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A 17-year-old from Claymont is facing felony charges after New Castle County police say he pointed a stolen handgun fitted with a green laser at several people during an argument at an apartment complex. Officers were called to the 900 block of Cedartree Lane in the Woodacre Apartments community at about 7:55 a.m. on Friday, […]

A fire that heavily damaged Lulu Ross Elementary School in Milford early Sunday morning was not the result of criminal activity, according to investigators, but the damage is serious enough to keep students out of class this week. Firefighters were called to the school shortly after 4 a.m. on Sunday, October 25, after an automatic […]

Lawmakers address reported presence of ICE agent on school property Delaware lawmakers are responding after a federal immigration agent entered the campus at Stanton Middle School on a Tuesday morning in October, in an incident described as apparently the first time an agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had entered a Delaware school campus. […]

SEAFORD, Del. — A paraprofessional at West Seaford Elementary School has been arrested on child sex abuse charges, according to the Seaford Police Department. Police say the 20-year-old man faces two counts of sexual abuse of a child by someone in a position of trust. His name has not been released. He was committed to […]

Two former FBI officials turned themselves in Friday on federal charges they lied to Congress about the bureau’s handling of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election. Nikki Cole Floris, 46, of Alexandria, Virginia, and Bradley Benavides, 56, of Aiken, South Carolina, are each charged with making false statements to Congress […]

Delaware, the polls are open early. Early voting for the 2026 general election began Thursday, Oct. 22, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 1 — Election Day itself is Tuesday, Nov. 3. Voters can cast a ballot at any early voting site in their county of residence during the 10-day early voting period. Hours are 7 […]

Dover, DE — Two 30-year-old Dover men are facing charges after an armed home invasion last month left a 15-year-old girl at gunpoint inside her own home. It happened late on September 16 at a residence in the 100 block of Cherry Street. Investigators say a masked man slipped in through an unsecured rear door […]

Two people are facing charges in the deadly shooting that followed Delaware State University’s homecoming weekend. Police say 22-year-old Nasir Cox was killed on Oct. 10 when gunfire erupted in the Dover Commons shopping center parking lot, where thousands had gathered after DSU required homecoming visitors to leave campus by 6 p.m. Cox, a Philadelphia […]

A man wanted for a shooting in the U.S. Virgin Islands thought he could disappear into a job at a Delaware racetrack — but U.S. Marshals caught up with him. Dumaray Iles, 34, of St. Croix, was wanted by the Virgin Islands Police Department on charges of attempted first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and mayhem tied […]

Maryland State Police have arrested a Somerset County teacher and barber following an investigation into the reported sexual assault of a 16-year-old at a Princess Anne barbershop. Maurice Cotton Sr., 61, of Westover, Maryland, was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon around 1 p.m. Cotton works as a teacher at East Salisbury Elementary School and also […]

A deadly overnight fire in Wilmington claimed the lives of a husband and wife and left two firefighters injured, officials say. Crews were dispatched just after 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 20, to a residence on the unit block of 8th Avenue near Maryland Avenue for a reported structure fire with possible entrapment. When firefighters arrived, […]

A Newark man is behind bars after New Castle County Police say a pedestrian stop turned into a drug and weapons bust Saturday evening in the Bear area. Officers were patrolling the Christiana Falls community around 6:10 p.m. Saturday, October 17, when they spotted a man walking in the roadway of Opus Drive. Police identified […]