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MSP Arrest 2 in Murder of Salisbury Man
Two Salisbury men have been charged with 1st and 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of 20 year old Jaquanta Walton of Salisbury outside the VFW in June of 2017. Maryland State Police continue to investigate, but say Walton had attended a party at the VFW and was in the parking lot after closing…
Read MoreLaurel Teen Sentenced to 16 Years for Manslaughter
A Laurel teen has been sentenced after a shooting death at the Wexford Village Apartments in Laurel. Officials in the AG’s office report that a Superior Court judge sentenced 19 year old Stephon Jackson to 16 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter, firearms and other offenses. 18 year old Mekell Horsey was…
Read More4 Arrested After Walgreens Robbery in Lewes
Delaware State Police are investigating a robbery at the Walgreens in Lewes just after 2 Friday morning. Police say two suspects went inside and jumped over the counter while two others acted as lookouts. One suspect who was armed with a gun ordered the pharmacist to unlock the safes as they took several bottles of…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Sex Offenses
A 34 year old Salisbury man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for sex offenses.  Byron Simpson was sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor and 1 count of 2nd degree rape. He must also register for life as a Tier III sex offender – he was already a Tier I offender after…
Read MoreHAZMAT crews clean up portable meth lab in Georgetown
Last week Georgetown Police found suspicious and potentially hazardous materials in the area of Pepper Street. Police called in a DNREC HAZMAT crew to clean up the materials. Â WGMD has learned the items were consistent with a portable meth lab. DNREC collected and disposed the meth-cooking set up. No arrests have been made, so far.
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 MoreSalisbury man gets 40 years in prison for domestic abuse incident
A man from Salisbury will spend 40 years behind bars for a violent case of domestic abuse in 2017. 28-year old Joseph Ellis has pleaded guilty to the charges related to that assault at a home on Purnell Street last February. Ellis tossed a woman out the door threw a chair through a window at…
Read MorePair set up, rob woman at Georgetown restaurant
A woman gets set up after giving a friend a ride to a restaurant. On Tuesday evening, a woman called Georgetown police after being robbed in the parking lot of the Harvest Diner. She told officers an acquaintance, Tyazsha Sturgis of Georegtown, had asked her for a ride to the restaurant. When they got into…
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…
Read MoreDE cracking down on firearm “straw purchases”
Delaware Governor John Carney signs a bill into law cracking down on straw purchases of firearms. The new law strengthens penalties for anyone who buys weapons for those who cannot legally purchase or possess firearms, making jailtime more likely. Gov. Carney says the bill passed with broad bipartisan support, and shows the state’s commitment to…
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