Why would a fishermen want to go to NASA?
Submitted photos Antares and Cygnus launch from the pad at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility shot form the media area. (Submitted photo) Well that was the longest week I have ever had waiting for NASA to...
View ArticleLawyer: Assange was offered US pardon if he cleared Russia
LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange plans to claim during an extradition hearing that the Trump administration offered him a pardon if he agreed to say Russia was not involved in leaking...
View ArticleMen linked to white supremacist group plead not guilty
GREENBELT, Md. — Three men accused of being members of a violent white supremacist group called The Base pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges in a federal indictment in Maryland. Former Canadian...
View ArticleLake Forest High students weigh in on food drive
Students from Lake Forest High School gather and weigh food collected in a drive that ran this month. Students received more than 3,000 pounds of food. Donations will benefit the Food Bank of Delaware...
View ArticleDOJ makes pitch for more funding, faces questions about criminal justice system
Kathy Jennings DOVER — Budget-writing lawmakers heard from some of the key elements of the state’s criminal justice system Wednesday as hearings for the upcoming fiscal year’s spending plan continued....
View ArticleArrests made in Simon Circle shooting that grazed teen’s face
Darius Jean-Baptist DOVER — The nearly two-month string of area teen-involved firearm incidents continued Tuesday night when a 13-year-old boy was grazed in the face by a gunshot, authorities said....
View ArticlePlaintiffs’ attorneys take aim at Boy Scouts’‘dark history’
SALT LAKE CITY —Like millions of other Americans the 1950s and ’60s, Duane Ruth-Heffelbower spent his formative years learning to tie knots, build campfires and pitch tents with the Boy Scouts, whose...
View ArticleRD20 Democratic Committee meets tonight in Lewes
LEWES — The RD20 Democratic Committee will hold its February 20th meeting at Fish On Restaurant, 17300 Village Main Blvd. in Lewes. The public portion of the event will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a...
View ArticleKent Vietnam Vets Chapter 850 meet this evening
DOVER — Kent County Chapter 850, Vietnam Veterans of America will host its monthly meeting today at 7 p.m. at FOP Lodge 3, 1584 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover. Chapter 850 is active in the community and...
View ArticleCorn appointed director of major and planned gifts
DOVER — Delaware Technical Community College has announced the appointment of Cheryl Corn as senior director of major and planned gifts in the College’s Development Division. In this role, she will...
View ArticleLearn CPR and First Aid at Bayhealth – Kent Hospital
DOVER — Bayhealth will offer the American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR AED & First Aid from 4 – 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4 at Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus, General Foods Conference...
View ArticleRoger Stone sentenced to over three years in prison
WASHINGTON — Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following a move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department’s original sentencing...
View ArticleSpeak Out: Roger Stone sentenced
Roger Stone was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in federal prison, following a move by Attorney General William Barr to back off his Justice Department’s original sentencing...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Amazon’s corporate welfare
Once again Delaware taxpayers can bear witness to the ugliness and venality of the so called “Delaware Way”. Amazon, the multi-billion dollar conglomerate owned by one of the richest individuals on...
View ArticleCapital school board approves plans for two middle schools
A site plan shows the future layout of the two new, interconnected Capital School District middle schools. Designs, done by architecture firm Becker Morgan, were approved by the Capital School Board...
View ArticleBulldogs win first Henlopen South boys basketball crown since 2003
Laurel’s Javier White goes for layup against Lake Forest’s Jaysem Vazquez in the first quarter at Lake Forest. Delaware State News/Marc Clery FELTON — It might be a distant memory now, but Laurel High...
View ArticleCommentary: Buttigieg’s bad immigration idea
By Joe Guzzardi Pete Buttigieg, one of the surviving Democratic presidential candidates, goes from up to down to sideways in his pursuit of the elusive 2020 nomination. The former South Bend mayor was...
View ArticleSmyrna votes on school referendum Saturday
SMYRNA — Voters will head to the polls Saturday to determine whether to green-light spending $667,300 to improve North Smyrna Elementary School in a capital referendum. Polls will be open from 7 a.m....
View ArticlePolice: Intoxicated intruder found inside Dover residence
Jermaine M. Snead DOVER — An intoxicated 34-year-old man was found inside a residence and charged with burglary after initially resisting arrest, Delaware State Police spokeswoman Master Cpl. Melissa...
View Article‘Butterflies and Clean Water’ set for March 2 and 30
LAUREL — The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Reclaim Our River Program – Nanticoke Series, in partnership with the Delaware Nature Society’s Abbott’s Mill Nature Center, and the Nanticoke...
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