A 49-year-old man who was fatally shot early Thursday has been identified by Wilmington police as Kevin Harris. Harris, according to police, was in the 900 block of Lombard St. when he was shot about 1:05 a.m. Responding officers found him, but police said he died from his injuries. Harris is the ninth person to […]
A 63-year-old man died following a single-vehicle crash Tuesday morning in Wilmington’s South Bridge community. The man, who was not identified, crashed about 7:55 a.m. while traveling in the 200 block of S. Market St. He was taken to an area hospital, where police said he died. While the crash remains under investigation, in conjunction […]
“First in Freedom,” our state license plates proclaim. Is this claim true? Great Britain was heavily in debt following the “French and Indian War.” Parliament thought it fitting to tax the American colonies to help pay the debt since the war was fought on our soil. In Dec. 1773, Cornelius Harnett hosted a gathering of […]
It wasn’t a hurricane when it hit Delaware on Sept. 1, 2021, but Tropical Storm Ida still produced torrential rains with the heaviest rains falling on southeastern Pennsylvania. The day after the storm, residents of northeast Wilmington described the weather as “beautiful” and “sunny” when the floodwaters came. It’s been a little more than two […]