LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Solution for spiraling health care costs
There is one research-proven program and cost-effective solution to this very important huge health care increase challenge that is having a devastating effect on the budgets of all citizens, our state...
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Roundup: Kent County faces biggest challenge yet in Big League World Series
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Hartly man charged with indecent exposure near school
HARTLY — Delaware State Police have charged an 18-year old man for exposing himself while at a Hartly day care and the elementary school. The arrest was announced Friday. On July 7, at about 4:40 p.m.,...
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Livestock auctioned at Delaware State Fair
Mindy Cook, of Camden, auctions off her grand champion goat at the Delaware State Fair Thursday night. (Special to The Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh) Mindy Cook, of Camden, auctions off her grand...
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Delaware State Fair attraction makes science fun
Mason Hentzschel, 3 of Greer, SC, reacts as he stands in the mouth of a great white shark mouth inside the DNREC Fun House of Science Friday afternoon. (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) Kazcmer...
View ArticleFelton motorcyclist dead after Dover accident
DOVER — The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate a fatal crash involving a motorcycle that has resulted in the death of a 21-year-old Felton man Friday. Tyler R....
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Slideshow: Wyoming Peach Festival
Fifer Orchards employees Jake Williams and Karen Abbott of Camden sell peaches to hungry visitors to Wyoming Saturday morning. Town of Wyoming Mayor Dale Rife tosses peppermint candies at the...
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Kent County loses a tough one in Big League baseball World Series
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COMMENTARY: Facts, not fear-mongering, needed in immigration debate
For many years Congresses and presidents from both parties have failed to compromise on practical solutions to fixing America’s broken immigration system. Washington is paralyzed by the harsh rhetoric...
View ArticleSurvey: More Delaware kids living in poverty than in 2008
DOVER — More Delaware kids are living in poverty now than during the 2008 recession, data in a new national survey show. That adds up to about 41,000 children, according to the “Kids Count” annual...
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‘Pretty animals’ get dressed up for state fair
prettypirates Daisy Timney proudly showed off the first place ribbon from her age division alongside sister Savannah. (Special to the Delaware State News/Jennifer Antonik) prettykids The Pretty Animal...
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Markell makes big impact on state’s courts
DOVER — By the end of the year, Gov. Jack Markell will have appointed or re-appointed all 10 members of the Supreme Court and Court of Chancery, to go with a host of judges on Superior Court, Family...
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State fair closes with blues and beer
The line for wristbands for Saturday's Craft Beer Festival wrapped around the Harrington Racetrack. Joe Gordon of Harbeson enjoys an ice cold beer sample from one of the many local breweries. Jake...
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Dover earns wild win for Junior League state title
080115-6127 080115-6190 080115-6211 (1) 080115-9170 080115-9257 080115-9264 MILLSBORO — Avery Dabney toed the pitching rubber with a clear mind, his fingers gripped for a curveball and his eyes...
View ArticleDover adds Lake Forest to give it a 10th football game
Putting a high school football schedule together doesn’t seem to be easy for anybody in Delaware these days. This year, for instance, scheduling got a little more difficult for Henlopen Conference...
View ArticleMaryland motorcyclist killed in U.S. 13 accident
ODESSA — The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle on U.S. 13 near Marl Pit Road that occurred early Saturday evening. It is the...
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Sandy feats in Rehoboth Beach
The 2015 Rehoboth Sandcastle contest was held on August 1 at Rehoboth Beach. , there were contestants came from several different states and included adults and children. (Photo by Dorothy Michelle...
View ArticleDist. I can’t hold lead, ousted from Big League baseball World Series
EASLEY, S.C. — For just a moment, it looked like District I would live to see another day. The Kent County squad seemed to have broken open a tied game with South Carolina by scoring five runs in the...
View ArticleIllness sidelines Kent County softball team in World Series
ROXANA – Only a few stray clouds floated in the sky around the Pyle Center during opening Sunday at the Big League Softball World Series, none of them threatening rain. Yet those who made the trip to...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: Taxed to death in the city of Dover
I am writing in response to the letter to the editor in Sunday’s, July 19th, DSN titled “‘Empty rhetoric’ is not what Dover needs right now,” written by Mr. and Mrs. Alan Gaddis of Dover. I must...
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