Wilmington DE

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What started as a strange smell in a Wilmington apartment building ended in a grim discovery Thursday morning, when two bodies were found inside a home on the 1300 block of 7th Street. The call brought a heavy police presence and a news helicopter to the tight-knit neighborhood, with the area blocked off for hours as detectives worked the scene. So far, officials...

One month after Mayor John Carney signed an executive order to establish the Office of Community Safety, the Wilmington City Council passed a measure to make the violence-prevention office permanent in its city code. The post New Wilmington community safety office to be made permanent appeared first on Spotlight Delaware .

Pennsylvania State Police want parents and students in Delaware County to be on alert after a possible child luring incident at a school bus stop.

Firefighters are looking into the cause of a house fire in Delaware County.

They bought the land legally, studied the geology, and planned for the future. Then the state banned every possible way to use it.

Development plans for Kennett's National Vulcanized Fiber site stalled when the borough council did not secure the votes for a zoning change. Plans to redevelop Kennett Square‘s National Vulcanized Fiber site into affordable housing stalled last week when borough council failed to secure enough votes to initiate a zoning change, writes Brooke Schultz for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

WILMINGTON, DE — A 28-year-old man is accused of drug-related offenses after fleeing from a traffic stop and being taken into custody, according to Wilmington Police. Police reported that officers with the Uniformed Services Division conducted a vehicle stop around 10:38 a.m. April 10 near West 5th and North Dupont streets for an equipment violation.

KENNETT SQUARE, PA — Police are warning residents about fraudulent phone calls appearing to come from the department’s phone number. The Kennett Square Police Department said it has received reports of scam calls that display the department’s number, 610-444-0501, on caller ID. Police said the calls are...

Wilmington Mayor John Carney looks to a familiar face to lead the city’s Human Resources Department. Carney reaches into the past, hiring someone from his cabinet as governor. He taps Claire DeMatteis to serve as director of Wilmington’s Human Resources Dept. DeMatteis was Commissioner of the Department of...