COLLINGDALE, Pa. – A deadly shooting in Delaware County involving two teens happened Friday night and one of those teens died from the injuries. The victim’s family, dedicated to a life of preventing gun violence, are mourning the sudden loss. Just days before his 17th birthday, Darell McCury was shot and killed in Collingdale. “Never […]
Memorial Day is almost here, and luckily for Delawareans, the First State is one of the best places for marking the holiday. Memorial Day is observed annually on the last Monday in May. This year, the holiday falls on Monday, May 27. It serves as a day of remembrance to honor those who died while serving […]
A police pursuit through two states that involved two separate shootouts with law enforcement officers and several crashes ended with the death of the woman being sought, authorities said. Wilmington police said they began their pursuit of Yazmyn Stewart, 23, shortly before noon Tuesday at a Delaware residence, seeking to arrest her on a warrant […]
May 14—The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is scheduled to close the Delaware Aqueduct in October to connect it with a new tunnel under the Hudson River. There will be a public information meeting in Hancock from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 21, about the upcoming closure, a media release said. The […]
A ramp of northbound I-95 is closed in Pennsylvania following a police chase that started in Delaware and ended in a standoff in Chester, Pennsylvania, according to news reports. Video streaming on 6ABC’s website shows vehicles from Delaware State Police and Wilmington Police at the Chester standoff. Delaware State Police did not comment on the […]
NEWARK, Del. – An episode of what police are calling “an antisemitic tirade” has a University of Delaware student facing charges and a ban from campus. 23-year-old Jenna Kandeel was arrested by police with the university May 8, after witnesses said she made offensive remarks about the Jewish community and about the Holocaust. Witnesses also […]
On the morning of Sunday, May 5, a member of the second largest ocean species lay at the water’s edge in Delaware. It was a 50-foot sub-adult fin whale, a species rarely seen near shore. But something was very wrong. “The whale is extremely emaciated which indicates a long-term underlying condition,” the Marine Education, Research […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — Two suspects arrested in a fatal shooting on the Delaware State University campus are not students at the school, authorities said Monday. Dover police said Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, age 18, both of Dover, were arrested Thursday in the killing of Camay Mitchell De Silva of Wilmington. De Silva, […]
A fin whale that beached itself at Delaware Seashore State Park on Sunday morning is likely dying. A crowd of 30 or so people watched the whale from behind caution tape erected by the nonprofit Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute around 2 p.m. Sunday. It thrashed its tail as people quietly urged it on, […]
Worried about swarms of loud bugs interrupting the rest of your spring? In over a dozen states, that will soon be a fear that comes to pass, as trillions of cicadas are preparing to emerge from the ground. Luckily, the First State is safe from the massive double-swarm that promises plenty of buzzing for Americans […]
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge on Tuesday granted a request by attorneys for Donald Trump and Trump Media & Technology Group, parent company of his Truth Social platform, to slow down a lawsuit filed by two cofounders of the company. Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn said Andrew Litinsky and Wesley Moss, former contestants on […]
Civil rights activist the Rev. Al Sharpton joined local activists in Wilmington on Tuesday in an effort to boost voter engagement within Delaware’s Black community to help reform the state’s legal system. Sharpton, Delaware activist Keandra McDole and Wilmington City Councilwoman Shané Darby have called for Gov. John Carney to appoint more Black people and […]