Wilmington DE

SHARON HILL, PA — Police have arrested a 25-year-old Philadelphia man in connection with an alleged assault on law enforcement officers earlier this month. According to the Sharon Hill Police Department, Derrick Frankley was taken into custody on September 11, 2025, and charged with aggravated assault on law...

Officials say the van backed into the garage in the parking lot of the complex.

What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Let us know. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Brandywine River powered Delaware’s industrial rise. Along a 5-mile stretch, more than 130 mills transformed grain, tobacco and other raw...

Earlier this week, after showing signs of illness, Nox was taken to the vet where testing revealed fluid around his lungs and a cancerous tumor on his heart. To prevent further suffering, his handler made the difficult decision to let him go peacefully. Surrounded by love and care, Nox was laid to rest on September...

A group of landlords and property associations teamed up on a lawsuit targeting New Castle County’s new property tax bills. The Delaware Apartment Association, Newark Property Association, Delaware Hotel and Lodging Association and First State Manufactured Housing Association filed the lawsuit Friday. The plaintiffs...

Back in 2023 Wawa unveiled their “Next Generation” store design, and finally two years later South Jersey will see this new model firsthand with the opening of a new Wawa Convenience Store and Gas Station in Pennsville Salem County. Well it’s the first time I’ve seen this new...

What are journalists missing from the state of Delaware? What would you most like WHYY News to cover? Let us know. “Nice kids who don’t want to be in the streets, but people who are in the streets, they’re pressuring other kids to be in the streets with them,” Quintin James said.

ELKTON — A man accused of beating, choking and raping a woman inside an Elkton motel room in September 2024 has been acquitted of all sex-related charges filed against him, including first-degree rape, after a five-day-long jury trial concluded last week, according to Cecil County Circuit Court records. But the...

Wilmington Police have arrested a man in connection with a carjacking that occurred last month in the city. Officials said on August 18, officers responded to the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue just after 4:30 a.m. following reports of a carjacking. The case was assigned to Detective Joran Merced of the Criminal...

Wilmington Police are investigating a shooting that occurred at approximately 5:39 p.m. Tuesday in the 1600 block of West 3rd Street. A 32-year-old man later arrived at a hospital, where he was reported in stable condition. Detectives processed the scene and continued canvassing the area for evidence and witnesses....