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Dover Downs threatens layoffs if taxes aren't cut

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:20:06 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Dover Downs casino says it may lay off hundreds of workers and shutter restaurants if Delaware lawmakers don't lower the company's taxes.

Del. Supreme Court reinstates death sentence

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:37:35 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday reversed a judge's ruling that had overturned the conviction and death sentence of man found guilty in a 1991 liquor store killing.

Car rolls out of parking lot into Del. pond

Fri, 24 May 2013 16:42:05 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Delaware - Delaware State Police say a car plunged into a pond near New Castle, but no one was injured.

Government, creditors object in CODA bankruptcy

Fri, 24 May 2013 15:58:04 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Attorneys for the federal government and unsecured creditors have filed objections to electric car maker CODA Holdings' bankruptcy plans.

Judge won't alter Delaware pharmacist's sentence

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:25:21 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - A federal judge in Wilmington has refused to alter the 20-year prison sentence he gave a former Claymont pharmacist who illegally distributed 45,000 Oxycodone pain pills.

Missing Delaware inmate found

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:10:05 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Correction officials say an inmate who failed to return to a community corrections center in Dover has been found.

Jury take break in Del. bank robbery trial

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:56:14 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - The jury in the Kent County trial of two men charged in a 2011 bank robbery that resulted in shots being fired at police and a motel standoff is taking a break for the holiday weekend.

Fire official headed to gas leak when SUV crashed

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:26:49 -0400

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Officials say a Wilmington fire department battalion chief was headed to a gas leak when his SUV crashed.

Police: 2 tried to steal stole copper wire

Fri, 24 May 2013 06:55:21 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Delaware State Police say two people have been charged with trying to steal copper wire at a Dover area farm and one was linked to similar thefts in the area.

Delaware beaches court visitors after Sandy

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:35:07 -0400

REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware - Beach resorts in Delaware are looking for a rebound after the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy and as the economy improves.

Wilmington mayor vetoes City Council budget

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:03:18 -0400

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams has vetoed the 2014 budget passed by the City Council last week.

Del. pardons board rejects commutation for killer

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:18:31 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Delaware's Board of Pardons has rejected a killer's request to commute his life sentence.

Surplus trucks get new lives

Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:12 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Delaware - They've served their country well. Getting parked in a nondescript dirt lot sure doesn't seem like much of a final resting place.

Wilmington fire chief starts carrying gun on duty

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:39:46 -0400

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Wilmington's fire chief says he has begun carrying a firearm to protect himself after taking on more code enforcement duties.

Man charged with filing false missing child report

Wed, 22 May 2013 09:11:12 -0400

WILMINGTON, Delaware - Police in Wilmington have charged a man with filing a false report after they spent time and manpower searching for his stepdaughter, who was not missing.

Child abuse experts gather at Del. conference

Wed, 22 May 2013 04:53:04 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - State officials are hosting a two-day conference for police, educators, attorneys and others on Delaware's child protection system.

Police investigate attempted carjacking of woman

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:43:13 -0400

NEWARK, Delaware - Delaware State Police are investigating an attempted carjacking of an elderly woman in Newark.

Man injured in explosion at New Castle home

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34:28 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Delaware - An explosion that left a New Castle man critically injured Tuesday appeared to involve an old military mortar round, and several other mortar rounds were recovered after the incident, authorities said.

Del. budget panel approves $200k for gun buybacks

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:01:25 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Legislative budget writers have appropriated $200,000 for a gun buyback program that would be administered by Delaware State Police.

Small banks gain edge, but also a share of burdens

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:53:19 -0400

WILMINGTON, Delaware - For decades, Wilmington Trust reigned as king of community banks in Delaware.

Del. police: Ga. man tried to flush 3 kg of PCP

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:13 -0400

DOVER, Delaware - Dover police say a Georgia man tried to flush nearly three kilograms of PCP when he was found at a vacant property.

Del. gym teacher charged with indecent exposure

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:24:07 -0400

NEWARK, Delaware - Appoquinimink High School officials say a gym teacher and head baseball coach is on administrative leave and barred from contact with students after an arrest on indecent exposure charges.

Markell touts more jobs at GE Aviation

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:35:05 -0400

NEWARK, Delaware - Gov. Jack Markell is joining officials with GE Aviation to tout the addition of about 70 jobs at the company's Newark plant.

U. Del. student charged with vandalizing building

Mon, 20 May 2013 20:31:41 -0400

NEWARK, Delaware - A University of Delaware student has been charged with vandalizing a campus building.

Del. panel updates revenue forecast

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:49:17 -0400

NEW CASTLE, Delaware - The panel that sets Delaware's official financial projections increased its revenue estimates by about $20 million Monday, giving budget writers in the General Assembly a little more money with which to work.