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Two were arrested and over 380 Ecstacy pills were seized in a drug investigation in Magnolia. According to the Delaware State Police Department, on Tuesday multiple law enforcement agencies concluded an investigation into the distribution of illegal drugs. A drug search warrant was obtained and executed at a home located in the 800 block of…
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Voters in the Seaford School District voted by a wide margin in favor of a two-part referendum. The referendum passed 1,137 to 596, according to the unofficial results. As a result, property taxes will now increase by $0.72 per $100 of assessed property value to fund a capital improvement project and operating expenses in the…
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Delaware Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long recently visited Sussex Technical High School to serve as Guest Principal, getting a tour of the school and introduction to its 17 career-technical areas. Lt. Governor Hall-Long toured the school with Principal Dr. John Demby, visiting technical areas including health professions and dental services. The Lt. Governor also learned more…
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At a ceremony held on Monday, March 2, 2020, Superintendent of the Delaware State Police, Colonel Nathaniel McQueen Jr., announced the winners of the annual Trooper of the Year and Civilian of the Year awards. To help recognize the significance of the ceremony several distinguished guests were also in attendance to offer congratulatory remarks, including Governor John Carney, Chief Deputy…
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State fire officials are investigating after a fire tore through a home in Lincoln, Delaware. According to the Delaware State Fire Marshal’s Office, the blaze broke out shortly after 12:30 p.m., Tuesday at a home in the 9000 block of Greentop Road. The Ellendale Fire Company arrived on the scene and found flames coming from…
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A Milford man was injured and his dog was killed after they were brutally attacked by two pit bulls. The incident occurred on President’s Day as Bruce Lawton, 76, was groundskeeping the backyard of his home on Southeast 4th Street in Milford, next to the Little League complex. Lawton was cutting away overgrown branches at…
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Maryland State Police are investigating racist comments found Wednesday night etched in the restroom of a restaurant and bar near Salisbury University in Wicomico County. According to Maryland State Police, around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, troopers were called to Hoppers Tap House on South Salisbury Boulevard after the business owner called to report racist comments found…
Read MoreDelaware State Police are investigating an armed carjacking in Lincoln. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred around 12:18 a.m., Thursday as troopers responded to the area of Virginia Pine Lane and Johnson Road in Lincoln for reports of a robbery with shots fired. Troopers arrived and met with a 30-year-old woman…
Read MoreA Lewes man was arrested on drug charges after a traffic stop and search warrant turned up close to a thousand bags of heroin. According to Delaware State Police, the incident occurred around 1:46 p.m., Wednesday when troopers observed 50-year-old Jason R. Bender, who was known to have a suspended/revoked license, operating a maroon Lincoln…
Read MoreOver 180 grams of marijuana was seized and two were arrested following a drug investigation in Milford. According to the Milford Police Department, the incident occurred just after 11 a.m., Tuesday when officers made contact with two men on Kingston Terrace in Hearthstone Manor. As officers approached the men, they noticed a smell of burnt…
Read MoreA traffic stop led to the arrest of a Lewes man and the discovery of over 57 grams of cocaine in Millsboro. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred shortly before 1:30 p.m., Tuesday as troopers initiated a traffic stop on Indian Mission Road for a truck that had a window tint…
Read MoreAn Eden, Maryland man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the first degree murder and robbery of a man in Wicomico County. 62-year-old Gregory Sterling was sentenced earlier this month in connection with the incident that occurred in May, 2016 where he stabbed a man to death with a machete during…
Read MoreA bill that will be soon be circulated for sponsorship in the House of Representatives seeks to end the biased, one-party system Delaware uses to redraw the boundaries of legislative districts each decade. As required by the U.S. Constitution, every ten years a national census counts every American citizen. Following the count, the district lines…
Read MoreDNREC will close The Point at Cape Henlopen State Park for the 2020 beachnesting season. The closure will occur on Sunday, March 1, and includes a stretch of ocean beach and dunes, and a half-mile along the bay shoreline, for the benefit of threatened and endangered beachnesters and migratory shorebirds, including red knot, piping plovers,…
Read MoreA Delmar, Maryland man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a violent burglary in Wicomico County. On December 17, 2019, Eric Frayne, 24, was convicted by a Wicomico jury of first degree burglary, two counts of first degree assault, use a firearm in the commission of a felony or crime of violence,…
Read MoreA Seaford woman was arrested on DUI charges in Harrington. According to the Harrington Police Department, around 1:45 a.m., Sunday officers stopped a vehicle on South DuPont Highway for a traffic violation. When police made contact with the driver, identified as 40-year-old Kimberly Tribbett, she was reportedly slurring her words and exhibited signs of impairment.…
Read MoreThe Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare has been named the best nursing school in the state of Delaware by RegisteredNursing.org. The nursing advocacy organization ranked nursing schools based on methodology that analyzes each school’s pass rate for students on the NCLEX-RN exam over a five-year window. The 2019 graduating class for…
Read MoreA Houston man has been arrested on felony drug charges following a traffic stop in Rehoboth Beach. According to the Rehoboth Beach Police Department, around 11:30 p.m., Sunday officers stopped a car driven by 22-year-old Brandon Wynes for speeding on Rehoboth Avenue. As police made contact with Wynes, a strong odor of marijuana could be…
Read MoreDNREC’s Division of Climate, Coastal, & Energy has launched a program to provide incentives to businesses to install refrigeration systems that are less harmful to the environment. The “Cool Switch – Low Impact Refrigerant Program” aims to reduce the amount of hydroflourocarbons (HFCs) released into the atmosphere. Some refrigerants contain potent greenhouse gases that have…
Read MoreA Connecticut man was arrested on drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop in Harrington. According to the Harrington Police Department, the incident occurred shortly after 12 a.m., Monday as officers stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Police made contact with the driver, 23-year-old Jovaughn Alphonse, of Hartford, at which time they smelled…
Read MoreDelaware State Police have arrested three suspects on drug and multiple weapon charges. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred just before 1 a.m., Sunday as troopers were dispatched to Jake’s Seafood on Coastal Highway in Rehoboth, for reports of a disorderly person. Troopers arrived and met with security who said a…
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