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Cowboy boots in Jersey? Oh, this gets better. Out among the farmland, Saturday nights can sound more like the American West than the Northeast. Horses thunder across the arena. Riders hang on tight. Bulls make it very clear who is really in charge. This New Jersey tradition traces its roots...

Michael Garr, 15, was a sophomore at Upper Darby High School when he was allegedly stabbed to death by Mason Weh.

It is a weekday morning and you are already running late. You press the garage door remote. Nothing happens. You press it again, then try the wall button. The garage door does not budge, and your car is stuck on the wrong side of it. In that moment, most homeowners...

DELAWARE — Mother Nature hasn’t exactly been a fair-weather friend to the Delaware County Fair this year. Rain has already forced the cancellation of tractor pulls Saturday, antique tractor pulls Sunday and the anticipated return of motocross Monday. But despite the soggy start, the show must go on.

A Parker man has been accused of stealing a vehicle in Concord Township. On Saturday around 3 p.m., officers were called to the 700 block of Seven Hill Road for a stolen Ford Escape. Witnesses on scene identified the suspect as 22-year-old Michael Mohn. While canvasing the area, police spotted...

It's been well over a generation since music legends like Bruce Springsteen, Ray Charles, Hall & Oates, and the Dave Matthews Band played at Newark's legendary Stone Balloon, but a new ordinance could help Newark return to the musical stage. Newark City Council approved an ordinance that would allow a...

Live music is once again welcome in Newark. On Monday, city council legalized live entertainment venues, reversing the ban that has been in place for nearly three decades. Newark was once known for venues like the Stone Balloon, but an anti-alcohol crackdown in the late 1990s led to laws that effectively banned new bus

Seven months after Incyte scaled back plans to build its headquarters in Wilmington, the city is putting $1.15 million in returned incentive money from the pharmaceutical giant toward creating housing and businesses. The post Wilmington to use returned Incyte funds for Quaker Hill housing appeared first on Spotlight D

Wilmington City Council is considering separate ordinances that would increase fines for both drinking alcohol in public and saving parking spaces near houses. Both bills are sponsored by City Councilwoman Zanthia Oliver, including the liquor bill, which would raise the minimum fine for public consumption from $100 to

Philadelphia Magazine’s newly released 2026 rankings of the region’s top public high schools put three Delaware County schools in the suburban top 10, a showing that puts the county in the region’s academic spotlight. The Pennsylvania suburban list covers 75 public schools across Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and...