Delaware mother admits guilt in 2023 starvation death of young son
A 33-year-old Elsmere-area woman has pleaded guilty to starving her preschool son to death in 2023. Unwilling to contact social services after losing her income, court documents say Mercedes Ferguson told New Castle County police she and her son were in her Elsmere-area apartment starving. This went on for weeks,...
Snow Removal Turns Into Armed Robbery Monday
On Monday, January 26, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m., Officers from the New Castle County Division of Police responded to the 700 block of Alexandra Drive in the Rockwood Apartment Complex for a reported robbery. Upon arrival, Officers contacted four victims who were working in the complex, removing snow. The...
Executive Home Care Opens Delaware County Location
January 26, 2026 // Franchising.com // CHADDS FORD, Pa. — Executive Home Care announced the opening of Executive Home Care of Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The new location is owned and operated by Suresh Chellapilla, with partner Priyanka Chellapilla, and will serve families throughout Delaware County....
Wilmington, Delaware – I-95 Weather Alert: Snow Risk Rising Friday–Monday
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Wilmington, Delaware – The risk of a winter storm affecting Delaware is increasing, as forecasters continue to monitor a developing system that could bring accumulating snow and hazardous travel conditions...
Jury finds woman guilty after Monroe Township gunfire
What begins as a simple family argument on social media quickly escalates into something far more dangerous.
PA Hospitals Manage ER Influx After Private Equity-Owned Hospital Collapse
Kathleen E. Carey – Daily Times, Primos, Pa. After celebrating an infusion of $4 million of state funding, Riddle Hospital executives sat down with state legislators last week for a wide-ranging discussion about impacts stemming from the Crozer Health closure. The Crozer Health system closed last year after former...
Maryland Mother Drops Infant From Window, Crawls Through Flames In Midnight Elkton Fire
The dramatic rescue unfolded in Elkton on Monday, Jan. 26, just after midnight, when a fire broke out inside a townhome on Thyme Street, officials said. A mother and her infant son were asleep in an upstairs bedroom when the fire ignited, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Alton Brown in Wilmington, ‘green’ recipes, muskrat back on the menu
Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 30, at The Grand in downtown Wilmington for "An Evening of Alton Brown." The Food Network star, best known for his "Good Eats" show, will be at Copeland Hall April 9 at 8 p.m. Brown's "Good Eats" was an irreverent, science-forward program that Brown starred in for over 20 years. He...
Philadelphia woman, fiance shot in Puerto Rico
A South Philadelphia woman says her fiancé was killed when the couple was the target of an ambush shooting in Puerto Rico earlier this month.
2 firefighters, 1 resident injured in house fire in New Castle County
Two firefighters and one resident were injured following a fire inside a home in New Castle County, Delaware early Tuesday morning.
