Unemployment rises slightly in Delaware
DOVER — Delaware unemployment rose slightly from 4.9 percent in September to 5.1 percent in October, according to the monthly report released by the Department of Labor on Friday. Despite reaching the...
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Suspect in August robbery and assault in Dover area arrested
WOODSIDE — A continuing investigation into an August robbery and stabbing resulted in the arrest of a 57-year-old Maryland man this week, Delaware State Police said Friday. Thomas A. Lumpkin, of...
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Central Delaware NAACP organizes pre-Thanksgiving dinner for Monday
DOVER — The community is invited, all of it. Organizers of the NAACP of Central Delaware’s first Community, Family, and Fellowship Dinner don’t know how many guests and volunteers will attend Monday’s...
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Denn pitches need for police body cameras in Delaware
DOVER — Delaware Attorney General Matthew Denn on Friday continued to push for state funding for police body cameras and new Department of Justice positions. He made his pitch in an appearance before...
View ArticleMiddletown crushes Tech in Division I first-round matchup 42-7
MIDDLETOWN — Sussex Tech had set up the play it wanted on its first drive of its first-round matchup. It just didn’t unfold how the Ravens wanted. And it set in motion a Middletown High playoff victory...
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Smyrna pounds Mount Pleasant 56-32, faces William Penn next
Smyrna sophomores Virgil Wilson (51) and Ryan McNatt (12) celebrate an Eagles TD (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) Smyrna’s dynamic duo - junior QB Nolan Henderson (2) and sophomore RB Will Knight...
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Slideshow: Division II Tournament: Friends 34, Lake Forest 14
Lake senior QB Noah Feague-Johnson (19) being swarmed by Friends defenders (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) Lake Forest senior Jordan Simpson (2) Wilmington Friends senior Cameron Kendle (9)...
View ArticleHornets end drought, get first win on season’s final game
DOVER — The Delaware State football team ended its season on a high note Saturday afternoon, defeating its oldest rival, Howard, 32-31 at Alumni Stadium. It was the only win of the season for the...
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Wesley tops Framingham in Division III tourney opener 42-22
Wesley’s Bryce Shade (1) powers his way into the end zone for Wesley’s first touchdown against Framingham Saturday. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh) Wesley’s Bryce Shade (1) takes a...
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Indian River edges Caravel 1-0 for 2nd Division II soccer title
The Indian River boys’ soccer team poses with its DIAA Division II state championship trophy on Saturday night. (Delaware State News/Andy Walter) SMYRNA — The name of the team hasn’t changed, of...
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COMMENTARY: Homeowners being drowned in own money
When the Dover City Council reviews Chapter 66 on Manufactured Homes and Trailers this year, I have requested Licensing of Leased Land Communities. The reason is the same as why the city licenses...
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Thanksgiving edition remains really big deal
DOVER — Some notes and quotes between headlines and deadlines … *** This editor often jokes that the newsroom side of our building is a bit Dilbert-like, what with all of the gray cubicles and amusing...
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Feliceangeli raises radio voice for Dover
WDOV radio personality Phil Feliceangeli sits behind the microphone last week inside the Dover studio. Mr. Feliceangeli recently received the Kent County Tourism Media Partner of the Year award for his...
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Area Habitat for Humanity marks 25 years of making dreams come true
From left, Central Delaware Habitat For Humanity executive director Jonathan Gallo, homeowner Dawn Taylor, contractor Harve Carrow of Smyrna and Central Delaware Habitat For Humanity development...
View Article7th-seeded Woodbridge stuns No. 2 DMA in Division II football tourney
WILMINGTON — Woodbridge High needed three yards to keep its season alive. Instead Troy Haynes and Bragg Davis got the Blue Raiders 20 and its second-ever state tournament victory. Davis caught a...
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Carney’s break with top Democrats on refugee issue draws fire
DOVER — Rep. John Carney, D-Del., has broken from other top Democrats in calling for the country to cease accepting “military-aged,” single Syrian men while security procedures are being reviewed. Rep....
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Fantasy football puts billions into play
DOVER — Does it take skill or luck to pick which quarterback — Aaron Rodgers or Carson Palmer — will throw for more touchdowns and yards today? Is there any such thing as a fantasy football expert, or...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Curbing forced arbitration would aid consumers
Recently, The New York Times published an extensive three-part investigation into how Wall Street and corporate America have been engaged for years in a deliberate, corrupt and insidious attack on the...
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Wreaths Across America ceremony slated in Dover
Rep. Earl Jaques, D-Glasgow, from left, Holy Cross Elementary students Kimberly Seeney, Aly Ditchkus, Joselyn Southers and Rep. Bruce Ennis, D-Smyrna, laid the ceremonial wreath in 2014 at the...
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Travelers pumped for Thanksgiving
James Ehrisman of Ocean City, Md., pumps gas at the Smyrna Wawa Friday morning. (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) DOVER — The Thanksgiving holiday is one of the busiest times of the year. Not only...
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