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Lawmakers say insurance regulation hinder deer meat program
Former Division of Fish & Wildlife Sportsmen Against Hunger program manager Wayne Lehman with one of the deer coolers maintained by the division. (Submitted photo/Department of Natural Resources...
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Dover’s Tidbury pond receives fresh stock of trout
Onlookers photograph the first batch of trout to be dumped into the pond Thursday at Tidbury Park by volunteer Michael Todd of Wyoming. (Delaware State News/Dave Chambers) DOVER — Rodney Roberts and...
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Son of victim in Dover home invasion charged with manslaughter
DOVER — A 21-year-old Dover man was charged with manslaughter Thursday after investigation into an Oct. 17, 2015, home invasion in Rodney Village that left his father dead, police said. Jacob H. Leager...
View ArticleCollege notebook: Hornets’ Morgan, Pollard sweep MEAC Rookie of Year honors
Delaware State University has swept the MEAC Rookie of the Year basketball awards. Freshman Devin Morgan earned the honor on the men’s side while freshman NaJai Pollard won it for the women, the league...
View ArticleLETTER TO THE EDITOR: Trump would bring the wrong kind of change
In my effort to better understand the man, I went to what I felt would be a reliable source: The Catholic Vote.org. They went first and looked at his Twitter account, and what they found there was his...
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Lynn, Paradee file for re-election to Delaware House
DOVER — Two Dover-area representatives — both Democrats — have filed for re-election within the past two weeks. Rep. Trey Paradee submitted his information to the Elections Department Wednesday. He was...
View ArticleRoundup: Milford makes quarterfinals with win over St. Elizabeth
Ninth-seeded Milford High rolled to a 63-46 win over No. 8 St. Elizabeth in the second round of the DIAA boys’ basketball state tournament on Friday night. The victory puts the Henlopen Conference...
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St. Thomas More stuns Dover, faces St. Georges at the Bob
Alvin West of St. Thomas More protects the ball from Dover’s Terrence Woodlin Friday night. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh) Corey Gordon of the Ravens draws a foul from Dover’s Jordan...
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Dover rape case ends in mistrial
DOVER — A jury could not decide unanimously on a second-degree rape charge against a 37-year-old Dover man, and a mistrial was declared on Friday, the Delaware Department of Justice said. Jenon N....
View ArticleDelaware posts job gain of 11,000 in 2015
DOVER — Delaware gained 11,000 jobs in 2015 and its unemployment rate remained static at 4.9 percent nearly the entire year, new data from the Office of Occupational and Labor Market Information...
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Earl Bradley loses Delaware Supreme Court appeal
DOVER — The Delaware Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a former pediatrician serving life in prison for sexually abusing scores of patients. In a 21-page opinion Thursday, a three-judge panel...
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Details outlined in Leager manslaughter case
DOVER — A 21-year-old Dover man charged with manslaughter after a reported 2015 home invasion allegedly later said he did not realize he had shot a woman when firing into a suspects’ vehicle, according...
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Former Delaware Justice Horsey dies at 91
DOVER — Retired Justice Henry Ridgely Horsey, who served on the Delaware Supreme Court from 1978 to 1994, died Thursday night at the age of 91. “It was an honor for me to serve with Justice Horsey, who...
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Delaware officials eye copay cuts to reduce costs for state health care
DOVER — The committee responsible for setting state government employee health care costs plans to eliminate copays for MRIs and CT scans under certain circumstances and lower them for urgent care...
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Concord tops St. Thomas More in girls quarterfinals 60-47
Courtney Orth of St. Thomas More looks for help after being blocked by Concord’s Caroline Procak in the state tournament quarterfinal game Saturday. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh)...
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Newark sixth-grader wins Delaware Spelling Bee
Sixty-six students from across the state competed in the 2016 Delaware Spelling Bee at St. Mark’s High School in Wilmington on Saturday. The Bee determines Delaware’s representative in the National Bee...
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Conrad eliminates CR in girls quarterfinals 60-42
Caesar Rodney’s Jordan Moseley drives through the Conrad defense in first quarter Saturday. (Special to the Delaware State News/Gary Emeigh) Alexis Reid of Caesar Rodney shoots from three-point...
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COMMENTARY: Obama’s rhetoric vs. reality on plan to shut Gitmo
The announcement by President Obama on Feb. 23 regarding plans to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba (Gitmo) is the latest effort to fulfill a campaign promise made in 2008....
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Boys & Girls Club on a mission in Dover
Greater Dover Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Jake Getty stands in front of the new building along New Burton Road. A grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for June 1. (Delaware...
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Delaware State Police Mounted Patrol Unit unveils new stables
The recently opened Delaware State Police stables are located at 875 Smyrna Landing Road in Smyrna. (Delaware State News/Craig Anderson) SMYRNA — Nearing the end of his sentence, Calvin Allen expected...
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