroller in Salisbury Tuesday
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot will be on the Eastern Shore on Tuesday. He will spend the day in Salisbury – starting at noon with a talk on financial literacy at the Junior Achievement of the Eastern Shore Leadership Day at Beaver Run Elementary School. Then at 1:30pm he’ll present the William Donald Schaefer Helping People…
Read More12th Annual Ride to the Tide Motorcycle Ride Today
The 12th Annual Ride to the Tide for Special Olympics Delaware begins at 11:30 this morning as 1000 motorcycles leave Rommel Harley-Davidson in Smyrna. They will travel northbound on Route 13 to Smyrna-Leipsic Road, eastbound to Route 9 and then move onto Route 1 south of Dover Air Force Base.  Just north of Lewes, the…
Read MoreCDC Expands Romaine Lettuce Warning to ALL Types from Yuma, AZ Region
UPDATED 4/25/18 – What’s New? Fourteen more ill people from eight states were added to this investigation since the last update on April 25, 2018. Three more states have reported ill people: Mississippi, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The most recent illness started on April 20, 2018. Illnesses that occurred in the last two to three weeks…
Read MoreSeaford Voters Elect Mayor David Genshaw & 2 Council Members
Seaford voters have overwhelmingly sent David Genshaw back to the mayor’s office with 375 votes to Alfred Cannon’s 63. Orlando Holland will return to the city council – he was the second highest vote-getter behind James King. King won 233 votes, Holland got 195. Matt McCoy received 185 votes and Shane Beard and Pat Jones…
Read MoreDSP Warn About Staged Crashes
Delaware State Police are investigating a carjacking that took place after an intentional motor vehicle collision. The incident occurred at approximately 9:31 p.m., Wednesday, April 18, 2018, on DE Route 71 (Red Lion Road), in the area of Old Summit Road, Bear. A 30 year old Middletown woman was traveling DE 71 eastbound, at the posted speed…
Read MoreDept. HHS distributes millions of dollars to states to help fight opioid epidemic
The US Department of Health and Human Services releases another batch of funding to help states fight the opioid crisis. HHS Secretary Alex Azar says the Trump Administration is partnering with states to accelerate the deployment of resources. The funds will go to preventing the misuse of prescription opioids, expand access to treatment options, and…
Read MoreMD to annex portion of Worcester County into Pocomoke State Forest
Pocomoke State Forest is getting bigger. Maryland’s Board of Public Works unanimously approved the acquisition of 224.5 acres of Worcester County. The Department of Natural Resources had asked the land be brought into the Pocomoke State Forest. Officials say the site has both ecological and recreational benefits, including trails that will link with nearby Pocomoke…
Read MoreUS Treasury designates 25 spots in DE “Opportunity Zones”
The federal government offering tax incentives for investments in Delaware. 25 communities throughout the first state have been designated as “Opportunity Zones” by the US Department of Treasury. The tracts are located from Claymont to Laurel, and qualified investments in the areas will be eligible for federal tax incentives. Many of the locations are within…
Read MoreDelaware Forest Service tree projects coming to Sussex County
Delaware Forest Service awards $58,000 for 16 tree planting projects across the state. Projects will focus on tree planting or tree management, which DFS Urban and Community Forestry Director Kesha Braunskill says will bring communities together and build awareness about the benefits of increasing tree canopies. Over half of the grant funding is going to…
Read MoreOpioid prescriptions dropping in Delaware as state monitors doctors
Opioid prescriptions in Delaware continue to fall. The state says there were 14 percent fewer prescriptions written during the first quarter of this year compared with 2017. The drops come after new legislation took effect last April to more closely monitor the amount of painkillers prescribed by doctors. Officials say fewer prescriptions means fewer pills…
Read MoreDE considers ending exceptions to child marriage laws
Delaware lawmakers to vote on a bill that would ban child marriage in the state. The legislation would prevent marriages where one future spouse is 17 or younger. While current law requires individuals to be 18 to marry, Family Court judges are able to grant exceptions. According to Unchained At Last, 200 Delaware minors were…
