UPDATE: Second Person Arrested: 15-Year-Old Sussex Central High School Student and 19-year-old Arrested in Connection with Shooting Incident at Sussex Central High School

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UPDATED 3/7/24: Delaware State Police have arrested 19-year-old Gerod Sturgis of Georgetown, Delaware in connection with the shooting incident that occurred last week at Sussex Central High School, in which multiple shell casings were found in the parking lot, and Howard T. Ennis School across the street was struck by gunfire. According to police, a vehicle on Patriots…

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DSP Investigating Threatening Image on Social Media

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Delaware State Police have been investigating a threatening image that was reported by both Cape Henlopen High School and Sussex Central High School. Staff from Cape contacted police Wednesday afternoon about the image on social media that showed a gun and a threat to the school. Officials at Sussex Central also contacted police about the…

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Hundreds Turn Out for EV Mandate Sales Meeting in Georgetown

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A crowd of about 500 Sussex County residents and politicians gathered Monday night at Sussex Central High School in Georgetown to hear information on Delaware’s Electric Vehicle Sales mandate. This meeting was sponsored by the Delaware House & Senate Republicans. This mandate, which has been proposed by DNREC, would begin the phase out of gasoline…

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Sussex Central High School Student Arrested for Possessing Firearm

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A 16-year-old Sussex Central High School student is facing a felony weapon charge after Delaware State Police found him with a handgun on school property. The Trooper removed the student from the classroom, searched his backpack, and found an unloaded handgun with accompanying ammunition. The officer confiscated the gun and took the teen into custody…

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Groundbreaking for New Sussex Central HS Thursday

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Groundbreaking for the new Sussex Central High School and renovate and repurpose two existing school buildings will take place at the current high school in Georgetown on Thursday, November 3 at 3pm. School, district and state officials will be on hand. The new 309,000-square foot building will have a capacity of 2200 students and is…

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Sussex Central Student Charged after Fight in School

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A fight between two Sussex Central students Wednesday morning resulted in two school officials being punched. Delaware State Police tell WGMD that a 17 year old and 16 year old were fighting and the school principal tried to break up the fight and was struck in the face by the 17 year old. The principal…

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EXCLUSIVE | Bullying causes Sussex Central HS student to have seizure

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A Georgetown Mom is outraged and speaking out after her daughter was thrown into a seizure following a series of bullying incidents at Sussex Central High School. Christina Lahman-Russell, of Georgetown, says her daughter, Tori, has been the victim of ongoing bullying since the start of the school year. In fact, her birthday was this…

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Indian River School District Referendum Defeated

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The Indian River School District’s referendum on capital improvement and current expenses was defeated on Tuesday. The referendum took place Tuesday, with district residents voting from 7am to 8pm. WGMD has learned on the question of Major Capital Improvements for the district, the vote were 3,202 for, and 3,866 against. On the question of Current…

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