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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mount Holly, New Jersey – Snowfall across the Philadelphia metro region and surrounding areas is expected to create hazardous travel conditions Sunday, as a widespread Winter Weather Advisory remains in...

State health officials are issuing a new warning to Delaware residents this week as a sharp rise in a highly contagious respiratory illness begins to fill local urgent care centers. While the flu and post-holiday viral surge have been the primary focus, doctors in the First State are urging families...

Delaware might be small, but the battle for its grocery aisles is getting huge. 2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for the First State, moving beyond the “will they, won’t they” rumors of the past decade into concrete construction projects. From the “Costco Saga”...

Teachers say Clearview Regional School District coach Tom Hengel and his wife were killed in a crash in Mullica Hill Saturday.

Police believe the murder was "a deliberate and targeted attack on law enforcement."

Flyers mascot Gritty “makes about $250,000 a year, nearly as much as” Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, the nation’s highest-paid governor. A new analysis of the highest-paid mascots in 2025 showed Gritty’s “handsome package still lags behind mascots” like the Nuggets’ Rocky the Mountain Lion ($625K), Hawks’ Harry the...

In his book Ghosts and Eerie Legends of Chester County, Lincoln University resident Kevin Lagowski investigates local haunted spots. Lincoln University resident Kevin Lagowksi is shining a light on Chester County’s eerie history with his latest book, writes Ken Mammarella for Chester County Press. The celebrated...

WILMINGTON, DE — A reported shots-fired call in a north Wilmington neighborhood led police to a vehicle stop and the arrest of a 30-year-old man now facing multiple gun-related charges, authorities said. According to the Wilmington Police Department, officers with the Uniformed Services Division were dispatched at...

New Castle County Police are renewing a public request for information in the unsolved 2004 killing of Tracy L. Broadus. According to the New Castle County Police's Facebook post, Broadus, who was 16 at the time, was shot on January 17, 2004, in the 1500 block of South Stonebridge Boulevard at the Stonebridge...

Salem Glassworks, a defunct major industrial property, was recently purchased by a real estate developer who plans to bring manufacturing back to the site. Orlando Perdomo of Perdomo Worldwide purchased the more than 28-acre property and more than 500,000-square-foot warehouse at 83 Griffith St. in Salem, according...