Read MoreUPDATED: Seaford Election Today
UPDATED – 4/21 6:30am – It’s Election Day in Seaford. Voters will elect two to the city council and a mayor. Incumbent Orlando Holland is challenged by Shane Beard, Pat Jones, James King and Matt McCoy for 3 year terms on the city council. Councilwoman Grace Peterson is retiring, which leaves the second vacant seat. …
Read MoreLast chance to register to vote in Harrington city election
Today (Friday, April 20th) is the last day to register to vote for Harrington’s town elections. Harrington City elections will take place May 1st, there are two candidates vying to represent District 4 on the city council, Eric Marquis and Brian Slattery. If you would like to vote in the harringotn election, today is the…
Read MoreDelaware real estate stays hot through 1st Quarter
Delaware real estate stays hot through the first quarter of this year. According to the Delaware Association of Realtors, single family homes in Sussex County are selling for 15% more than the year before, and the number of days homes stay on the market dropped 30%. Overall, the total number of sales across Delaware has…
Read More1 dead after car ends up in pond near Houston
A person drowned after in a pond in Southern Kent County yesterday. The incident was called in around 1 PM, authorities responded to Hewish Parkway, which is in between Greenwood and Houston, and sits close to the Kent/Sussex County border. Paramedics arriving to the scene reported a vehicle in the water with 1 person dead…
Read MoreNational Guard Chaplain dissolves campaign for Congress
Chaplain Kenneth Brandt’s campaign for Delaware’s 1st Congressional District is over. Brandt has filed paperwork to dissolve his campaign committee and is dropping out of the race to unseat incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester. The Republican announced he was running two weeks ago, but almost immediately there were questions about whether the campaign would run afoul…
Read MoreDE AG: Police use of deadly force justified
Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn says deadly force was justified when police shot a man suspected of killing a state trooper last year. Troopers opened fire on 26-year old Burgeon Sealey at his home in Middletown at the end of a 20 hour standoff last April. AG Denn says taking down Sealey was legally justified…
Read MoreSeries of crime bills pass through DE General Assembly
The Delaware General Assembly is sending two crime-related bills to the governor. The state Senate unanimously passed a measure yesterday that would tie the criminal sentence for home improvement fraud to the value of the loss suffered by the victim. Lawmakers also approved legislation yesterday that would make permanent a civil citation program for first-time…
Read MoreOysters added to Tred Avon River to help clean Chesapeake Bay
The Oyster Recovery Partnership is working to make sure oysters are plentiful this summer around the Chesapeake Bay. The group is attaching baby oysters to used shells and adding them on already established oyster beds in hopes of growing the population. Millions were delivered to the Tred Avon River in Talbot County this week. Cleaner…
Read MoreDE lawmakers push to ban powdered alcohol
Delaware Lawmakers want to ban powdered alcohol sales. Powdered alcohol is what it sounds like, packets of drink mix, but instead of getting orange drink you get drunk. The effort is being spearheaded by Lt Governor Bethany Hall Long, who also chairs the Behavioral Health Consortium. She believes powdered alcohol products requiring only the addition…
Read MoreFunding questions surround Berlin Fire Company
A report says Berlin’s Fire Department is “not sufficiently funded” for the level of services it provides to the city and Worcester County. It also says the fire company is not accountable for how they allocate funding provided by the county or town. The report was completed by Matrix Consulting Group, a firm specializing in…
Read MoreMilford Police raid two homes in drug investigation
A two month long police investigation ends with two arrests and a cache of drugs in Milford. On Monday police executed two search warrants; the first on Southeast 2nd street, finding crack, cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and drug paraphernalia. Police arrested Charles Wise Jr. on drug charges and for endangering the welfare of a minor, as…
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