The Talk of Delmarva News
Two men were arrested after police say they were caught breaking into parking meters in Georgetown. According to the Georgetown Police Department, shortly before 2 a.m., Monday, officers witnessed a man wearing dark clothing trying to break into a parking meter in the area of East Market Street. This came on the heels of an…
Read More
Delaware Electric Cooperative has voted to return $6.3 million in capital credits to the Cooperative鈥檚 member-owners in December. Capital credit refunds are also known as the Co-op鈥檚 profits or margins. Because DEC is a not-for-profit utility, margins are returned to the people the Cooperative serves. To receive a billing credit or check from the Cooperative,…
Read More
A chilly start to the first week of December will bring a rain and snow mix to Sussex County. WGMD Accuweather Meteorologist Joe Lundberg says the area will see light precipitation with minimal snow mixed in overnight Monday into Tuesday. “This evening and overnight there can be some wet snowflakes mixed in,” Lundberg said. As…
Read More
A Milford man has died after he was struck by a car while trying to cross Route 113. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred around 6 p.m., Friday as a 1994 Chrysler LHS, operated by an 80-year-old Seaford man, was headed southbound on Route 113 in the left lane, just south…
Read More
A Salisbury home went up in flames and was destroyed in a fire caused by unattended cooking on Thanksgiving Day. The blaze broke out on Emerson Avenue in Salisbury at a single family home early Thanksgiving morning, according to the Salisbury Fire Department, who said the cause of the fire was unattended cooking. Flames could…
Read More
Two men were arrested on drug and weapons charges after a traffic stop turned up heroin, crack cocaine, knives, and a rifle in Rehoboth. According to the Delaware State Police Department, troopers were dispatched near the Royal Farms on Coastal Highway and John J. Williams Highway for reports of traffic violations committed by a car…
Read MoreUPDATED 11/29/19 3:30pm – The investigation into a fatal shooting on Evans Drive near Bridgeville Wednesday morning just before 11:30 continues. Delaware State Police located a blue Honda Civic in a lightly wooded area just off the roadway and 45 year old James Bradt of Bridgeville was found unresponsive in the driver鈥檚 seat.聽 He was…
Read MoreA Salisbury man who was arrested on his 6th DUI will serve three years in prison after he caused a crash while driving impaired in June, 2018. A Wicomico County jury convicted Asie Junior Bell Perkins, 68, of Salisbury, Maryland of driving while impaired by alcohol, failure to yield right of way, negligent driving and…
Read MoreTwo were arrested on drug and weapons charges following a traffic stop in Bridgeville. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred around 8 p.m., Tuesday after troopers spotted a gray Honda Accord traveling above the posted speed limit on Coverdale Road, south of Seashore Highway in Bridgeville. A traffic stop was initatied…
Read MoreA New Mexico man has been sentenced to over two years in prison in connection with bomb threats made to Georgetown Elementary School and a local Walmart. Stephen S. Landes, 29, of Roswell, New Mexico, was sentenced on November 27, 2019, to 27 months in prison by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews, United States District…
Read MoreDover Police charged three men from Brooklyn, New York in a shoplifting case where $73,893 in Apple products were stolen from a Dover-area Target store. According to the Dover Police Department, around 9:30 p.m., Monday, the three men broke into a secured case and took a variety of Apple electronics and then fled the store.…
Read MoreThanksgiving is a great time to gather with family and friends but it’s also a peak day for fires across the U.S. as the holiday is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equipment. Safety in the kitchen is important, especially on Thanksgiving Day when there is a lot of activity…
Read MoreMaryland Governor Larry Hogan joined state officials and over a hundred family members and friends of victims of impaired driving crashes for the 16th annual Maryland Remembers ceremony. Maryland Remembers honors the lives and legacies of Marylanders who have been killed in impaired driving crashes. During the ceremony, Governor Hogan presented the Kevin Quinlan Award…
Read MoreFor the second consecutive year, a group of volunteers are making sure that every first responder in Sussex County who must work on Thanksgiving has a hot delicious meal to know that they are appreciated. Blessings for Badges was founded last year to provide Thanksgiving meals for police officers, paramedics, firefighters, dispatchers, and correctional officers…
Read MoreAAA Mid-Atlantic estimates nearly 149,000 Delawareans will travel 50 miles or more away from home for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, a three-percent increase over 2018 and the highest Thanksgiving travel volume since 2005. The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is defined as Wednesday, November 27 to Sunday, December 1. “Americans carving time out to visit family…
Read MoreA foot patrol led to the arrest of a Felton man on drug charges in Milford. According to the Milford Police Department, around 12:30 a.m., Saturday officers made contact with 32-year-old James Brown, of Felton, after they spotted him hiding behind a tree in the yard of a home on Northwest 4th Street during a…
Read MoreA Salisbury man was sentenced to five years in federal prison for possession of stolen firearms in connection with a burglary in Federalsburg, Maryland. According to his guilty plea, on June 10, 2017, Sanabria burglarized a firearms store in Federalsburg, Maryland. Surveillance video shows that Sanabria entered the store by cutting a hole into an…
Read MoreA Maryland man who drove drunk and caused a fatal crash over the summer in Ocean City has been convicted of negligent manslaughter. 41-year-old Todd Pivec, of Cockeysville, MD was convicted of negligent manslaughter by a motor vehicle and driving a vehicle not equipped with ignition interlock in the Worcester County Circuit Court. Sentencing was…
Read MoreA Millsboro man was arrested in connection with a series of area burglaries. According to Delaware State Police, the incidents began early this month when troopers started investigating a rash of burglaries in the Harbeson and Millsboro areas. Through investigative measures, 33-year-old Thomas A. Mills Jr., of Millsboro, was identified as the suspect. Warrants were…
Read MoreThe Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) will invest nearly $1.25 billion over next six years in infrastructure projects in Sussex County. DelDOT plans its projects in six year segments with projects currently planned out to the 2026 Fiscal Year, according to C.R. McLeod, DelDOT Director of Community Relations. Over the course of the next six…
Read MoreMaryland State Police are seeking guidance from the Wicomico County State鈥檚 Attorney鈥檚 Office in how to move forward with a rape investigation in Salisbury. According to Maryland State Police, early Saturday morning police received reports of an alleged rape of a female juvenile in the 1000 Block of Mineola Avenue in Salisbury. Troopers were dispatched…
Read MorePresident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania visited Dover Air Force Base Thursday evening to pay their respects to two Army officers killed in Afghanistan, Chief Warrant Officer 2 David C. Knadle, 33, from Tarrant, Texas and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kirk T. Fuchigami Jr., 25, from Keaau, Hawaii President Trump spent time with the…
Read MoreFollowing a public meeting earlier this week on a proposed wind farm off the coast of Delaware, State Senator Gerald Hocker is speaking out, expressing concerns over how the proposal could affect tourism and raise utility costs in Sussex County. The proposal would install wind turbines that would span hundreds of feet into the air,…
Read MoreA Delmar, Delaware man was arrested on gun charges following a shooting. According to the Delaware State Police Department, shortly before 10 p.m., Thursday troopers were dispatched to the 14000 block of Oak Branch Road in Delmar for reports of shots fired. Troopers arrived and determined that the shots were heard coming from the home…
Read MoreChristians numbering in the hundreds took to the steps of City Hall in Rehoboth Beach Thursday afternoon to pray in protest after the city refused to allow a local church to display a nativity scene at the Bandstand. With their heads bowed and eyes closed, many clutching rosaries, Christians from across Sussex County turned out…
Read More