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Slideshow: Smyrna defeats Wm. Penn 30-13 in semifinal
Smyrna head coach Mike Judy and junior OL Jerren Carter (77) shake hands before the game. Smyrna senior WR Charlie Taylor (1) Smyrna senior DL Jeffrey Campbell (79) leads his team onto the field once...
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St. Georges rallies to oust Raiders in D-II semifinal 33-14
Leah Styles of Woodbridge (17) stops St. George’s Austyn Warren (15) after a few yards on the opening kickoff of Saturday’s Division II football semifinal game. (Special to the Delaware State...
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Big defensive stand carries Wesley by Hopkins 42-37
Wesley receiver James Okike, who finished with nine catches for 249 yards and two TDs, pulls in a pass in Saturday’s win. (Johns Hopkins sports information photo) BALTIMORE — By now, Johns Hopkins was...
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Smyrna earns D-I state final, rallies to rip WP 30-13
Smyrna head coach Mike Judy and junior OL Jerren Carter (77) shake hands before the game. Smyrna senior WR Charlie Taylor (1) Smyrna senior DL Jeffrey Campbell (79) leads his team onto the field once...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Time to change political party registration?
A recent survey by the Center for Public Integrity ranked the First State as 48th in state integrity and gave it an overall “F: grade. Given the rather sorry state of our economy, numerous cases of...
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Magazine story better late than never for Milford hunter
Bob Murphy of Milford holds a white-tailed deer he shot in 2010, the fifth-biggest ever harvested in its antler class in Delaware. Mr Murphy wrote a short article for Buckmasters magazine that was...
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Lafferty challenges political establishment in run for governor
Laurel resident Lacey Lafferty, 54. a former state trooper, has been running for governor since 2013. (Submitted photos) DOVER — She’s a former Democrat who believes the state needs to move back to the...
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Webster’s actions: Justified or over the line?
DOVER — So what’s it going to be, Kent County? Were the actions of a Dover Police Department officer accused of breaking a man’s jaw during an August 2013 apprehension a criminal assault or justified...
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Bombay Hook, refuge from shopping
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge's wildlife drive opens a 1/2 before dawn. (Delaware State News/K.I. White) A duck leaves ripples in his wake at the Shearness Pool of Bombay Hook National Wildlife...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: More scrutiny needed to allow Syrian refugees into US
As I usually do, I read with great interest the liberal slant of Samuel Hoff’s recent editorial. [“U.S. has an obligation to assist Syrian refugees,” Nov. 20] I expected the ultra-left leanings, and he...
View ArticleTwo shot after Frederica house party
FREDERICA — Two people were shot early Sunday while leaving a house a party west of Frederica. Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Richard Bratz said the incident occurred at approximately 12:31 a.m....
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Charitable Dames gearing up for Giving Tuesday
The Charitable Dames, a women’s nonprofit group, was founded in Smyrna in August of this year and holds social fundraisers to help those in need in the local community. The next fundraiser is on...
View ArticleWesley men’s basketball team edged by Catholic
The Wesley College men’s basketball team nearly pulled off its second upset of a top-five team on Sunday. But the Wolverines fell on a buzzer-beater, 94-92, to No. 4 Catholic in a nonconference...
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Delaware men fall to Temple 69-50
The Blue Hens’ Cazmon Hayes drives to the basket against Temple on Sunday. He had a season-high 17 points and nine rounds in the game. (Submitted photo) PHILADELPHIA — The Delaware men’s basketball...
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Country’s Turner to perform at Dover Downs April 30
DOVER – Grammy Award-nominee Josh Turner, a multi-platinum MCA Nashville recording artist, will bring his country music style to the Rollins Center ballroom at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on...
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Smyrna QB status for title game still uncertain
Smyrna High quarterback Nolan Henderson has not been cleared to start practicing again, coach Mike Judy said on Monday. Henderson left Saturday’s semifinal victory over William Penn on a stretcher with...
View ArticleWoman killed in Sunday crash ID’d as DSU student
DOVER — The woman killed in a Sunday car crash in Bear was a Delaware State University student. The university sent out an email to its community, informing them Thalya Crawford, 20, had been killed....
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Wiggle It Jiggleit wins Progress Pace
DOVER – Wiggle It Jiggleit continued his winning ways Monday night, taking the $300,000 Hap Hansen Progress Pace Elimination. Driven by Montrell Teague, the win was Wiggle It Jiggleit’s 21st of the...
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Senator pitches raising minimum wage to $15.05
DOVER — Several Senate Democrats are supporting legislation to raise the minimum wage to $15.05 per hour by 2023. Sen. Robert Marshall, D-Wilmington, introduced a bill earlier this year to raise the...
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Senate confirms children’s department secretary, judge
DOVER — The Senate came together for a special session Monday to confirm a secretary and judge, unanimously approving both. Carla Benson-Green, a longtime worker in the Delaware Department of Services...
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